Due to the symptoms such as hypertension, hot flashes, weight loss/gain e.t.c that are associated with menopause, various treatment options have been made available to help alleviate them. Of these treatment options, hormone replacement therapy has become very popular. The symptoms of menopause are caused by fluctuations in vital hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen, Read more…
Reaching the age of menopause is a milestone worth celebrating as an aging woman. You would undergo bodily changes during and after the period and need to adjust. And these changes may not be all that likable. Perimenopause (the period just before menopause) and menopause are the stages that mark the end of a woman’s Read more…
As a woman, your reproductive years refer to the phase of life where you can be pregnant if you have sex. This phase begins when you start menstruating (which marks the beginning of ovulation) to the period of menopause. Once you start menopause, you might experience bodily changes in lifestyle and health. These changes begin Read more…
I remember vividly this time seven years ago when I started experiencing signs of menopause. I was overwhelmed! The symptoms came all too sudden and unexpected, but I was able to manage them until I finally got into my menopause stage. Menopause made me realize the importance of healthy dieting. Before now, I ate junk Read more…
Menopause comes with detrimental symptoms capable of jeopardizing specific aspects of a woman’s life. No need to panic, though; we can handle it…right? You may have experienced or heard of one or two of these symptoms. But do you know all of it? While hot flashes and night sweats remain the most common, menopause still Read more…
Almost every woman today knows what menopause is. All over the world today, menopause is accepted to be the period of every woman’s life where she becomes unable to bear children. This termination of reproduction is attributed to the inability of the ovaries to produce eggs. As a woman gets older, her reproductive organs go Read more…
Having headaches, especially migraines, is common for women during hormonal fluctuations. A woman’s reproductive hormone (estrogen) is known to be closely related to the event of headaches. Therefore, the female may frequently or rarely experience migraines throughout her reproductive life, depending on individual body makeup. Due to this hormone factor, health statistics show that the Read more…
Many women are at a loss as to what menopause is all about. They do not know what symptoms they may experience, and even if it is clear, they do not know how to handle them. The situation is even worse for their spouses, who are none the wiser. Menopause is usually a challenging period Read more…
Menopause refers to the absence of menstrual cycles for 12 consecutive months. You will also notice a slow decline in hormone production—the balance of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone hormones changes during menopause. Perimenopause refers to the period just before menopause. It brings with it symptoms such as hot flashes and mood changes. These symptoms begin Read more…
Being in control of yourself and everything around you brings such a good feeling. As women, we are taught to control everything around us, and maybe not taught, and we grow into it. It is mainly because of the sense of responsibility we are born with. This control is not the manipulative and delusional control Read more…
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