A chief problem associated with menopause is a prolapsed heart. As a menopausal woman, you should regularly consult with your physician to keep an eye on the condition of your heart’s valve to ensure that there is no deformity that causes a prolapsed heart and frequently palpitation; a condition in which the heart races repeatedly as if it will not stop. This condition is extremely uncomfortable and frightening. It happens when the heart experiences premature contractions and more than enough blood is pumped to the heart.

During menopause, evade stress. Irregular menstruation is common during menopause, so that should not worry you at all. It is one of the symptoms of pre-menopause. Other symptoms are tinnitus or ringing in the ear, sleeplessness or insomnia, depression and panic attacks from ordinary household noises, like the yelling by children.

Relax, exercise regularly and sleep well during menopause to ensure that your hormones do not go wild, especially your cortisol which gets aggravated by stress. A high cortisol level is risky for your heart. It quickens your heart beat to move oxygen faster to starving cells and tissues. Research has also shown that increased cortisol precipitates both diabetes and high blood pressure.

The bottom line is to ensure that your lifestyle changes. Nutrition should be upgraded at middle age because this will help your body to produce more hormones to augment your depleting hormone levels - the cause of menopause. Exercise will help you burn calories and strengthen your bones to keep osteoporosis at bay.

Menopause is a manageable middle age crisis. It does not in 90% of case last all through the remainder of your life. Most women graduate from menopause at age 51 or there about. How much you suffer from your menopause will greatly depend on your lifestyle. Avoid stress, eat nutritious food and exercise your body to beat the hurtful symptoms of menopause.

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Climacteric or menopause

This, however, should not be the case, because the climacteric period of a woman’s life is when sex should be rediscovered and taken wholeheartedly without the responsibility of managing menstruation and pregnancy.

Every woman should be prepared to go through climacteric or menopause with adequate knowledge that makes it possible for her to manage the symptoms without undue anxieties that cause emotional disorder, withdrawal and lack of amenability to sexual advances by spouse.

One of the symptoms of menopause is loss of sexual drive, which stems from hormonal changes; especially lowered estrogens levels causing the vagina to lose tissues and painful during intercourse, but this along with the other symptoms such as hot flashes, night seats, general disorientation etc are temporary.

If you have adequate knowledge of menopause and its symptoms you can properly and easily manage them and soon the phase will be over ushering you into a period of general bliss, especially sexually, free from all the encumbrances of womanhood.

While menopause lasts, you will be better if you keep your emotions positive rather than negative. Never you look down own yourself as old or good for nothing. Awful moody sprees make your life worse, and more often than not aggravate your hormonal crisis.

Some people will consider hormonal replacement therapy, but the risk of breast cancer associated with it should make you look for alternative natural therapies in conjunction with widely available water-based lubricants to shield the walls of your vagina from abrasion and pain during sexual intercourse.

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One of the most dreaded menopause symptoms, hot flashes can quickly derail an otherwise ideal day. Here’s how to deal.

You’ve waited for this evening for weeks. Finally you and your husband have the time and a few dollars to go out for the night to spend some romantic time together. The grown kids are now gone off to college, married, or are chasing their promising career and the house is essentially empty. No longer do you hear the calls of, “Mom, I can’t find my…”, “Did you wash my…”, or “What’s for supper? I’m starved!” Those days are gone.

Instead you hear the phone ring or once in awhile, the door bursts open without a knock and your tiny, precious baby now stands there tall and strong with the grin you’ve loved for years and a black garbage bag full of dirty laundry. No, you’ll never stop being ‘Mom’, but the role of ‘Mom’ has now changed. However, for tonight, you are Mrs. Romantically Female; an actual woman again.

As you look in the mirror, the maturity of all the things you’ve experienced for the past decades is evident; the long nights with sick kids, the rushing to sports’ events and concerts, the tedious jobs of folding clothes and cooking meals.

