Health tips for menopause

The most effective health secret during menopause is never to cope with symptoms, eat indiscriminately with skin care products, or to copy other people's "perfect solutions", but to "not be obsessed with "eliminating" all discomforts, choose an appropriate adjustment method according to your own situation, and live in peace with the changes in your body."

I worked as a volunteer in a gynecological clinic for half a year in the past two years, and I have seen too many people who make detours: 52-year-old Aunt Zhang secretly bought the Internet celebrity "ovarian maintenance supplement" just after she was diagnosed with menopause. After taking it for three months, she went for a physical examination, and her originally good breast nodules directly rose to level 3; there was also a 49-year-old Aunt Li who believed that taking medicine during menopause was "taking care of old age". She struggled with insomnia for a year, and finally suffered from mild anxiety, so she took anti-anxiety medicine instead. In fact, menopause itself is a normal physiological stage and is not a disease that needs to be "cured". There is no absolute right or wrong in different adjustment ideas. What is most important is what suits you.

Speaking of this, some people may want to ask, can hormone therapy, which has been passed down for a long time, be used? Objectively speaking, menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) in the Western medicine system is currently the only program that has been proven based on large samples and can effectively relieve symptoms such as moderate to severe hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness. It is suitable for people who are within 10 years of menopause, under 60 years old, and have no history of breast malignant tumors or high risk factors for blood clots. However, some people do experience side effects of breast tenderness and irregular bleeding after using it, so it must be used after a doctor's evaluation. Buying supplements by yourself will only increase the risk. The traditional Chinese medicine system generally believes that menopausal discomfort is caused by the decline of kidney qi and imbalance of yin and yang. After syndrome differentiation, prescriptions for soothing the liver, tonifying the kidneys, and regulating yin and yang can also improve mild to moderate symptoms. I have seen several aunts who took Chinese medicine for three months and their insomnia was basically cured. But the prerequisite is to go to the traditional Chinese medicine department of a regular tertiary hospital. Don't believe any "menopausal conditioning cream" sold in the health center at the entrance of the community, the ingredients are unknown.

Whether you choose Western medicine or Chinese medicine, lifestyle is the foundation. Let me tell you an example I have witnessed. There was a 54-year-old aunt who suffered from hot flashes seven or eight times a day. She was insomnia until 3 o'clock at night. She was originally going to prescribe hormones. But after listening to the doctor, she replaced three cups of strong coffee a day with a cup of light green tea in the morning. She walked for 40 minutes after dinner every day and put her mobile phone in the living room before going to bed. In less than two months, her symptoms were reduced by more than half, and she did not take any medicine. There is also soy isoflavones that everyone asks about the most. The current academic view is actually not unified. Some studies say that supplementing about 100 mg per day can mildly relieve hot flashes. Some comparative experiments say that there is no difference between the effect and the placebo. My suggestion is, if you don’t have For estrogen-dependent diseases (such as breast nodules, endometrial polyps, ovarian cysts, etc.), you can try it if you want. Do not exceed 120mg per day. Stop if it does not work for 3 months. If you have relevant contraindications, don't touch it. You can't take the risk.

Tell me two tricks that I have seen used by many people and have been effective. If you suddenly have a hot flash, it will feel like someone has suddenly put a hot steamer on your face, and even the back of your neck will become hot. Don't stand still at this time, find a ventilated place, hold small ice beads or ice mineral water that have been frozen in advance, and apply it to the carotid arteries on both sides of your neck. , you can slow down in a few dozen seconds; if you still can't fall asleep after lying down for half an hour, don't lie down hard, get up and sit there, drink half a cup of warm lily water, turn two pages of a less interesting book, and then go back to sleep when you feel sleepy. This is better than sleeping hard or taking melatonin. Many people will feel dazed the next day after taking melatonin, and long-term consumption may also affect endocrine.

Finally, to be honest, many people suffer from menopause, partly due to symptoms and partly caused by themselves. They always feel like "How did I get to this age?" I met an aunt before, and she told her husband in advance, "I'm going through menopause recently. If I lose my temper suddenly, don't take it personally. It's not directed at you." Later, every time she got angry, my husband would hand her a popsicle, and the two of them would just laugh and get over it. There was no conflict at all, and her symptoms were much lighter than those of her peers.

Actually, there is no universal secret. You can be as comfortable as you want. If your regular physical examination indicators are normal, you are in the best condition. Those products that say they can "reverse menopause" and "preserve youth" are all IQ taxes. Don't waste your money.