All Entries in the "Menopause" Category

Giving Birth after Menopause: Is It Possible?

The term menopause describes the end of a woman's menstrual cycle. When menopause occurs, the women do not experience ovulation anymore. The normal age of menopause is late 40s or early 50s. Menopause takes away the natural childbearing ability of a woman. However, with advancements in medical sciences, today, a woman can get pregnant even after menopause through artificial reproduction techniques. It’s true that postmenopausal pregnancy is a controversial topic; but it surly offers many women the change of having babies during the later part of their lives. The only way through which a postmenopausal woman can get pregnant or give birth is in vitro fertilization or IVF. The process of IVF involves pacing of the fertilized egg into a woman’s womb. The process of fertilizing the egg with  [...]

Ways of Delaying Menopause

Menopause is that phase in the life of a woman when her ovaries do not release eggs anymore. The uterus of a menopausal woman also stops expelling and producing the lining made by it monthly for supporting the fertilized eggs. These two changes in the woman’s body during menopause mean that she will no more have menstruation. Menopause is also associated with a series of discomforting symptoms like vaginal dryness, mood swings, hot flashes etc. This article will inform you about the ways of delaying menopause. However, remember that these ways will only be helpful in prevention of premature menopause or early menopause; the time timely menopause in a woman can never be delayed. Smoking is one of the major triggers of early menopause. To ensure that you don’t become a victim of early menopause,  [...]

Right Age of Experiencing Menopause

When a woman does not menstruate for one complete year, she is said to be passing through menopause. The average age at which a woman is likely to experience menopause is 51 years. However, women might suffer from signs of menopause during or even before the year when women are menstruating for the last time; this phase is medically termed as ‘perimenopause’. What is early menopause? If menopause occurs before the woman reaches the age of 40 years, the woman is said to be a victim of premature menopause or early menopause. This mostly occurs due to factors like surgical removal of ovaries and uterus, intake of certain medications, illnesses and certain genetic factors. If the menopause occurs when a woman is between 40 and 51 years of age, it is considered to be normal. While early menopause  [...]

Estradiol Patches and Their Side Effects

Estradiol patches are basically a form of estrogen.  Estradiol patches are used for treating the symptoms of menopause, including dryness, itching and burning of the vaginal region and urgency to urinate. It is strongly recommended for the treatment of hot flushes as well. Women often experience different types of symptoms after attaining menopause. The post menopause symptoms often become aggressive over time. While vaginal dryness and itching are just some of the common symptoms of the condition, there are certain severe complications, such as pain in the abdomen, body ache, irritation and mood swings that can occur over time. Estradiol patches are also recommended for the treatment of severe symptoms of vaginal and valvular atrophy associated with menopause. However, if it is being considered  [...]

Benefits offered by Green Tea during and after Menopause

The term menopause refers to a situation when a woman stops menstruating. Similar to puberty, menopause is also marked by hormonal changes in a woman’s body. These hormonal changes results in certain discomforting signs. In this article we have discussed how green tea can help in battling the changes occurring in a woman’s body during and after menopause. Green tea for managing hot flashes: The term hot flashes indicate to the nasty experience of explosions that occurs all through a woman’s body during menopause. Almost every woman experiences hot flashes during their menopausal phase. Although the effects of green tea on hot flashes during menopause are quite conflicting, a study conducted in Singapore in the year 2003 has revealed that green tea can reduce occurrence of the hot flashes  [...]

3 Uncommon Symptoms of Menopause

Menopause is a time in a woman’s life, when her body experiences a lot of changes due to the hormonal fluctuations occurring in her system. Most of us are aware of the common symptoms of menopause, like hot flushes, night sweats, irregular periods, loss of libido etc. In this article we’ll be discussing 3 uncommon symptoms of menopause. They are: Change of body odor: The fluctuation of estrogen levels in a woman’s body during menopause is believed to be the main cause of change of body odor. Estrogen is the hormone responsible for regulating our hypothalamus (the brain’s part responsible for controlling body temperature). During menopause, when the estrogen levels in a woman’s body decreases, the hypothalamus receives a false message, which says that the body of the woman is overheated.  [...]

Nutritional Requirements during Menopause

The phase of menopause is a time in the women’s life when the progesterone and estrogen levels in their body decrease. Women might attain menopause anytime after crossing the age of 40 years; however, majority of them get menopause between 45 to 50 years of age. Hormonal changes occurring in a woman’s body during menopause might result in symptoms like weight gain, night sweats, mood changes, hot flashes etc. During this time, the women must eat the right kinds of foods for ensuring that the nutritional requirements of her body are fulfilled effectively; the doctor might also prescribe certain health supplements to them. The activities of ovaries of a woman decrease after menopause. This is accompanied by other signs of aging. As a result, women during menopause are likely to experience  [...]

Preventing Hair Loss during Menopause

Menopause results in a number of changes in a woman’s body. One of the most common changes includes severe hair loss. Below we have discussed some tips of preventing hair loss during menopause. To prevent hair loss during menopause, you must first ensure that you are consuming a healthy diet full of all the essential nutrients. Women must consume foods rich in minerals and vitamins during the menopausal phase. The most vital nutrients for women experiencing menopause are: vitamins E, D, C and B, iron, zinc, calcium, copper, magnesium and the essential fatty acids. During the menopausal phase, women must limit consumption of refined carbohydrates and processed foods. Consuming simple carbs in high amounts might result in production of more insulin, which might cause an increase in the testosterone  [...]

Menopause and Spotting: How Are They Related?

Spotting, a medical term used for spotty bleeding if occurs after menopause might indicate occurrence of a serious medical condition. If a woman experience spotting after menopause, she should immediately contact a gynecologist to get herself checked. Statistics suggest that 1 out of every 8 women experiencing spotting in their postmenopausal age get diagnosed to be suffering from endometrial cancer. Medical science is clear about the fact that once a woman attains menopause, she is supposed to get no bleeding, not even spotting. Studies have shown that spotting after menopause can be an indicator of cervical or endometrial cancer. However, spotting might also occur due to hormonal fluctuations occurring in the woman’s body after menopause. The other common factors that might lead to spotting  [...]

Memory Loss after Menopause

Often we forget simple things like buying some essential items from grocery store, places where we have kept the house-key or car-key etc. We hardly get bothered by these problems until they start happening frequently. Women often suffer from sudden lapses in memory after attaining menopause. Menopause is the time of a woman’s life, when they stop getting their monthly menstruation. During this phase of life, the estrogen levels in a woman’s body drops (the production of estrogen by the ovaries gets seized).  Due to this imbalance in the levels of female hormones, the woman might experience cognitive disorders. These cognitive disorders occurring after the onset of menopause do not indicate the occurrence of any type of dementia including Alzheimer’s disease. The common cognitive changes  [...]