"Menopause", for women, refers to a post-menopausal legend, in which women's ovarian function gradually declined from a vigorous state to completely disappeared.
Transition period, including menopause and a period of time before and after menopause. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "perimenopausal syndrome". During menopause, women will have a series of physiological and psychological changes. Most women can go through menopause smoothly, but a few women are troubled by a series of symptoms because of the great changes in physiology and psychology during menopause, which affect their physical and mental health. Therefore, every menopausal woman should pay attention to strengthening self-care in order to successfully pass this turning point in life.
Menopause can be divided into premenopausal and postmenopausal, no matter when it starts.
) and late menopause (after menstruation stops 1 year), marked by the gradual decline of ovarian function to complete disappearance.
Menopause is a transitional stage in which women gradually enter old age from sexual maturity (reproductive period), and it is an important stage in which physiological changes are particularly obvious in the process of human aging. More than 90% of women will have different degrees of symptoms, which will affect personal health and quality of life.
Specific performance:
1, about 30 years old: obvious spots, relaxation, dullness, large pores, acne, etc. appear on the skin;
2.30-40 years old: endocrine disorders, such as irregular menstruation, sagging breasts, vulva dryness, decreased libido and other female sexual characteristics, as well as those with menopausal symptoms;
3.40-55 years old: insomnia, dreaminess, night sweats, hot flashes, irritability, decreased energy and physical strength, memory loss, osteoporosis and other menopausal symptoms. ;
Over 4.55 years old: renal function is greatly reduced, and the ovaries are severely atrophied.
Four symptoms of female menopause
Generally speaking, postmenopausal women will have the following four symptoms during menopause:
First, hot flashes-are symptoms that menopausal women often encounter.
Second, palpitation-that is, palpitation, is also one of the most common symptoms of menopause.
Third, mental and neurological symptoms are abnormal.
Fourthly, backache is an early symptom of osteoporosis in menopausal women.
psychic characteristic
1, emotional instability, excitability, irritability, nervousness and anxiety.
2, attention is not enough, it is not easy to concentrate, it is not easy to concentrate.
3, psychological sensitivity is enhanced, and the feeling is sensitive.
4, memory is weakened, easy to forget things. Authoritative data show that the proportion of women suffering from Alzheimer's disease is six times that of men, and women are easy to get lost.
The above psychological characteristics of menopause are not available to all menopausal women, but only to some menopausal women. In order to get through menopause smoothly, menopausal women should pay attention to their mental health. Menopausal women should live and work according to the physical and mental characteristics of menopause. Don't act reluctantly regardless of physical and mental changes, and don't be cautious, worried and idle. We should correctly understand the physiological and psychological changes of menopause. Some physiological and psychological obstacles in menopause are temporary and functional, so there is no need to panic. Optimism and emotional stability are the most important psychological conditions for successfully passing through menopause.
Mental health, whether it is the menopause of women or men, is a normal development stage in the process of human life, which is both physiological and psychological. Paying attention to mental health is helpful to get through menopause smoothly.
1. Scientific understanding of menopause is an inevitable process of life.
Menopause is a turning point of human growth and decline, an inevitable process of life, and a natural law that is independent of human will. Everyone's reaction to menopause and its symptoms are only different in degree and time, but it is impossible not to go through menopause. People who are about to enter or have entered menopause, especially women, should be prepared for this change. Efforts should be made to improve self-control ability, consciously control various symptoms of menopause, and be good at self-forgiveness and proper conditioning for the distress caused by symptoms, so as to restore the body's function as soon as possible. Don't blindly doubt, endlessly look for and explore any discomfort that appears on yourself, so as not to eat too much and sleep too restlessly. It should be noted that psychological anxiety will further promote physical dysfunction.
2. Treat symptoms correctly, treat diseases as early as possible and make appropriate adjustments.
No matter whether menopausal symptoms appear or not, people should take the initiative to carry out routine health examination, and if organic diseases are found, they should be actively treated; If it is a menopausal reaction, it is mainly solved through self-regulation, so don't mind.
It should be pointed out that when certain symptoms appear in male menopause, we must not draw conclusions easily. Because the incidence of male internal organs diseases in this period is also relatively high. Such as malignant tumor, hypertension and cerebral arteriosclerosis. Symptoms similar to menopausal syndrome also appear in the early stage, so we must check carefully to avoid delaying the diagnosis and treatment of organic diseases.
