Michelle Bery asked:


Menopause - the permanent ending of a woman’s menstrual cycle - continues to spark debate among medical experts regarding the symptoms related to its onset. While experts agree that the hormonal shift that occurs during menopause is responsible for such common side effects as hot flashes, memory loss, and weight gain, they are still unclear if there is a solid link between menopause and depression. Although many women will tell you there is no doubt.

Menopause generally occurs sometime between the late forties and mid-fifties and is defined by the cessation of egg production by a woman’s ovaries. This is not a process that happens overnight; rather this is a subtle and gradual process that can occur over several years. In some situations, however, a surgery can result in medically induced menopause. In either case, in addition to the termination of the menstrual cycle, the ovaries will also stop producing estrogen - the female hormone responsible for the delicate balancing act of the female body. The elimination of this hormone results in a bevy of menopause-related symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, and memory loss. Another symptom of menopause is often mood swings; but at this point sufferers begin to wonder if there is a more of a correlation between menopause and depression than originally thought.

With the shift in hormonal balance that occurs during menopause, it stands to reason that menopause and depression could be linked. While depression can be environmental - sparking up during a particularly difficult period of time - it can also be related to hormonal imbalances. Consequently, more and more research is being done to determine the relationship between the onset of menopause and depression in women. Even if you look at depression from a solely environmental perspective, it still makes sense that menopause and depression could be linked. Menopause can be a difficult time for a woman; the ending of their reproductive years can generate a myriad of feelings. And dealing with the symptoms associated with menopause can be equally difficult. In some cases, depression can result.

Ultimately, if you are noticing a link between menopause and depression it doesn’t matter what the experts say. Your experience is your experience and you should seek help accordingly. In today’s world, there are a variety of treatment plans available to a menopausal woman; it is not necessary to suffer. If you find that you are having difficulties, see your doctor immediately.



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Paola asked:


I don’t know what to write here, because menopause its natural course of life in a woman and how can i argue for or against it?

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Michelle Bery asked:


For women, menstruation and menopause form the common ground that unites our gender. No matter what our culture, ethnicity, or geographical location, our bodies were all meant to do the same things. Menstruation gives us the opportunity - should we choose to do so - to reproduce. And when the time comes, the ability to reproduce comes to an end in the form of menopause. Menopause results in the same physiological result; but the menopause signs are different for each of us.

Menopause generally begins sometime between a woman’s mid-forties and mid-fifties - although there will always be instances when it occurs earlier or later. In short, menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years with the permanent cessation of her menstrual cycle. Menopause does not occur overnight; rather, when it is a natural process rather than something brought on by a surgical procedure, it generally occurs over the course of several years. Learning to read what could be menopause signs will alert you to this change of life.

Some early menopause signs may include an ongoing erratic menstrual cycle. Women may have irregular periods here and there due to stress and a variety of other factors. But when the irregularity continues for a long period of time it may be one of the earliest menopause signs.

Other menopause signs include hot flashes - a feeling of suddenly becoming very hot that comes and goes; night sweats that attack in the middle of the night; mood swings or erratic behavior similar to - but often more severe than - premenstrual syndrome; memory loss; changes in sexuality including loss of desire and vaginal dryness; and unexplained weight gain.

Difficulties often result in trying to determine if some of these symptoms are actually menopause signs because they are similar to a host of other conditions. But symptoms of stress and illness - those symptoms that most mirror those of menopause signs - can be ruled out after a thorough examination by a medical professional. If you are experiencing some of these symptoms, are having irregular menstrual cycles, and are of the right age, chances are you are experiencing menopause signs.

On the upside, menopause signs can give you time to see a doctor and prepare yourself for menopause by adopting a healthy lifestyle.



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Ralph Quinlan Forde asked:


After the recent scares in the media about the risks associated with HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) there is a strong case for using alternative medicine to balance the body, especially when you get to supply your body with plant hormones rather than ones derived from horse’s urine. Recent research has highlighted the side effects of taking HRT to include breast cancer and heart disease. HRT has also been linked to gallbladder diseases.