You slip on that special pink dress and maybe even don a pair of heels if they still fit. The hairdo has to be just right so after every hair is in place you spray it lightly. You put on your foundation, shadow, eyeliner and mascara. Then you add just a touch of blush to brighten the now slightly sunken cheeks. As you’re applying the final touch of lipstick, it hits.

That dreaded hot flash! As you begin to feel your insides heat up you start fanning yourself trying to cool off before the well-known affects of the last hour’s hard work begin to cause a meltdown. Your deodorant kicks into second gear; and then third; as the perspiration begins to run between your breasts at an alarming rate.

The temperature rises as the beads of sweat try to seep from under your make-up. You can feel the evaporation from your hairline, and under your nose, and you dab at it with a tissue hoping to head off the inevitable while still keeping collateral damage to a minimum.

As your scalp begins to moisten and your perfect hair begins to lose all the body you worked so hard to instill, you lean forward to keep your back off the chair hoping a little air circulation will help. It doesn’t.

Your heart races a mile a minute and it seems the more you panic to cool off, the more you heat up. As the panic turns to frustration, the hairdo begins to fall, the mascara runs under your eyes, the shadow collects into creases on your lids, and your clothes display their own personal imprints of perspiration in the most uninviting places.

Now you try to hold back the tears so you can salvage what’s left of the make-up, change into something more casual… that’s not sweat laden… in darker colors… and replace the nylons and heels with socks and sneakers.

Deciding that a burger and fries tastes just as good as lobster and salad, you pull yourself together and announce to your husband maybe a more casual evening like a movie and McDonalds would actually save money anyway.

Don’t despair. Any woman who’s going through menopause has been there. Just when you think you can begin to have a life of your own, now that the kids are old enough to fend for themselves, you begin turning the corner into “older” age and the hot flashes (or “flushes” as they’re also referred to) remind you of your more mature age.

There is hope!

Sure you can get hormone replacement therapy to ease some of thesymptoms of menopause, but not everyone is comfortable with taking them. There are dozens of rumors about all the serious side effects, and although many women can take them without any negative repercussions, many others are just not ready to take the chance. So, what’s a woman to do?

There are some new products and methods that are either just now being introduced into the market, or that are currently being tested and are soon to be available.

One of those is called Verita`. Unlike regular medicines or drugs, Verita` is not ingested. Rather, it is a topical spray that is intended to cool your skin during a hot flash.

When you begin to feel a hot flash coming on, this topical application is sprayed directly on any exposed skin such as your arms, legs, neck or chest. It comes in an easily accessible and compact bottle that can be kept in your purse, your car, a tote bag, a desk drawer, or anywhere else you happen to be. It’s advertised to break the cycle of hot flashes on contact.

Because Verita is comprised of a blend of botanicals and marine algae, and because it’s topical in nature, it can’t upset any hormone balance in your system. The maker has also considered the fragrance so she’s added a light blend of aloe and cucumber scent. Melissa France from ME Cosmeceuticals is the developer and states that product sales are doing well locally.

There is also a new treatment that comes in the form of a gel and it’s called “Low-dose Transdermal Estradiol (E2) Gel”. Ronald Ackerman, MD., the Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Comprehensive Clinical Trials in West Palm Beach, Florida is quoted as saying, “The treatment goal is to provide the least amount of estrogen over the least amount of time which can be effective for the individual patient. Transdermal is a growing trend owing to its ability to bypass the liver and be given at lower doses.”

The testing of Transdermal was done on 488 women between the ages of 18 to 65 who experienced more than 50 hot flashes per week, regardless of whether the flashes were due to age or other medical factors such as a hysterectomy. After twelve weeks of applying the gel alternately to each thigh, 92% of the tested women reported that their hot flashes were now mild to moderate, with the more adverse symptoms being experienced by only those who were being treated with the higher doses.

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) suggests that Low-dose Transdermal Estradiol just may be an alternative to the traditional hormone replacement therapy.

Because many women have a fear of cancer and heart disease from the widely taken medications known as Prempro and Premarin, a new pill has been developed and is being tested. This most recent menopause pill is a combination of bone-loss therapy and estrogen and in recent studies Aprela is boasted to have reduced hot flashes from 80%.

