Menopause

Menstruation is a bodily cycle of the female sex, and is often accompanied by several unpleasant symptoms and side effects. Menstrual leave in as extra leave of absence that can be taken when these symptoms make it difficult or impossible to properly perform your job. One of the controversies surrounding menstrual leave is that males do not receive these extra days of leave. Another controversy is that some believe this leave is given, not for the wellbeing of the menstruating party, but for the…

Osteoarthritis is a disease of joints that means they do not move as smoothly as they should be, due to the thinning of the cartilage [1]. This disease mostly affects people over the age of 65, and it is estimated that 2.46 million people suffer from osteoarthritis in England alone, just of the hip joint. Osteoarthritis causes a lot of pain to the patient and a loss of mobility due to the damaged joint. It has been found that joint replacement offers significant pain relief and improvement in…

Life Span Reflection: Menopause Physical development changes drastically throughout your lifetime. Examples of physical development that individuals may/will experience are puberty, obesity, improving motor skills, and many others. The topic I am going to discuss is menopause, which occurs only in women in late adulthood. To summaries, menopause is the period within a woman’s life where the ability to produce offspring’s ends and the ceasing of menstruation occurs; menopause occurs in woman…

one of those processes for women is menopause. The medicalization of menopause has created a market for treatment and prevention of the symptoms related to menopause (Burrell, 2009). Menopause is defined as the “occurring 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period” (Bjorklund, 2015, p. 54). Women usually go through menopause between 47 and 55 years old and experience a drop in estrogen and progesterone during perimenopause for 3-5 years before menopause occurs (Bjorklund, 2015). The…

The menopause is associated with changes in the hypothalamic and pituitary hormones; the primary causes of menopause are the ovarian failure. The major consequences of menopause are linked primarily to estrogen deficiency, which in turns leads to the menopausal symptoms like Hot flushes, dry vagina, other vasomotor symptoms, insomnia, mood swings, insomnia, irritability, difficulty concentrating, mental confusion, depression, headache, urge incontinence, stress incontinence, osteoporotic…

women hit menopause sometime in their 50s. Men start male menopause sometime in their 40s. Yes, menopause, or andropause, is a real thing. Best described as a set of symptoms related to the decreased in the male sex hormone, testosterone. Some of the most common symptoms of andropause include a lowered sex drive, loss of body hair, fatigue, memory loss and poor concentration, increased body fat and reduced muscle bulk and strength, depression, and less frequent erections. While menopause is…

Menopause 101 Menopause is a normal biological process women go through as they age. From symptoms to benefits, here are the things you need to know about menopause. What is Menopause? Menopause is a natural biological process women experience in their 40s or 50s. It occurs 12 months after your last menstrual period and is typically caused by your ovaries no longer releasing an egg every month. Women are born with a certain number of eggs, which are stored in the ovaries. Ovaries create…

The Normalcy of Menopause Women have always gone through menopause, that is a known fact. Women get their periods and have it for most of their life, and as they get older they begin to go through menopause, and eventually stop having periods altogether. Yet going through menopause is still seen as a disorder or something that is not normal. Menopause is a completely normal thing, every woman goes through it, it is one of the normal transitions of aging, being compared to puberty in some…

In the video Managing Menopause, by Kathryn Macaulay, M.D. she explains what Menopause is, the causes, symptoms as well treatment that is offered to the women who are going through this stage in life. The video opens with explaining that menopause is not a disease, but in fact is a natural process women will experience in their later adulthood. Menopause as defined by Macaulay is “the permanent cessation of menses for 12 consecutive months,” usually this natural process can begin around the age…

Hot flushes, weight gain and mood swings are all symptoms of menopause that women hope will not strike them. As you age, however, you may not be aware that certain eye conditions can present themselves when menopause time begins to creep around. The body goes through a significant amount of change during the menopause years, and you must be aware of variations in your vision so you can seek the advice of your optometrist when the needed arises. Right now is as good a time as any to educate…