Menopause is the point at which a woman stops ovulating and menstruation ceases, indicating the end of fertility. Many years before the menopause, levels of estrogen production slow down. This can start fifteen years before the menopause and is called the ‘circadian’. Apart from being a sex or reproductive hormone, estrogen acts on many organs and systems in the body. Cells in the vagina, bladder, breasts, skin, bones, arteries, heart, liver, and brain all contain estrogen receptors and require this hormone to stimulate these receptors for normal cell function. Estrogen is required to keep the skin healthy and contributes in the bone formation process.

Many women experience few if any symptoms during this time but others may suffer from some or all of the following; anxiety, hot flushes, dry skin, fatigue, feelings of bloating, headaches, heart palpitations, insomnia, irritability, decreased interest in sex, loss of concentration, vaginal dryness and weight gain.

Twenty five per cent of women go through the change without as much as a night sweat so not all menopause experience has the commonly known symptoms so it is possible to just sail through if you are in that lucky quarter.

Supplementation with vitamin E has been known to be effective since 1954 and reports from several authors say vitamin E eradicates most of the menopausal symptoms. Gamma-oryzanol, a nutrient derived from rice bran has been shown to be effective in treating symptoms of menopause. A daily dose of 20 milligrams reduced symptoms by 50% in 67% of the women studied.

When the menstruation stops altogether most of the acute problems a woman will face are over and a new balance between hormones is established. This is the stage when she may be vulnerable to potentially serious health problems such as cardio vascular disease, osteoporosis and vaginal atrophy.

Osteoporosis in particular is a major problem for women with an estimated 80% of all the 250,000 hip fractures that occur in the US being due to osteoporosis.

Many GPs have recommended hormone replacement therapy HRT to control sever symptoms caused by estrogen deficiency in menopausal and post menopausal women. Basically a molecularly similar estrogen is taken by the woman but this estrogen is synthetic and only close to the natural estrogens produced in the body.

Japanese women generally experience far fewer symptoms of menopause than western women. An article in The Lancet reported that the reason may be that Japanese women consume more phytoestrogens or plant estrogens. Plant hormones are very similar in chemical design to human hormones and may provide a safe alternative to the HRT that is being offered to women up to now. These estrogen like compounds are found in foods such as soybeans, tofu, miso, flaxseeds, pomegranates and dates. When these plant estrogens are eaten they act like the estrogens produced in the body. Plant hormones can be used in childbirth to start the contractions of labour!

Half of all postmenopausal women between the ages of forty five and seventy five show signs of some degree of osteoporosis. There is a connection being drawn to the possible cause of such high levels of the condition in these women. Forty per cent of all post menopausal women have a change in their stomach pH balance. In these women their stomachs become alkaline as opposed to being acidic. This cause’s poor absorption of calcium as it needs to be converted from the form we ingest, which is calcium carbonate, through the acidity in our stomachs to calcium citrate. This is the form of calcium the body finds most absorbable.

This may go some way to explaining why there is such and increase of osteoporosis in post menopausal women and perhaps that we should readdress the need for HRT to combat osteoporosis and instead focus on bringing the stomach back to acidity or giving these women calcium carbonate supplements. You can make calcium citrate by crushing up a calcium carbonate and mixing it cider vinegar.

In Chinese medicine menopause is looked at as a period in which the energy of the kidney is declining. For the Chinese doctor the kidney has a corresponding emotion, tissue, sensory organ and element. These are respectively, fear, bone, ear and water. The adrenal glands on the top of the kidney are responsible for producing the hormones that the ovaries used to produce. Chinese herbal medicine is one of the best ways of treating the menopause as the approach is holistic and this appeals to the condition as it very much a mind body spirit imbalance. The herbal formulas that the Chinese doctor will give will replace the estrogens that you are now not producing with plant estrogens. One of the formulas in Chinese medicine acclaimed for its beneficial effects for the menopause is called four things soup.

StarGate Nutrition is really helpful for the menopause as your system changes. Packed with all the vitamins and minerals you need in a safe form, you are guaranteed not just quality but also peace of mind because you are safeguarding your health.