The parent company Wyeth also reports that Aprela should be available in about a year, provided it passes the testing and is approved.

So, in the meantime, keep your tank top and your sweater handy for the thirty second temperature explosions followed by the cold chill three minutes later. Carry an extra roll-on deodorant and can of hairspray in your purse, keep cotton swabs handy for make-up touchups, and put a smile on your face. After all, the kids are still on their own, you can come and go as you please without first getting a sitter, the food bill has diminished significantly, and you have some wonderful memories that came with every one those laugh lines.

Wear them proudly! They’re proof you’ve earned time for you.

By Amber Snow Published: 10/17/2007

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The term post-menopausal sometimes needs a little clarification. It is usually applied to women who have completed the menopause, meaning they have not had a period for over twelve months. This can be due to a natural menopause, or a surgery induced menopause. Women who are taking hormone replacement therapy are not considered to be post menopausal as they may experience symptoms of the menopause when they stop this treatment.

Common post menopausal problems can be experienced any time from the onset of the menopause onwards. After the menopause, women never really stop being post menopausal. Most of the physical and emotional problems that women encounter after the menopause are caused by decreasing hormone levels, particularly estrogen.

Conditions relating to the vagina and bladder are often experienced post menopause because these parts of the body require estrogen to remain healthy. Thinning of the tissue in these areas can cause incontinence, bladder infections, growths or polyps in the uterus, and vaginal dryness, as well as an increased risk of uterine cancer.

Other serious physical conditions linked to post menopausal women are osteoporosis and heart disease. Osteoporosis is common as women begin to lose bone density more rapidly due to reduction in estrogen. Risk of heart disease is increased due to atherosclerosis, or the hardening of their arteries.

Emotionally, post menopausal women may experience depression, fatigue due to insomnia, hot flashes and night sweats, and a reduction in self confidence and libido. Although these emotional responses can be triggered by hormonal changes, they may also be related to other factors. Reaching the menopause, and the changes happening in her body, may make a woman feel old, unattractive and worthless and these feelings can trigger depression and lack of sex drive.

So what can post menopausal women do to limit these common problems? Exercise is one crucial way to control these conditions. While we are not talking about running marathons, some exercise such as walking, gardening and light aerobics can have a wide range of benefits.

Exercise keeps bones, joints and cartilage healthy, guarding against osteoporosis as well as arthritis. It reduces the risk of heart disease by stimulating circulation, controls weight, and enhances emotional wellbeing.

Maintaining a healthy diet is another way for post menopausal women to remain problem free. They may want to think about supplements such as vitamin D and calcium to guard against osteoporosis. Not smoking may not only put off the menopause by a couple of years, it will also reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis. Using progesterone creams may keep the vagina and bladder area healthier, and make intercourse more comfortable and therefore more appealing.

There are many problems associated with post menopausal women, but by exercising regularly and maintaining a healthy lifestyle they don’t have to mean a huge decrease in quality of life.

If you’d like to learn more about post menopause symptoms, click here. Rebecca has many articles on menopause and afterwards here.

By Rebecca Prescott Published: 4/4/2007

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After the age of 40, many women start to see, feel and sense changes to their body and minds. These so called symptoms may be directly related to menopause and can come on gradually or in some cases, overnight. It may be difficult to determine if you are entering the perimenopause phase of your life because there are in excess of 34 menopause symptoms.

Any menopause symptom can last from a few months to as long as several years. Some symptoms are mild and not even noticeable while other can be severe and have a negative impact on ones quality of life. In extreme cases, women have been using hormone replacement therapy to help with symptoms. Up until 2002, this was common practice. However, a clinical study that came out in July, 2002, highlighted the potential health risks for women on hormone replacement therapy. Today, if women do decide on this form of treatment, it is recommended that the smallest dose over the shortest period of time be used.