In addition, menopausal depression is also very common, but it is often ignored and mistaken for mental unhappiness, which requires special attention. Feeling sad because of weakness, lack of energy, flabby skin and pale face aggravated tension, anxiety and depression, so I fidget, sigh all day and live in fear. Some people often regard some shortcomings in their past lives as great crimes, fearing that they will lose their ability, become disabled, become a burden to their families and society, and even blame themselves for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Others think they are terminally ill and life-threatening. Depression is a serious disease, which must be diagnosed and treated in time.
In short, menopausal people should have a correct understanding and evaluation of individuals, families, society, past, present and future, and treat them reasonably. Children's relatives should also understand the psychological and physiological changes of menopausal people, especially women. If they have some symptoms, such as irritability and anger, they need the understanding, sympathy and care of their families, so that they can go through menopause smoothly.
therapeutic method
First, medication.
In the treatment of female climacteric syndrome, clinicians usually choose appropriate drugs according to the patient's condition. In addition, in order to effectively inhibit the development of osteoporosis and reduce the fracture rate, doctors will also choose some drugs that can improve the strength and hardness of bones and inhibit osteoporosis. However, it should be emphasized that drug treatment must be carried out under the professional guidance of a doctor, and it is absolutely not allowed to use drugs without authorization.
Second, psychotherapy
The physical and mental health care of menopausal women is the task of the whole society. Therefore, in the treatment of female climacteric syndrome, we should strengthen social health education and health care measures, open health consultation clinics, have regular physical examinations, actively prevent and treat psychosomatic diseases prone to menopause, and make early diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, endocrine and metabolic diseases and tumors. In addition, the health department should also organize menopausal women to carry out self-care to reduce the occurrence of menopausal syndrome.
Third, estrogen therapy.
In the treatment of climacteric syndrome, doctors usually recommend oral medication, giving up subcutaneous implantation and intramuscular injection. Local medication is limited to senile vaginitis and should not be used for a long time. It should be noted that patients with a history of embolism, chronic hepatic and renal insufficiency, sex hormone-dependent tumors, pyrrolidone, severe hypertension, diabetes, severe varicose veins, smoking and inability to adhere to long-term follow-up should be used with caution. In addition, those who receive sex hormone replacement therapy are reviewed or petitioned every 3 months 1 time. 6 months 1 psychiatric examination, ultrasound and endometrial biopsy if necessary.
Postpone female menopause
The most intuitive signal of the decline of ovarian function in menopause is the decrease of menstrual flow until menopause. With the increasing pressure of contemporary work and life. The early appearance of menopausal symptoms makes more women pay attention to ovarian maintenance to delay the onset of menopausal symptoms. The way to postpone menopause is to use hormone replacement therapy, that is, to supplement whatever hormones are lacking. If estrogen is deficient, supplement estrogen.
Dietotherapy in menopause
1, wheat bailing porridge: suitable for female climacteric syndrome, such as fidgety, palpitation, upset, hyperhidrosis, sleepiness at night and dreaminess.
2, wheat glutinous rice porridge: suitable for women's menopausal symptoms such as palpitation, palpitation, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.
3, Maizao decoction: suitable for female menopause palpitations, fatigue, sweating, restless sleep and other symptoms.
Female climacteric syndrome refers to a series of changes brought about by the decline of ovarian function when women transition from reproductive age to old age (about 45 ~ 55 years old). The main symptoms are cardiovascular symptoms, mental symptoms and metabolic disorders caused by autonomic nervous dysfunction. Such as hypertension, flushing, dizziness, tinnitus, dizziness, insomnia, hypomnesis, anxiety, depression, nervousness, irritability, emotional instability, joint muscle pain, menstrual disorder, etc. But, my friend, you should know that these symptoms of menopause are temporary. As long as you actively exercise, cooperate with the doctor's treatment, and pay special attention to your own aftercare, you can completely postpone the arrival of menopause or reduce the occurrence of pathological phenomena, and smoothly transition to old age.
1, Qibao porridge:
Tonifying kidney and strengthening spleen. 50 red beans, 64 black beans, 56 soybeans, 2/kloc-0 lotus seeds, 24 red dates and 8 walnuts. Boil red beans, black beans and soybeans for 15 minutes, then add lotus seeds and walnuts, and cook for 10 minutes and add red dates. 1 3 times a day.
2. Shrimp porridge:
Strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney. It is suitable for menorrhagia, sudden and severe collapse, pale or lumpy menstrual blood, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs, thin stool, anorexia and abdominal distension. Shrimp 10, millet100g, salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil and chopped green onion. Dice shrimp, wash millet, cook porridge and add seasoning. Every day 1 time.
3, rehmannia jujube porridge:
Nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is suitable for vexation and fever, facial heat and sweating, tinnitus and backache, boredom and irritability, bitter taste, yellow urine, dreaminess and dryness. Semen Ziziphi Spinosae 30g, Radix Rehmanniae 30g, and rice100g.