Copyright Ralph Quinlan Forde 2007

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tinkerbell asked:


men, what was the worse thing that a woman did to u on menopause ?

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Janet Martin asked:


At mere mention of menopause, American women usually feel fear and anxiety creeping up their spine. Women view menopause as something as scary as a ghost that slowly and gingerly crawls up at the back to startle and surprise them. And they are right, menopause is a phenomenon that should be greeted with dread and loathing.

It is not really surprising that many women in the US feel this way because of the many annoying symptoms that this condition can cause. Hot flashes, mood swings, irritability, unwanted weight gain, insomnia, memory lapses, slow responses, not to mention decline in sexual appetite are just some of the many signs that a woman is already experiencing The Change, which is what many experts call this stage.

If you think that all women across cultures feel the same way about menopause, you should think again. Although all members of the female gender will have to experience this phase in their life, NOT all of them welcome menopause with dread and fear. If you want to know more about how menopause is viewed in other cultures, then read on and learn.

Perception Of Menopause In Tribal Societies

Some tribal societies in Guatemala and Mexico, particularly those who descended from the Mayan people, view menopause in a very different light. When interviewed by experts whether women experience symptoms of menopause, women from these places do not recall experiencing any of them or they simply just do not talk about it.

Researchers believe that the lack of information on the matter is not really because women do not experience them in this part of the world, but rather because it is a taboo in their society for women to publicly talk about menstruation and menopause. Experts theorize that women in this part of the globe just suffer in silence or find ways to alleviate their symptoms by taking traditional and herbal remedies, which are abundant in these places.

But in reality, in places where shamanic beliefs are still strong, menopause are welcomed because it is a time when women can start accessing their healing and shamanic powers. Mayan women and even Canada’s Cree women believe that those who still have menstrual blood are bestowed with the power to create life. However, after the cessation of menstruation, women are now ready to embrace wisdom and healing powers as the blood that has power to create life is kept within them. Old women in such communities start to be spiritual leaders and soothsayers. There is a big probability that the symptoms they feel during this period in their lives are embraced as necessary in order to be transformed to greatness.

Japan And The Hot Flash

Linguists believe that you will know the importance or relevance of a thing, feeling or phenomenon within a society depending on the number of ways it is described or called in that society. For example, in many Asian countries where rice is a staple food, rice-related words or derivatives are plenty. They have a name for rice that is uncooked, just harvested, steamed, fried, spoilt or even overcooked rice. In the West, however, rice is simply called rice, whatever form, color or state it is in.

It is a known fact that Japanese people are precise and detail oriented. You can see these traits in the way they manufacture cars and equipment, and even in their language. Until recently, however, there is no word for hot flashes or hormonal imbalance in this country. This shows that hot flashes experienced during menopause is either not important in Japanese women or they simply do not experience it. However, in the spirit of globalization, the Japanese media coined the words horumon baransu for hormonal imbalance and hotto furasshur for hot flash.

But probably one of the reasons why hot flashes and other signs of menopause are not so apparent in Japan is due to their love of soy and soy products. Tofu and other soy-based food are staples in this country. Research has proven that soy contain isoflavones, a phytoestrogen that mimics the effect of estrogen in the body, which is important during The Change when the levels of estrogen starts to dwindle.

The knowledge of how menopause is perceived and experienced in other countries may not relieve your symptoms; however, this might help you address the changes that you are feeling. If Japanese women are not feeling the symptoms because of eating soy or other soy products, then maybe you can change your diet and find ways to incorporate soy and other foods rich in isoflavones and other phytoestrogens to minimize hot flashes, mood swings, and hormonal imbalances among others.

If you are not keen on eating tofu or you are not sure what foods are rich in such nutrients or you do not expect to be a soothsayer in your neighborhood, then you can always take supplements, such as Menersa, which contain soy and other herbs that can help ease your menopausal woes. For more information on how this product can help you, just visit http://www.menersa.com/.



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Moocy asked:


Okay im a teenager with a mom who i think is going through menopause. seriously its hell. she picks on me all the time and doesnt give a break. she has weird moments which i never saw b4. how do you deal with this?