The most common menopause symptoms to be aware of include these psychological signs:

1.Mood swings and anxiety
2.Irritability
3.Memory loss and concentration issues
4.Depression

The physical menopause symptoms include:
5.Hot flashes - likely the common and well known of all symptoms
6.Insomnia - sometimes linked to hot flashes
7.Fatigue - often linked to insomnia
8.Vaginal dryness/painful intercourse
9.Loss of bladder control - caused by the thinning of the bladder and urethra
10.Urinary tract infections
11.Decreased sex drive/libido
12.Bloating, water retention
13.Breast tenderness
14.Osteoporosis
15.Gum disease
16.Tooth loss
17.Bad breast
18.Ringing in the ears (buzzing)
19.Thinning hair
20.Changes in skin especially skin becoming dry
21.Brittle fingernails
22.Increase in heart disease
23.Changes in periods - heavy or light
24.Headaches including migraines
25.Joint and muscle pain
26.Heart palpitations
27.Tingling in the feet and hands
28.Dizziness
29.Increase in facial hair
30.Decrease metabolism
31.Increase in weight
32.Increase in allergies

Some women breeze through menopause like nothing even happened. Others suffer through and have a terrible time. If you have severe symptoms, so tips that may help include exercising daily, getting lots of rest, eating more fruits and vegetables, reducing alcohol and caffeine intake and quitting smoking. Be sure to speak with your doctor to get all the right advice to living well during this period in your life.

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There are a number of symptoms that are associated with the onset of menopause. Various treatments are now available to help alleviate those symptoms.

Menopause is the condition in which the reproductive period in a female’s life has come to a close. Normally, throughout the lifespan of a female, ovaries specialize in producing an egg each month. This is what causes menstruation in the woman. In addition to this, the ovaries play an active role in the production of important hormones in the female body. This includes the hormone of progesterone and that which is called estrogen. When changes begin to take place that result in the lack of menstruation and the productivity of the female hormones are thereby affected, this is what is referred to as “menopause”.

There are a number of symptoms that are associated with the onset of menopause. Nearly all women who are approaching menopause, or experiencing menopause, will experience common symptoms associated with this change in life. Some of the symptoms of menopause include:

Many women will experience menstrual cycles that are irregular, or complete cessation of the menstrual cycle.

Hot flashes are extremely common when a female at the onset of menopause.

A common complaint is the experiencing of a variety of moods (mood swings), which include quick irritability when menopause begins.

Loss of libido is common among females in menopause.

Many women may discover that they have complications sleeping. This is quite often the result of night sweats, another common symptom - however, it can also be related to the physiological changes that the body is experiencing.

Migraines and other types of pain are quite common during menopause.

As you can see, there are a number of symptoms that are common to the onset of menopause. The list above contains only a few of the symptoms that can be experienced during this time in life. While menopause is normal, and there is no treatment available to stop this from occurring, there are a number of treatments that can help in soothing the many symptoms that are common to this condition.

One of the most common treatments for menopause is the prescription of hormone replacements. This type of menopause treatment focuses on replenishing the hormones that are normally no longer produced once the body starts to process this change in life. There are many benefits associated with this form of treatment. The ultimate benefit is that it helps to alleviate the symptoms that are associated with menopause. It may also reduce the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis.

The risks that are associated with hormone replacement drug treatment include:

Increased opportunity for stroke

Experiencing clotting of the blood

Increased chance of developing uterine cancer

The possibility of developing breast cancer is increased

There are a number of natural treatments for menopause. These have proven effective for millions of women. Increasing the amount of natural calcium can help soothe the symptoms of menopause. Black Cohosh Root has also been deemed as an appropriate treatment. These natural treatments taken in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle that includes diet and exercise can greatly benefit those that are experiencing menopause.

Whatever the symptoms one happens to experience, it is advisable to seek competent medical advice when searching for an appropriate remedy, whether it be hormonal replacement therapy or one of the many natural supplements now available.

Colin Albert oversees the Euphoria for Women website. The web site provides information on female sexuality and features a natural product that acts as a female herbal enhancer, for women experiencing loss of sexual libido as a result of menopause.

