Menopause health education brochures

[Opening Core Conclusion] Menopause is not a "necessary tribulation of aging" that women must endure. After scientific evaluation and personalized intervention, more than 90% of uncomfortable symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, and emotional irritability can be effectively alleviated, and this special physiological stage can be spent smoothly and comfortably.

Last week I met 53-year-old Aunt Wang at a community free clinic. She was standing in front of me with sweat on her forehead, clutching the collar of her coat. She said that in the past two years, she had to go back and forth in the heat ten times a day. In the winter, she had to carry a small fan with her when going out. She tossed and turned for up to three hours at home. Li Ren also said that her temper was getting weirder and weirder, and she herself felt that "everyone has to go through it anyway, and it will be over after a while." It wasn't until she fell last time climbing the third floor and checked her bone density that she found that she had reached the critical value of osteoporosis, and her bone mass was lost twice as fast as her peers.

There are really too many people like Aunt Wang who have the idea of ​​"carrying it on". Many people think that menopause is just "the end of menstruation". They are embarrassed to say it and are unwilling to see a doctor. They even think that seeking treatment is "hypocritical" and forcefully turn small problems into hidden dangers of chronic diseases such as osteoporosis and cardiovascular problems in the elderly.

When it comes to intervention, many people’s first reaction must be “Does hormone therapy have cancer risks? ”There are indeed different voices in the academic community on this issue: Mainstream gynecological endocrinologists believe that as long as there are no contraindications such as estrogen- and progesterone-dependent tumors, active thrombosis, and severe liver and kidney dysfunction, the lowest effective dose of hormone supplementation should be initiated within 10 years of menopause and before the age of 60 during the "window period". The benefits far outweigh the risks. It can not only quickly relieve symptoms, but also prevent bone loss and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in the elderly. ； There are also many scholars in natural medicine and traditional Chinese medicine who prefer to use non-pharmaceutical intervention for mild symptoms, such as adjusting diet, supplementing phytoestrogens, traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion, etc. They believe that good improvement can be achieved without exogenous hormones, and are suitable for people whose symptoms are not severe and who have concerns about hormones. To put it bluntly, there is no best solution, only the one that suits you best.

In the past two years, I have followed up more than 20 women with menopausal symptoms. Two aunts whose hot flashes were so severe that they were unable to go to work normally. After the evaluation, they used hormone supplements. The symptoms basically disappeared within three months. Now they have regular breast examinations and gynecological B-ultrasounds, and there are no problems.； There are still about a dozen people with mild symptoms who follow the plan we gave them: drink about 300ml of pure soy milk or eat some soy products every day, walk briskly or dance square dance for 40 minutes three times a week, do abdominal breathing for 10 minutes before going to bed, and do not even take health care products. Over two months, the number of hot flashes has dropped from seven or eight times a day to only one or two occasionally, and the quality of sleep has also improved.

Oh, by the way, don’t believe those “menopausal rejuvenation pills” and “ovarian care packages” that are so popular on the market. Last month, a 48-year-old aunt came to me and said that she spent more than 8,000 yuan to buy online celebrity skin care products. Her breasts hurt after taking it for three months. The breast nodule test increased from level 1 to level 3. Many of those health products with unknown ingredients secretly add large doses of estrogen, which is prone to problems. And the ovarian massage in beauty salons is even more nonsense. The ovaries are deep in the pelvic cavity, and are blocked by bones and fat on the outside. They can't be touched by ordinary massage. I have seen people come to the emergency department with rupture of the corpus luteum, and they just paid the IQ tax.

If you or an elder in your family have been sweating for no reason recently, can't sleep, can't control your temper, and have irregular menstruation, don't panic, and don't rush to label yourself as "menopausal". Go to a gynecological endocrinology or menopausal clinic for an evaluation to check your hormone levels and bone density. If there are any problems, adjust them. If there are no problems, just do a routine physical examination for yourself. There is nothing to be embarrassed about.

In fact, to put it bluntly, menopause is a transitional stage in which the body's hormone levels slowly drop from the peak of the reproductive period to a stable state in old age. It is like driving slowly from the highway to a side road. You have to step on the brakes and slowly change lanes. You don't have to turn the steering wheel hard or hold on without slowing down. You can walk smoothly and comfortably.