IN MENOPAUSE AND CLIMATERIC
Menopause is to identifies a turning point in women's lives. It is an event in the history of each woman, involving a series of hormonal changes that will lead to alterations in physiology major impact on his body. Fortunately, the negative connotations are in decline. Those who until recently tells of the arrival in this situation as the transition to two dramatic events: the onset of old age and the impossibility of motherhood. Today in the twenty-first century, the roles have changed. The woman has to live menopause as a natural stage, which offers new possibilities and allows you to enjoy sex without taking precautions to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.
It is often used synonymously words menopause and menopause, but its meaning is not the same. The term menopause refers specifically to the time when menstruation ceases, which is presented to an approximate age of 50 years (two years before or two later). If the 40 years before we talk about menopause and menopause is delayed until late when after 55. For his part, the term refers to the climacteric period before and after the presentation of menopause, and has a duration of between 5 and 15 years.
The ovarian function is not interrupted by sudden, but usually decreases slowly. With the loss of this function, a decrease of estrogen that is the reason for the irregularity of menstrual cycles and their withdrawal (the date of menopause). In a generic way we can call themselves symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes and sweating, decreased bone mass and urogenital atrophy.
Symptoms of menopause
- The hot flushes. They appear in the two years following menopause, but in 25% of women may persist for up to 5 years or more. Are experienced as sudden, unexpected blast of heat that most women found in the arms, chest, face and neck. When they occur at night (Evening Lymphedema) can hinder sleep and cause tiredness from the start of the day and irritability.
- Loss of bone mass. Osteoporosis affects a large number of women and leads to increased bone fragility and is largely responsible for the many fractures that occur at this time, especially hip, spine and wrist.
- Atrophy and dryness of the vaginal mucosa with shortening and narrowing of that body. This can cause pain during intercourse (dyspareunia) and severe drop in sexual activity. However, numerous studies have shown that women before menopause has enjoyed a pleasant sexuality and has continued throughout the climacteric get a good vaginal lubrication, as the activity itself optimizes the flow vaginal. Some symptoms that women perceived to be linked in a wrong way with the loss of sexual interest during menopause.
Other symptoms have been wrongly associated with menopause, since it has not shown any link with the decrease of estrogen. These include:
- Changes in mood with sleep disorders, anxiety and irritability, feelings, depression, mood swings and so on. In reality, all this is more appropriate to relate to events that it's up to women living in this time of life. Arrives at a rather mature age, which usually changes the family structure with the departure of the last child from home. In fact these symptoms were more related to the feeling that the empty nest with menopause.
- The loss of sexual interest. It is unjustified association with menopause. There is no scientific reason to confirm the cause-effect relationship. In addition, numerous studies show that the factor that determines more weight the absence of sexual activity in the older woman is the lack of companion, something that at this age is becoming common.
- The increased risk of suffering from heart and circulatory diseases. This is a controversial topic and discussion. However, the cause of these disorders is not attributable to estrogen deficiency. Yes it is a common disease at this age, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, increased cholesterol, or as sedentary habits, obesity, smoking and aging itself. For several years, supplements have been used estrogen alone or with progestins to treat women during menopause, through the so-called hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
In January 2004 the Spanish Agency of Medicines, in line with other European Medicines Agency, issued a notice advising the restriction on the use of HRT, because while short-term use is favorable for the treatment of climacteric symptoms adversely affecting the quality of life of women, their long-term employment has important contraindications increased risk of breast and endometrial cancer, and heart attack, stroke and venous thrombosis. In addition, the THS has not proven to be a first-line therapy in the prevention of osteoporosis. For the woman who is being treated with HRT are advised to use the lowest effective dose for the shortest time possible.
Is not the end of the erotic life Menopause and climacteric represent only the end of the reproductive capacity, but the erotic and sexual life does not end with them. Are another step in life that can be enjoyed to the full, keeping a optimum sexual health, enjoying sex, love and passion. Many women enjoy more of their sexual activity during this period because they lose the fear of pregnancy and is easy for the couple relationship improves, since the change in the man changed his' urgent sex drive 'and invest more time in making fondling your partner.
This phase is revealed to many heterosexual couples as one of the happiest periods of sexual harmony. Removed from the team-procreative sex, sex can live more freely than ever: the only thing is to the mutual pleasure, to express affection and desire that you feel on the other. The use of vaginal lubricants can now be very useful and is a resource that is often erotic enhance the game. We can not forget that not only intercourse is a source of sexual pleasure. In addition to the genitals, there are other parts of our body can make us enjoy and this is more evident as they fulfill years.
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