Category: Menopause

Hormone replacement therapy, shortened to HRT, is a form of therapy that menopausal women take to artificially get female hormones – Estrogen and progesterone which are usually in continuous decline during menopause onset as during menopause, the body finds it difficult to produce these hormones anymore through the natural biological pathways. Hormone replacement therapy is Read more…

Night sweats are wet-throughs that are so intense to douse through clothing and bed linen and negatively interfere with one’s sleep. Although sweating produces a healthy cooling effect response that helps regulate body temperature, contrarily, night sweats do not bring about this remarkable feeling of coolness and comfort. Night sweats are rather accompanied by the Read more…

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a medication that menopausal women take in other to artificially get female hormones – Estrogen and progesterone which are usually in continuous decline during menopause onset as during menopause, the body finds it difficult to produce these hormones anymore through the natural biological pathways. Hormone replacement therapy is a common Read more…

The start of menopause is defined as the absence of menstruation for a continuous period of one year. When a woman reaches this stage of her life, her ovaries will no longer produce eggs. The start of menopause is not a sudden occurrence but rather one that occurs gradually over time. The transition time from Read more…

Menopause is the natural phase of every woman’s life when the ovaries lose the ability to produce eggs, and natural pregnancy becomes impossible. As women increase in age, their childbearing ability declines. This is why it is easier for a woman in her 30s to get pregnant than a woman in her 40s.  Since menopause Read more…

Some things are certain in life; love, taxes, death, and of course, menopause. While menopause remains a compulsory phase for every woman who wishes to thrive for many years, its effects on the sex life of these women have made it quite a lethal phase. Menopause causes so many things, from hot flashes to night Read more…

You always feel the urge to grab a box of chocolates or a bag of potato chips because that’s the only thing that will make you feel satisfied and happy. It’s okay to crave food sometimes, but in the case of menopausal women, it is an intense food craving. Most menopausal women experience strong cravings, Read more…

Hepatitis C, also called Hep C, is caused by the hepatitis C virus. It has a big effect on the liver, a very important organ that cleans the blood of harmful substances and keeps the sugar level in the blood stable. Hepatitis C is bad because it can cause long-term damage to the liver. Hepatitis Read more…

Ah, menopause is the time in a woman’s life when she can finally look forward to satisfying sexual encounters without becoming pregnant, even without contraceptives. It should be a very happy and exciting period of a woman’s life, right? Well, it’s not so clear-cut. Although menopause should be a period when a woman can freely Read more…

Menopause is the natural phase of every woman’s life when it becomes practically difficult ( but not impossible ) to get pregnant. During menopause, the ovaries lose the ability to produce eggs, which indicates an end to childbearing. While ovarian failure is the endpoint of menopause, the process of reaching ovarian failure can go on Read more…