Menopause
Symptoms of Menopause
Gathered under the name of climacteric. The estrogen deficiency causes first:
- Vaginal dryness and skin
- Minor psychological disorders (depression, fatigue, insomnia, decreased libido, etc)
- Hot flashes, especially with night sweats often associated
- Final Amenorrhea (cessation of blood flow)
- Asthenia with insomnia
- Accelerated loss of bone density, making up an osteoporosis
- Weight gain. Average of 3 to 15 kg
Later, the genitals (vagina, vulva, uterus) atrophy and mammary glands, with accentuation of prolapse.
All these symptoms are only disadvantages. The risks of osteoporosis (decreased bone density: fracture risk and therefore most important repair more difficult and longer; accentuated bone loss at menopause) and increased cardiovascular disease.
Weight gain is not due to menopause per se but to the significant decrease of basal metabolism which occurs at approximately the same period
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Period Encompassing the Premenopausal and Ending 1 Year After the Last Menstrual Period.
Premenopause
Period encompassing the premenopausal and ending 1 year after the last menstrual period.
Estrogen and progesterone are steroid hormones that possess cell receptors located on the surface of pituitary cells in particular, and react by reverse controls to maintain the rate of ovarian hormones around a stable value. It is a period of depression that causes ovarian failure or progesterone alone or accompanied by an estrogen deficiency. In the latter case there is amenorrhea (absence of menstruation) or lower them with hot flashes by cons if there is another estrogen secretion, disorders are:
- Feeling swollen and bloated stomach, constipation
- Unstable character, insomnia at night, helping pump the afternoon, depression, anxiety, sudden mood changes and irritability for no reason.
- Headache
No breast tenderness feel constantly swollen breasts
Disorders of the menstrual cycle:
- Cycle shorter or longer or very very light flow for several days (premenopausal) to a total lack of it (menopause)
- Decreased libido
- Morning and night sweats.
- Metrorrhagia (non-flow period of supposed rules), meno-metrorrhagia
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Symptoms Of Menopause
- The period that precedes this is called pre-menopause and post menopause that follows.
- The ovaries stop when menopause is approaching slowly but surely with the release of mature eggs, which decreases fertility.
- Most women begin the end of their fertile period somewhere between their 45th and 55th.
- This phase lasts 6 to 13 years. In popular parlance, this term ‘transition’ (for a new life) or called ‘menopause’ (although strictly speaking not true).
Women can during the transition very different feelings ranging from discomfort and depression to the relief and freedom. How they experience depends on how their body works in this period, but also how they psychologically against aging and look at this new stage.
The Relationship between Menopause and Weight Gain
It is not uncommon for women who are in the period of menopause find that your waistline is expanding and their ideal body weight is increasingly difficult to maintain.
Although much more common when the metabolic activity is running at its sharpest rate, maturity brings less efficient to burn body fat with less desire to move.
This combination can lead to weight gain during this period, particularly in the waist area. If you are concerned about weight gain during menopause, the good news is that there are a number of lifestyle choices that can be done to win the battle.
Why women gain weight during menopause?
There are a number of factors contribute to weight gain. First, at this stage of life, women tend to have more problems to adopt a regular exercise routine. Whether due to fatigue, stress or lack of time, women in this age range usually do less exercises. This is an unfortunate statistic when you consider that it is precisely in this time of life that we must be attentive to health problems, either heart problems, diabetes and osteoporosis.
All these conditions (and some others too) can be improved with a regular exercise regimen. At that age, your exercise program should include the same elements that when I was younger that is, daily aerobic activity combined with regular strength training.
Another factor in weight gain is the fact that at this stage of life, women tend to consume more calories. Part of the reason for the increased intake could be attributed to hormonal changes that can cause changes in mood, anxiety and depression. You can help fight the urge to nibble training to recognize when it is due to true hunger or stress. I could also make good choices in your eating habits by eating fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.
Finally at that age your body starts to burn calories more slowly, making it more difficult challenge to maintain your ideal weight with the election of current lifestyle. The reason for this reduction is that the natural aging process causes your body begins to replace fat and muscle burns fat more slowly than muscles. As a result, your metabolism slows, which makes losing weight and keeping it a much greater challenge.
You can fight this trend continuing with their normal physical activity and reducing the daily intake of about 200 calories. You can easily do that if education is to eat only when hungry and also choose healthy foods.
Weight gain need not be inevitable in the process of menopause. With healthy choices and some adjustments to your lifestyle, you can get through this time without the weight gain that some.
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