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ASHUTOSH asked:


My wife was a good sex partner & I was sexually satisfied with her. She even obliged for ocassional anal sex. But now after menopause she is absolutely frigid. I have tried ti arouse her by all poosible means but failed. So now I go for sex outside.

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Groshan Fabiola asked:


Menopause is a normal phenomenon. Women are affected by changes during their life, and one of these important changes is menopause. In most of the cases, between 45 and 55 years, in a woman’s life a great change is happening because period stops and the possibility of pregnancy is lost. We can not talk about menopause as we talk about a disease but at this time of their life women experience a mixture of symptoms like vaginal dryness, mood swings, problems with sleep, or hot flashes, symptoms that need proper medical care and treatment. During menopause women’s estrogen levels fall and their body is suspect of osteoporosis.

Women enter this period around the age of 45. If menopause doesn’t occur before 55 years and not earlier than 45 it’s considered either premature or rather late, and we can say that is an abnormal phenomenon.

A small percent of women experience premature menopause and the causes are smoking, life at high altitudes, or lack of pregnancy. Anyway, women with premature menopause should see a doctor to check for other medical problems that could cause this fact.

Just before menopause, women pass through a transition period of 3 to 5 years called perimenopause, when menopause symptoms begin but women do not stop menstruating.

Surgical menopause represents the removal of ovaries. After this procedure the risk of heart disease increases and women can not get rid of menopausal symptoms without treatment.

Menopause represents a women’s fertility lost. During its’ lifetime a women loses a small percentage from the up to 3 million ovarian follicles, that she has at her birth, through normal ovulation. Around the age of menopause women have fewer than 10.000 eggs, because most of their eggs die through artresia.

The reproductive hormone called follicle - stimulating hormone, FSH, is responsible for the increase of ovarian follicles in the first period of a women’s life. After this first period in her life a woman’s ovarian follicles become immune to the hormone called follicle - stimulating hormone and ovaries reduce their production of estrogen.

Estrogen is an important hormone and its’ production stoppage affects many parts of the body from heart to bones. This hormone loss is the cause of most of the menopause symptoms. Not only the production of estrogen is reduced in this period of a woman’s life, but also the production of testosterone another important hormone responsible with the sexual drive.

For more resources about menopause or even about menopause products please review http://www.menopause-info-guide.com



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Kelly Price asked:


The Menopause can be treated naturally and more and more women are seeking natural cures to alleviate the symptoms which can cause misery and in this article, we will look at some of the best herbs you can take to cure the menopause…

The Menopause can make a women’s life a misery and some of the most common symptoms include the following - Hot flashes or sight sweats, tiredness, mood swings, low libido, dryness in the vagina, insomnia. Some women simply are not affected though in most instances it’s to do with lifestyle and diet. If you live a healthy lifestyle and eat healthily you can banish all the symptoms of the menopause.

You can buy powerful supplements which use time tested herbs to treat the menopause which are blended together in potent natural Menopause relief pills and many will include the following herbs.

Y-Oryzanol

Y-Oryzanol helps to cholesterol function in the liver and cholesterol balance in the bloodstream. In its role as an antioxidant it also helps to promote better hormonal balance.

Hesperidin

Hesperidin is found in citrus fruits and is taken to boost blood circulation it is also taken to also taken treat hemorrhoids, fibroid tumors in the uterus, endometriosis, and also helps to relieve the symptoms of the menopause.

Sage Leaf

In terms of the Menopause, lifts mood, helps to control hot flushes and also regulates the menstrual cycle.

Black Cohosh

One of the most popular herbs to help relieve menopausal symptoms, such as hot flushes.

St Johns Wort

St John’s Wort has a physiological affect in terms of lifting mood and spirit in relation to menopausal symptoms.

Vitamin E

A powerful anti oxidant which helps to reduce stress and also helps to control hot flushes and keeps cell membranes healthy.

If you include a natural menopause treatment pill in your daily diet you will get nutrients that are proven to right and end the misery of the menopause.

 



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