The menopause symptoms are different and individual in women. Some experience symptoms that their friends never suffer. The duration and severity of the symptoms are variable. The menopause is a natural part of the life because all women suffer it; of course, some with more difficulty than others. But one thing that all women have in common is the skill to determine the options about how to treat their menopausic symptoms. Approximately in the occidental world, the 12% of women don’t experience menopausic symptoms and approximately the 14% they experience the intense physical or emotional problems.

the severity of the menopause symptoms are variable

a) The psychological symptoms of Menopause:

The anxiety, the difficulty to concentrate, the exaggeration to the minor problem, easy irritability, the oblivion and the changes of mood are the typical psychological problems. The studies indicate that many cases of the depression relate more with circumstances than the menopause itself. Other events, like the cares of major relatives, retirement, divorce or widowhood, the children growing and leaving home occur around the menopause period. Also some problems can cause indirectly due to the dream perturbation. To occupy of emotional symptoms you have to exercise regularly. This will help to keep your hormonal balance and to preserve the osseous strength. To talk with other women, who are going through menopause, can help with the emotional symptoms. Women who approach to menopause complain often for memory loss.

the anxiety, lack of concentration and depression

are menopause

b) Hot flushes (Stifling heats) and Other Vasomotor Symptoms:
The hot flushes (stifling heats) or heat waves are the most predominant symptoms of menopause. The hear waves (hot flushes or stifling heats) can begin 4 years before finishes the menstruation, but they continue generally a year or two after menopause. The hear waves (hot flushes or stifling heats) are sudden waves of heat of the body, generally in the face or the chest. They can be accompanied of palpitations, perspirations, coldnesses or night sweat. The heats cause changes in the control of the body temperature.

have hot flushes is sign of menopause

c) Interruptions of the dream (insomnia):
The insomnia is another of the menopause symptoms. These can demonstrate of many forms including the difficulty to sleep or wake up during the night. During the nights also usually appears in some women night perspiration. The menopause for these problems can lead to the fatigue during the day.

the insomnia and night perspiration accompany the menopause

d) Lack of sexual activity:
The vaginal dryness and minor elasticity in tissues are common problems of menopause, effect due to the decreasing of the estrogen level. The vaginal dryness can cause irritation and pain during the copulation. The interest in copulate can decline and it’s also very common not to reach the orgasm. The vaginal lubricants can do the copulation less painful. The lack of sexual activity and the vaginal dryness are evident.

 

e) Urinary problems:
The incontinence increases with the age and there is evidence that the estrogen loss plays an important role. During menopause, the tissues in the urinary zone also change, sometimes leaving the women more susceptible to the involuntary loss of urine, particularly if some chronic diseases or urinary infections are also present. Exercise yourself, laugh of the life, raise heavy objects, or do similar movements that exert pressure on the bladder and can do to escape small quantities of urine. The lack of regular exercise can contribute to this condition. It’s important to know that the training of the bladder is a simple and efficient treatment for the majority of the cases.

some women develop urinary incontinence

f) Corporal changes:
With the years the muscles and the bones weaken, causing that the bones break with little blows; like this the hip fractures occur because of the osteoporosis. Also the bladder and the uterus are fallen for problems of the colon. Also there are changes of weight.

g) Other problems:
Some women became vulnerable to the osteoporosis and the coronary diseases. Others have memory and concentration problems. Some women during their last menstruations have important bleedings. Very few develop fatigue, changes in the hair color and/or headache.