Menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms can be alleviated

The heat starts out of nowhere, rises up the torso, to the head, and ends in a chill, making the body shiver. This is the routine followed by many women who have entered menopause, the period that precedes menopause and is characterized by several symptoms, including the described ones called hot flashes.

Gynecologist, president of the Brazilian Climate Society and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Jundiai (FMJ), Rogério Bonací Machado, explains that menopause is a woman's last menstruation. “Menopause is a broad transitional period between a woman's reproductive and non-reproductive life. Menopause is within menopause, which is the date of the last menstrual period. If it occurs before the age of 40, it is called premature ovarian failure. Definition: Menopause occurs after the age of 40, when production of Hormones and the woman enters a transitional phase. There is irregularity in the menstrual cycle, with shorter cycles, then longer cycles, lasting months, until the period increases to a year and then stops,” he explains.

The doctor says that hot flashes often precede menopause. “Hot flashes can occur before menopause, and do not necessarily occur after the last menstrual period, but continue as the cycle becomes longer. The average age for a Brazilian woman to go through menopause is 48 years old, while symptoms and hot flashes begin at, on average, 46. Hot flashes, there are problems sleeping, the mood begins to fluctuate, sweating becomes profuse, and these symptoms can last for up to 3 or 4 years after menopause, and for a minority, they last for up to 10 years after menopause. “Menstruation.”

Because of this and other problems associated with hormone deficiency, Rogerio explains that medical monitoring is important to mitigate health damage through correct diagnosis. “Unlike birth control, which is an option, hormone replacement therapy safely replaces lost hormones. Menopause brings risks, such as cardiovascular risks, because estrogen protects the heart, and if it becomes low, it is a point of concern, and osteoporosis as well.” “Because of the hormone deficiency, replacements can solve the symptoms and prevent diseases.”

In the skin

Karen Santos, 46, suffers from PMS and hot flashes are a difficult thing to deal with. “I've had symptoms since I was 39, but I haven't experienced menopause yet. Today, I suffer from fatigue, unbearable heat, hair loss, headaches, difficulty sleeping, weight loss, and irritability. Hot flashes are the worst,” he warms up and then It gives you chills like a cold,” he describes.

She says she has not yet received a medical recommendation for hormone replacement, but is concerned with aspects such as diet and exercise. “During my period, the flow is ridiculous, sometimes I go months without menstruation, sometimes I menstruate twice a month. I changed my diet, I do physical exercises. My mother went through menopause at a very young age, so it could happen to me. The surprise is that I did not “I knew the heat would be like this and I didn't expect the headache either.”

New stage
Pharmacist Fabiana Bonfini has an Instagram account (@dicasdemenopausa), where she talks about the peak phase she began to experience at the age of 41, at the beginning of the pandemic. “My period suddenly stopped. I had always been athletic, and ate well, but I started experiencing dry skin, vaginal dryness, loss of muscle mass, and weight gain. I started going to doctors and every one of them recommended something, until I stopped. I found one in Sao Paulo at first it worked, but then I became sick of his professor, who is from El Salvador. He saw my content and wanted to do a live broadcast, and it worked, so I decided to share the content for women to do correctly hormone replacement, with a good doctor, and learn how to deal with Your partner, demystifying women's aging during menopause.

Fabiana emphasizes that menopause is just a new stage in a woman's life. “Hormonal production begins to decrease at the age of 35. There are several cases of women who have reached early menopause. There are women who have no symptoms, they do not have a fever, but they lose sexual desire and they think it is normal because they got married for the sake of it.” They lose lean mass and bone. That's why we need to pay attention to our diet and exercise. We are hormonal, men and women alike. “Today, with longer life expectancies, women live half their lives in menopause, but menopause is just a new phase, it is not the end of life.”

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