Hot flashes experienced by women before and during menopause may not be as violent and life-threatening as global warming. Still, there is certainly a relationship between them. Climate change does not cause hot flashes, but it plays a part in the intensity or otherwise of the condition. There has been a lot of talk about Read more…
Many women are now finding novel ways of managing their menopausal symptoms. Common menopausal symptoms such as vaginal dryness, painful sexual intercourse which is also known as Dyspareunia, sleeplessness, and hot flashes are now a thing of the past for some women who have discovered some unconventional means of keeping these signs at bay. A Read more…
Adequate rest enables productivity in carrying out essential duties. However, as people age, their performance rate might decrease gradually because of several factors. Everyone needs at least 7 hours of sleep to be healthy, as insufficient rest could cause detrimental effects on the body. Do you experience a lack of sleep after reaching menopause age? Read more…
That point in a woman’s life when her ovaries lose the ability to produce eggs, and she becomes unable to bear children. Menopause! The time of your life when you kiss goodbye to the stress of the reproductive years and say welcome to years free of periods, birth control, and pregnancy. Many women see this Read more…
Numerous studies and surveys have established that women encounter joint and spine pain during their life’s perimenopause and menopause stages. Hence it is not too surprising that many people are looking for information on menopause and back pain. During menopause, many women experience physical symptoms like lower back pain, night sweats, hot flashes, reduced sex Read more…
Menopause is a phase in our lives. It is a stage we cannot avoid. I talked to a friend the other day, and she mentioned how she thought menopause would be a liberating phase, and she was shocked by how wrong this notion was. And don’t get me wrong, menopause can be a liberating phase Read more…
Menopause is the period of every woman’s life where her ovaries lose the ability to produce eggs. To the outside world, this phase kick-starts the phase of a woman’s life where she becomes unable to bear children. However, menopause goes beyond just the loss of periods. Menopause can come with daring and sometimes excruciating challenges Read more…
At some point in our lives, we must go through the menopause phase. But we are never really prepared for what it means. It is just so much you can learn without experiencing it firsthand. For every woman, the experience is different. When I was transitioning, I had a friend about the same age as Read more…
Estrogen deficiency is a significant characteristic of the menopausal stage of a woman’s reproductive life. This shortage in the levels of an essential hormone in the female body brings about unpleasant signs and symptoms. In the period leading to my menopausal stage, I remember experiencing hot flashes, sudden changes in mood, and vaginal dryness with Read more…
Have you dealt with body odor in the past? Or maybe you had someone in your life who made you wonder whether the store ran out of deodorant each time they were close enough for you to catch a whiff. Body odor can be annoying for the person who has it (if they are conscious Read more…
Sex is supposed to be fun. We all know that we have sex because of the pleasure it brings. And when our reproductive cycles were active, we couldn’t afford to be as sexually liberated as we wanted. There was the issue of family planning and dealing with all the emotional changes our menstrual cycle brought Read more…
When I first noticed puffiness and swelling in my belly region, I was confused because I knew I had been eating relatively healthy. There hadn’t been any significant change in my diet to warrant an outward change like weight gain. However, I did not think much about it as the swelling was slight at the Read more…
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