Symptoms of Menopause

Symptoms of Menopause

Menopause refers to the cessation of menstruation, causing the women to become infertile. As a general rule this means a time when women has not had a menstrual period for over a year. Most women experience menopause around the age of 50 and will begin to experience symptoms such as irregular periods, hot flashes and others. These symptoms can often be relieved by the application of home remedies.

Symptoms of Menopause

Symptoms	Descriptions
Irregular Periods and Ovulation	Your cycle may become shorter or longer with lighter or heavier bleeding, reduced fertility and spotting between periods.
Hot Flashes	Up to 80 percent of American women note a sudden feeling of heat that causes the neck and face to flush. These can occur at any time and can last between 30 seconds and 5 minutes. This symptom usually stops a few years after menopause.
Vaginal or Bladder Problems	The skin around the genitals will become thinner and dryer, causing pain during intercourse, increased risk of vaginal infection and urinary tract problems such as incontinence or infection.
Sexuality Change	Your attitudes toward sex may change including a diminished interest in sex, comfort and arousal issues, and liberation from pregnancy concerns. The risk of developing an STD still remains.
Problems Sleeping	You may find your normal sleep patterns interrupted and wake earlier in the morning.
Swing Mood	Anxiety, irritability and depression may occur. Family dynamics or stress can contribute to these.
Change in Body	Loss of muscle mass, thickening at the waist, increase in fat and loss of elasticity of the skin may occur.
Other Symptoms	Memory problems, headaches, difficulty concentrating, joint and muscle pain and stiffness, thinning of the hair on the scalp, and more prominent facial hair may occur.

How to Relieve Menopause Symptoms
Improve Lifestyle

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  Maintain a heart healthy diet that is high in fruits, vegetables, fish, fiber, beans and whole grain breads but low in saturated fats.
• Stop smoking to help reduce health concerns and the risk of hot flashes.
• Reduce your intake of alcohol and caffeine and lower your stress levels to encourage restful sleep and other symptoms.
• Exercise regularly to help maintain a healthy weight, avoid negative mood swings and encouraging heart and bone health.
• Performing yoga or biofeedback can help to reduce stress that can contribute to symptoms.

Here is a video demo to show you the yoga for menopause symptoms.

Try Alternative Medicines

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  Meditation or breathing exercises can help to reduce emotional symptoms and hot flashes.
• Black cohosh is commonly recommended to relieve menopause symptoms, but its long term safety has not been established. Do not take this remedy if there is any chance you are pregnant, and talk to your doctor first.
• Work to get high amounts of vitamin D and calcium to encourage bone health.
• Consuming soy can help to maintain bone health and may help to reduce symptoms.

Cautions

• Any home remedies or medications for menopause have the risk of side effects. Talk to your doctor about any potential risks before starting therapy for menopause.
• It is possible to become pregnant at any point before your periods fully stop. You should continue to use birth control until periods have stopped for a full year.

Home Remedies for Menopausal Disorder | Cure Menopause Syndrome

Home Remedies for Menopausal Disorder | Cure Menopause Syndrome

Menopause

Menopause is a natural consequence of aging. It causes the cessation of the reproductive processes so that the woman transitions from reproductive to non-reproductive. This is the stage where the monthly cycles stop. Still, this does not occur overnight but over a period of time. How long a woman transitions towards menopause depends on many factors. Each patient will have a different time frame but most occur over a period of years.

No woman can avoid menopause as long as she reaches middle age. There is no definite time as to when menopause should start but women aged 42 to 48 should expect to begin experiencing the symptoms anytime soon.


Thus, the best thing for a woman to do is to learn to deal with the symptoms of menopause.

Although unavoidable, there are ways to at least minimize the symptoms that the woman will be experiencing. Often, hormone therapy is the best recourse. Estrogen hormones are often taken in oral forms in normal dosages while progesterone hormones are taken in oral forms but in much higher dosages.

Symptoms of Menopause

• Migraine


• Hot flashes


• Watery discharges


• Urinary problems such as incontinence, urgency, or frequency


• Osteopenia


• Vaginal dryness


• Memory loss


• Irritability


• Decreased sex drive


• Depression

Menopausal Problems Natural Remedies

Are there ways to treat menopausal disorders without having to undergo expensive therapies or treatments? There are some herbal and alternative remedies that the patient can try to use if she finds that other strategies do not work or are too expensive.


Here are some suggestions:

• Drinking the juice taken from beets is sometimes beneficial to those who are suffering from menopausal disorders. Simply take a glass of beet juice three times in one day to help with these problems. This is said to be a better treatment as opposed to synthetic hormones that are also expensive.


• Carrot seeds that are boiled in a glass of milk are also a remedy for menopausal disorders. Just add a teaspoon of carrot seeds to the milk and let it come to a boil then simmer for ten minutes. Drink this daily for relief from these symptoms.


• Licorice powder mixed with milk can also help with menopausal disorders. Simply add a teaspoon of this powder to milk or any juice and drink daily.


• The patient can also remedy her problems with menopausal disorders with the use of soy products like tofu, soya milk, and even products made with soy flour.