Menopause | Perimenopause | Mood Changes | Osteoporosis | HRT | Dr Tehmina Rehman |

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What is menopause ?
At at a certain age in women, the periods stop.
That is called menopause. Menstruation is paused actually stopped.
Menopause is the stopping of periods
It is labelled as menopause if periods do not come for 1 year.
This was the definition
So what happens in it?
The average age of menopause is 50-52 years.
In some families and some women, it can also happen in mid-forties.
In some women, it can happen in the late 50s.
If it happens before forty, that is too early, and it is also called premature Ovarian failure.
In the time before the periods actually stop, the periods may become irregular, but they don't stop for 1 year.
This is called peri menopause.
In this time , Hot flushes start.
It is a sudden feeling of heat.
So perimenopause can last for one year, 2 years, 4 years, 5 years.
There is irregularity of periods, hot flushes.
Also, mood swings.
Mood is bad, there is anger, there is irritability.
So these events start happening.
So when the period stops for 1 year, it is called menopause.
What are the effects of menopause?
The main female hormone is oestrogen.
When oestrogen is finished in the body as happens in menopause,
It affects everything, skin, hair.
Some people get hit by depression.
Mood swings can become very severe.
The biggest risk later in life is the thinning of the bones.
Which is called osteoporosis.
In this the bones become very thin.
You must have heard of a ladies in their 60s and 70s slipping and falling.
Maybe in the bathroom and then breaking a bone.
Because the bones become very fragile and porous.
So this is a very big consequence of menopause
And it can lead to a lot of A lot of issues down the road.
What can you do that so that your perienopause and menopause is better
Please keep in mind that with the advancement of science, men and women live longer.
So a lot of time is now spent in the menopause.
All that time cannot be spent depressed and ill.
The best thing you can do for yourself is exercise.
For those people who exercise, the transition is easier.
Their symptoms of menopause are less
And down the road because they are exercising, their circulation is good.
Their muscles are working.
And then the calcium is being brought to the bones.
And their osteoporosis is delayed.
So if you're not doing any of this
And you are having a lot of hot flushes
Then we can offer hormones.
But after assessing for risk factors.
When we do give hormones, then they are safe.
They also prevent the osteoporosis.
So understanding and managing menopause is in your hands.
And when you cannot handle it,
Then you come to us so that we can give you hormones, thank you.