4. Fresh Lycium barbarum juice:
Tonifying liver and kidney. Adapt to menstrual disorder more or less, or advance or retreat, dizziness, five upset, flushing, backache and other symptoms. 250 grams of fresh medlar, washed, wrapped in gauze and juiced. 10 ~ 20ml each time, twice a day.
5, leek juice:
Warm and cold. Suitable for cold limbs, pale face, listlessness, soreness of waist and knees, less menstrual blood, pale and clear color, and nocturia. Wash leeks, wrap them in clean gauze, juice them, and add some sugar when eating. Twice a day, 5 ~ 10 ml each time.
6, lotus seed yam porridge
Composition: 30g yam slices, 30g lotus seeds and glutinous rice 100g.
Production: Put yam, lotus seeds and glutinous rice together in a pot, add clear water, bring to a boil with high fire, and then cook with low fire until the rice porridge is cooked.
Efficacy: benefiting qi and nourishing yin, nourishing heart and kidney, calming the nerves.
How do people with different constitutions take complementary food?
Most diseases caused by aging are kidney deficiency, so it is particularly important for menopausal people to tonify the kidney. There are two main methods of tonic, one is food tonic and the other is medicine tonic. Food supplement is particularly important in winter photography.
1. For people with qi deficiency, they are often pale, listless, lazy to talk, prone to sweating, dizziness and palpitations. Ginseng, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Fructus Jujubae can be used as tonic, eaten in soup, or stewed with chicken, beef and pork chop.
2. People with blood deficiency usually have dull complexion, pale lips, dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, listlessness, etc. You can choose red dates, red beans, longan, day lily, donkey-hide gelatin, angelica, fungus and other supplements.
3. Yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, dry mouth and throat, feverish hands and feet, fever in the afternoon, night sweats, insomnia and dreaminess, backache and nocturnal emission. You can choose lotus seeds, tremella, ducks and geese, medlar and other supplements.
4. For people with yang deficiency, they are more prone to chills, tepid limbs, listlessness, loose stools, weakness of waist and legs, impotence, premature ejaculation and frequent urination at night. Mutton, dog meat, beef, chicken, shrimp and velvet antler can all be used for tonic.
After menopause, people's physique declines and their sexual function is low. The ancients believed that human aging was mainly related to liver and kidney. If according to the changes of the four seasons, taking "nourishing yang in autumn and winter" as the tonic essentials, focusing on nourishing the yang of liver and kidney, and replenishing essence and yang from its roots, it can consolidate its roots and prevent premature aging. Therefore, tonifying kidney and fixing sperm in winter is the key to delay aging. Menopausal people can choose pig kidney, cow kidney, eel, sea cucumber, walnut, sesame, oyster and other foods for tonic. In severe cases, traditional Chinese medicines can be taken, such as tonifying the kidney for more years, resisting the regulation and invigorating chong and ren, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, relieving vexation and depression, invigorating the spleen and tonifying the kidney, etc., to comprehensively adjust the functions of viscera, quickly eliminate menopausal symptoms, enhance physical fitness and fully recover.
Six taboos for menopausal women before going to bed
Avoid eating before bed. Eating before going to bed, gastrointestinal, liver, spleen and other organs will continue to be busy, which will not only affect their rest, but also make the functional area of the cerebral cortex responsible for the digestive system excited, and people often have nightmares after falling asleep.
Second, avoid using your brain before going to bed. If you have the habit of working and studying at night, do something that requires your brain first, and then do something that is easier. Otherwise, the brain is in a state of excitement and it is difficult for people to fall asleep. After a long time, it is easy to form insomnia.
Three bogeys are excited before going to bed. People's emotions can easily cause excitement or disorder in the nerve center. Therefore, great joy, great anger or anxiety before going to bed will make it difficult for people to fall asleep and even cause insomnia. At this time, you should lie on your back, put your hands under your navel, lick your upper jaw with your tongue, relax your whole body, and keep swallowing body fluid when you produce fluid in your mouth. In a few minutes, you will fall asleep.
Four avoid talking before going to bed. When people speak, it is easy to make their brains excited and their thinking active, thus affecting their sleep.
Avoid sleeping on your back. Lying on the right side when sleeping, the whole body naturally relaxes and it is easy to fall asleep. Lying on your back will make your bones and muscles tense, which is not conducive to eliminating fatigue.
Six don't sleep against the light. People can still feel bright when they are asleep. If you sleep with the light on, the light will disturb the natural balance in the human body, making people's body temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure uncoordinated, thus making people feel uneasy and easy to wake up.