Dec
30
Posted on 30-12-2009
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sunshine asked:


My husband and I had sex and now I’m not having my period. I’m it’s just menopause starting early because if not I am pregnant with my 12th. Please help I am scared to death!

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Dec
25
Posted on 25-12-2009
Filed Under (menopause) by admin on 25-12-2009
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Sharon Bell asked:


As if pregnancy and monthly periods are not enough to keep them on their toes, women still have to deal with menopause and all its annoying and energy-depleting symptoms. With all the changes that a woman is expected to undergo during this dreaded stage in her life, it is no wonder that most members of the female population will do and take just about anything so as not to experience the symptoms of menopause.

Aside from hot flashes and mood changes, one of the most complained about signs of menopause is chronic fatigue. Most of us have probably experienced fatigue at least once in our life. We know that it is a condition which is not easy to deal with. In order to have an idea of what chronic fatigue is, just imagine that the weariness you feel is intense and never ending. More often than not, women in their menopausal stage experience exhaustion even when they are doing nothing at all.

Causes Of Chronic Fatigue During Menopause

According to Dr. Russell Roby from Austin, one of the main causes of fatigue is hormonal imbalance. Since estrogen plummets during menopause, cortisol (the hormone in charge of tiredness) becomes unbalanced and uncontrolled. The female sex hormone estrogen is actually what keeps the level of cortisol in women balanced and in control.

Aside from hormonal changes, sleep deprivation and night sweating may also contribute to chronic fatigue. In order for our body to function at its peak, we need at least seven to eight hours of restful and uninterrupted sleep. Unfortunately, the menopausal woman (who badly needs sleep to beat fatigue) is plagued by night sweating and sleep apnea.

It is also important to note that chronic fatigue can also be due to psychological factors, such as depression, stress, anxiety, and other emotional problems caused by menopause.

Dealing With Chronic Fatigue

The first thing you can do to effectively beat chronic fatigue is to do some lifestyle changes. Many women in their late forties and early fifties are at the peak of their careers. Thus, stress and work-related problems can exacerbate fatigue and other menopause symptoms. If you want to have more energy, you need to give up coffee, soda and smoking. Too much caffeine and nicotine will not help your sleeping woes.

Changing your diet can also help. Foods that are rich in sugar and fats can make you more sluggish and weak. To help revitalize your day, increase your intake of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water. We all know that fruits and vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals that are natural stress busters.

Meditation and relaxing exercises will help you deal with both physical and psychological causes of chronic fatigue during menopause. Yoga, tai chi and Pilates are just some of the exercise programs that are ideal in helping you de-stress.

For better sleep and increased energy, herbal remedies that can help are Siberian ginseng and valerian. Dropping a few drops of lavender oil can also help bring you to dreamland in no time.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is also one of the most popular remedy to chronic fatigue and other menopausal symptoms. This treatment artificially replaces sexual hormones in women who are experiencing perimenopause, menopause and post menopause. Treatments vary depending on the severity of the symptoms. Some women might need an estrogen-only HRT, while others may need both progesterone and estrogen treatments.

Although Hormone Replacement Therapy is very effective in diminishing most of the menopausal symptoms, particularly chronic fatigue, many people are still wary of using this treatment because of its side effects. Many studies have shown that long-term use of HRT can cause heart problems, blood clot, and even breast cancer.

If you want a safer way to deal with menopause, look for an all-natural menopause treatment. One such product is Zalestra. If you want to learn more about this pill, just visit www.zalestra.com.



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Dec
23
Posted on 23-12-2009
Filed Under (menopause) by admin on 23-12-2009
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David Sanders asked:


Ever heard of hot flushes and mood swings? These are among the common symptoms of this medical condition commonly associated with women called menopause.

Menopause is actually a process which results to the stoppage of a woman’s monthly period. Menopause, which is characterized by hormonal changes, begins between the ages of 40 and 50.

A woman who is undergoing the process of menopause experiences lots of hormonal changes which are manifested through various symptoms like hot flushes, irritability, erratic menstrual cycle and other symptoms. Women who are in the process of getting menopause may also experience insomnia, loss of sexual urge, forgetfulness, headaches, osteoporosis and even gain in weight.

The whole cycle of menopause merely prepares a woman for that time when she stops ovulating because her ovaries have stopped producing eggs for the process of ovulation. During this process, a woman’s estrogen decreases while her progesterone is produced in minimal levels. The lack of progesterone results to a thinner uterus lining and a stoppage of the monthly menstrual cycle.

The symptoms of menopause can be quite unnerving for women particularly the changing moods and the hot flushes. However, there are ways to lessen the impact of these symptoms like estrogen replacement therapy for hot flushes. Most women however decline its use due to the risk of cyclical bleeding and getting cancer.

Menopause is not really something new because it naturally occurs in a woman’s life. However, menopause is not experienced by women alone because there is also male menopause called andropause

Women who refuse to use synthetic hormone replacement can take other options depending on the specific symptoms they are experiencing. What is important is they live a healthy lifestyle by eating the right kind of food, getting regular exercise, and refraining from bad habits like smoking and drinking.

There are menopausal women who opt for alternative or herbal medicines. However, it is safe to consult their doctors first before using these herbal medicines to make sure these are not harmful to them.

Most of the women who dread menopause are usually women who lack the basic information of what menopause is. Menopause is part of a woman‘s reproductive make up and no one can avoid it. Being in this stage does not mean they can no longer live the way they used to do. There are just changes that women have to live with and confront. Instead of dreading that day when menopause sets in, women should get to know more about menopause, its symptoms and how they can live healthier and more active lives after menopause.