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For many women, the side effects of HRT have made it a less desirable option to manage the symptoms of menopause. However, the discomfort of these symptoms mean some treatment is necessary.

Hot flashes, night sweats, panic attacks, headaches, and mood swings can make life difficult for a menopausal woman, as well as affecting her relationships with her family. When we feel ill, our whole outlook on life can be affected, making it more challenging to engage the levels of spiritual transformation that are associated with menopause.

Fortunately, there are a number of options available to women who’d prefer to experience menopause naturally. It’s important to note though, that medication may still be needed for some. Dr Christiane Northrup has written of some menopausal patients of hers that were adamant they were not taking HRT. But after exhausting the herbal and nutritional options, the symptoms were still so bad that in the end they opted to take hormone replacement therapy.

One well known herbal treatment for menopause is black cohosh. Also known by the botanical name of Cimicifuga racemosa, this powerful herb is a phytoestrogen. Phytoestrogens were originally thought to work by binding to the estrogen receptors in the body. Phytoestrogens are similar to natural estrogen in chemical structure, though they have a milder effect on the body. Thus, when they locked into the estrogen receptors, they were thought to have an effect that mildly mimicked estrogen, thus counterbalancing the reduced levels of estrogen in a woman’s body.

However, this is now not believed to be the main way phytoestrogens like black cohosh work. Whilst they do in fact bind to at least one subtype of estrogen receptor, they may actually work to block that receptor, rather than activate it. It is now believed that black cohosh regulates the hormonal system in the body.

Despite a lack of clear understanding in how black cohosh works, scientists have found that it works very well. One study comparing black cohosh with HRT and valium found that it was just as effective in helping both the physical and psychological symptoms of menopause. A Japanese study also found that black cohosh increased bone mineral density, which makes it very useful in preventing age related osteoporosis.

Black cohosh has been found to help 76 to 93% of women find an improvement with the symptoms of irritability, hot flushes, heart palpitations, depression, headaches, and sleep problems. These women took a standardized extract, twice a day.

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Menopause is the stage of a woman’s life when she has to pause the activities of her life. This is not easy for any women to get rid of her responsibilities and set aside her regular activities. Menopause is the phase when the resistance of a woman’s patience is concluded. Menopause is the phase that brings so many changes in a woman body. The changes occur in a body because of decrease in production of essential hormones. Menopause causes pain in the body muscles, change in menstruation cycle, inadequate sleep, stress and depression.

During menopause women may experience mood swings, change in moods for no reason. The cause of depression is the stress of menopause. The symptoms of menopause have adverse affect on a female body. Women become restless due to disturbance while sleeping. At the same time, women have to deal with her family, friends, finances and work. The normal activities look like over burden on life. Because of the drastic change in the body female feel depressed and stressful.

The changes in the body are the result of the organs that stop producing the hormones to balance the biological activities. The essential hormones like estrogen and progesterone, which controls the brainwaves, temperaments, menstruation cycle of a female body, become inadequate in the body. As a result, the female feel depressed. Depression is the state when a person thinks deep about any impression and this deep thinking results as depression. In depression, a female may feel ignored, over exhausted, Helpless to share her physical problems. Because of this feeling, the female may feel of attempting suicide. Thinking negative about events, pessimistic about life, unusual anger or crying is the beginning symptoms of depression. Women who have a history of mood swings in past are relatively more prone to face serious depression during menopause.

Females who had taken surgical treatments for menopause are having higher side of risk of having depression. If a woman has a smoking habit, she is considered more at risk for depression during menopause.

Depression should not be ignored considering it as a normal mood swing.

Depression is a very serious problem that occurs due to hormonal changes in a female. Depression can lead a person to feel like worthless and ignored in life. A worse depression can turn into suicidal act. Depression is the phase when a being undergoes deep thinking in passive terms. Female should take proper medication to cure it. The medicines should not be stopped without consulting the physician. Some behavior therapies are also available to control the emotions during depression. During menopause, hormone replacement therapy is helpful source to restore the lost hormones to overcome the depression.