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Dec
23
Posted on 23-12-2009
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Dee Braun asked:


Nature has its way to deal with menopause. There are certain occasions that a woman who is in this stage of her life does not respond well to medical treatment in alleviating the symptoms. The best alternative way is to treat it with nature’s help.

Studies show that one of the most typical symptoms of menopause that afflicts 80% of women is hot flashes. It’s that sudden, extreme, hot feeling on the face and body usually accompanied by a feeling of lethargy, headache, rapid heartbeat, nausea, dizziness, insomnia and intense perspiration. A woman who is experiencing hot flashes may sweat profusely with flushed cheeks even under a cold temperature.

Hot flashes are one of the early warning signs that menopause is about to come to a woman. The symptom may go on for several years and is brought by the hormonal imbalance in menopause, and is very evident during the first two years of menopause. Episodes of hot flashes can last from a few seconds to an hour and usually between 6 to 8 in the morning and six to ten in the evening.

Although hot flashes in a menopausal woman are generally mild to moderate, there are women who experience extreme flashes. In this instance, they are forced to seek medical help to alleviate the condition. Ordinarily, an obstetric gynecologist will prescribe a drug to remedy the condition, but some women do not respond well to the drug. And so, the symptoms persist.

This is where Mother Nature comes in. To ease the uncomfortable and distressing feeling of hot flashes during menopause, a woman should take foods that are rich in phytoestrogens, or more commonly referred to as ‘dietary estrogens’. Foods belonging to this group of non-steroidal plants include soy beans, tofu, oats, wheat, berries, dried beans, lentil, rice, apples, carrots, beer, fennel, and ginseng among others. These foods are quickly absorbed by the body and excreted in the urine.

The phytoestrogens foods do not only help ease hot flashes but also have some beneficial and protective effects against hormonal-related cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and osteoporosis. These foods can also be useful in treating other symptoms of menopause such as depression, anxiety, dryness of the vagina, and loss of sex appetite.

There are also some foods to avoid as they are triggering hot flashes. These are coffee and other drinks with caffeine, chocolate, hot and spicy food, alcoholic beverages. It will be wise to stay away from these food as much as possible while in the menopausal stage.

Herbal medicines can serve as a good alternative to treating the symptoms of menopause. Clinical studies have shown that black cohosh root (Cimicifuga Racemosa) can soothe hot flashes, vaginal dehydration, and insomnia or sleep disturbances. To regulate excessive bleeding during the menopausal stage, a Chinese herb, dong quai (Angelica Sinensis), is effective. To enhance sleep, a castor oil pack over the liver area may prove to be beneficial.

You see, it is in a woman’s nature that she will undergo the stage of menopause and experience its symptoms; but nature will also provide the means to ease her condition and take the pressure off her.

This is the way to deal with menopause, naturally.



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Dec
20
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tornado8308 asked:


I am having hot flashes, vaginal dryness (no matter how hard ‘we’ try), mood swings, fatigue. I was wondering if I could be going through early menopause. I have no uterus due to serious medical issues, I had a partial hysterectomy almost two years ago. Could it be associated with my medical issues or medications?

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Dec
16
Posted on 16-12-2009
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sexolicious69 asked:


my neighbor is 55 and she is on menopause already but she takes estrogen and she was curious as to how long in days her period it will last. Doesn’t it usually vary depending on the person and their body type?

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Dec
16
Posted on 16-12-2009
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Honey White asked:


Researchers have done research on menopause and found out that it occurs in women who are mid-age, which is believe to be between 40 to 60 years of age. It is believed that when women enter the menopause stage they experience changes in their libido and sex drive. It is not totally clear how menopause affect the loss of a woman’s libido. There are between 20% and 45% of women that reported that they experience a decrease in their libido.

What is menopause?

Menopause is considered the undeviating end of a female reproductive system, a considerable length of time before the end of a woman’s existence. Menopause occurs in a multiplicity of animals as well as humans. It is typically an ordinary development. When menopause occurs at midlife it indicates the end of the fertile phase of a woman’s life. Menopause can be easier understood if you compare it to menarche, which is when your period first start. There are many symptoms associated with menopause.

Symptom’s of Female menopause:

Hot flashes are usually experienced as a sensation of forceful heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat and may in general last from two to thirty minutes for each incidence. The sensation of heat usually begins in the face or face and chest, although it may appear elsewhere such as the back of the neck, and it can spread throughout the whole body. Some women pass out if the effects are strong enough. In addition to being an internal sensation, the surface of the skin, especially on the face, becomes hot to the touch. This is the origin of the alternative term “hot flush,” since the sensation of heat is often accompanied by visible reddening of the face.

Insomnia is a symptom of a sleeping disorder exemplified by relentless complexity falling asleep or stays asleep regardless of the occasion. It is typically followed by functional impairment while awake.

Emotional changes, such as mood swings and irritability. A mood swing occurs when a person has a hasty or severe change in their mood. Irritability occurs when a person respond excessively to stimuli.

Lack of sexual drive or Libido.

Memory loss and concentration.

Fluctuate in hormones, irregular and rapid heartbeats.

Generalized itching.

Any women can still experience the excitement and the sexual responses that make sex so incredible before, during and after menopause.



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Dec
08
Posted on 08-12-2009
Filed Under (menopause) by admin on 08-12-2009
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Panda asked:


I’m pretty sure my mom is going through menopause right now because she is really irritable and moody and she’s giving my dad the silent treatment because he got mad at her. Today was her birthday but she didn’t even want to eat the cake we got her. I’m really pis$ed off about this and I want my family back. Anything I can do or do I just have to wait it out?

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