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Menopause isn’t official until you’ve gone 12 complete months without a period. Once this is accomplished you are considered official. The average age for this occurrence in women is 51 though it has been known to happen much earlier and later. The symptoms of menopause while difficult on the mind and sometimes the body all have a possible and quite believable explanation.

There are three different types of menopause in women. Knowing the type of menopause that you are experiencing can assist you in treating the symptoms and understanding and accepting the course of events.

1) Natural menopause. This is the most natural state of menopause and is the direct result of aging and part of the cycle of life.

2) Medical or surgical menopause. This is the result of surgeries such as hysterectomies with ovary removal or chemotherapy.

3) Cold turkey menopause. This is the result of being removed from menopausal hormone therapy as the result of being diagnosed with breast cancer.

One thing you should keep in mind is that menopause affects everyone differently. There are some symptoms that are shared by a vast majority of the women going through menopause but that doesn’t mean that you will experience all or any of these symptoms. Most women greet menopause as a mixed blessing. In many ways it is as hated as much as it is cheered.

Common sings of menopause include the following:

1) Night sweats.

2) Hot flashes.

3) Extreme irritability.

4) Exhaustion.

5) Weight gain.

6) Headaches.

7) Mood swings.

Reduced sex drive.

9) Fluid retention.

10) Irregular periods.

There is no cure all treatment for menopause as it is a necessary evolution of the human body. However, there are treatments for the symptoms if you find them unbearable or unacceptable. You should discuss any and all treatment options candidly and carefully with your physician as they do each hold specific risks that you should be aware of before deciding to go through with the treatments.

Menopause in women is a natural process and while it may never be cheered or welcomed with open arms it should not be met with the fear and derision it has incurred in the days of the past.

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One of the symptoms of that causes the greatest amount of discomfort for some menopausal women is menopause itching. Some women are fortunate enough to rarely suffer from this, or even not to encounter this symptom at all, whilst others have severe episodes of itching, furthermore this can happen throughout the duration of menopause, which could be several years. Itching during menopause affects all parts of the body, common complaints include itchy armpits, legs, thighs, and eyes. Many women also complain about a crawling sensation all over their skin. These are clearly horrible symptoms for a woman to suffer, but what makes it worse is the fact that itching during menopause can appear with several other symptoms of menopause at the same time.

Health experts are divided on what the cause of this itching is, some don’t believe it has anything to do with menopause, but rather food, and environmental allergies but to name a couple. However if a woman is middle aged it is widely believed that the most likely cause of itching is menopause. If you are unfortunate enough to suffer from this symptom you should visit your doctor (it’s unlikely you would have to be told though, the itching is enough to drive you there). Your doctor will be able to recommend the best form of treatment depending on how severe your itching is and the other symptoms of menopause that accompany the itching.

Although there are several types of medical treatment for menopausal women, some choose not to use them because they tend to have negative side effects. Some women turn to natural methods, such as homeopathy or herbal remedies. Common forms of treatment reducing menopause itching include the use of lotions and creams, as well as hormone replacement therapy if other menopause symptoms occur. It has been noted that there is some correlation between the episodes of hot flashes and the occurrence of itching. It is also believed that it occurs as a result of the skin becoming dry because the body is no longer producing estrogen. Since this is the case hormone replacement therapy is very effective at treating menopause itching, because this remedies the lack of estrogen. However the fact that it can increase the chances of a woman developing breast cancer can scare many women away from ever using it.

There are still many unanswered questions about menopause and its symptoms, and as a result there is a lot of ongoing research being carried out in order to explore the mysteries of menopause. There are new insights into this process all the time. One of the best ways to give yourself the best chance of having long term relief from menopause itching and its other symptoms is to keep an ear out for any new information that is discovered about menopause. This can be done be reading up on the subject regularly, visiting websites and joining online communities that have members with a keen interest in this topic.

For more information on menopause head over to http://www.menopausefactsonline.com, where you can also find out about sleeplessness and menopause and early menopause symptoms.

By Samuel Alby
Published: 3/14/2008

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