Postmenopausal osteoporosisMenopause, Osteoporosis Symptoms & Treatment

Perimenopause. Menopause. Premenstrual syndrome. Estrogen dominance. Osteoporosis.
When watching the media these days, there is a good chance you are going to encounter a discussion about one or more of the above women’s health issues. Although these discussions offer much advice, it is often contradictory and debatable. In the following paragraphs, one will discover what really is happening in a woman’s body as she travels through her lifestages and why these changes are occurring.
No matter what our age, life’s plans, personal desires, or professional goals, being a female means that our organs and hormones will cause us to experience physical changes in fairly specific intervals. Read the rest of this entry »

Menopause is an important event in the aging process for all women. This physical transition from the reproductive years to non-reproductive years is clinically defined as having had no menstrual period for 12 consecutive months. The average age of menopause in the United States is 51, but it can be affected by such factors as smoking, alcohol use, having irregular cycles in the decade prior to menopause (all associated with earlier age at menopause), and mother’s age at menopause.

While some women never experience any discomfort during menopause, the majority of women do. Hot flashes are the most common complaint, occurring in 70 percent to 85 percent of women. Read the rest of this entry »

Menopause is a natural part of life and does not necessarily require treatment. You need to be informed of your options. Symptoms and health risks associated with low estrogen can be treated, often, in natural ways that don’t include drug related risks.
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The term post-menopausal sometimes needs a little clarification. It is usually applied to women who have completed the menopause, meaning they have not had a period for over twelve months. This can be due to a natural menopause, or a surgery induced menopause. Women who are taking hormone replacement therapy are not considered to be post menopausal as they may experience symptoms of the menopause when they stop this treatment.
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Many health articles indicate that the first time a person realizes that they have osteoporosis is when a fracture occurs, often without a slip or fall. As these symptoms do not usually occur at the early stage of the condition, it is sometimes difficult to detect.
What is Osteoporosis?
Most health articles describe osteoporosis as a condition that causes thinning of weakening of the density of bone mass. Read the rest of this entry »

Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that weakens bones, enhancing the danger of sudden and unexpected fractures. Literally, Osteoporosis means ‘porous bones’. The pores develop in bones after an extensive loss of bone mass. The disorder is mainly linked to the aging process, although it can affect people of any age. The disease is more prevalent among women, particularly the menopausal women, but it occurs among men as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Menopause is a normal period in a woman’s life beginning in most of the cases after reaching 45 years. It’s a natural phenomenon that can not be considered a disease despite its’ symptoms. A low level of estrogen is believed to be the main cause of unwanted symptoms like vaginal dryness, hot flashes, memory loss or insomnia, specific in this period of a woman’s life, but also the cause of more dangerous consequences like osteoporosis or even heart attacks. That’s why a special treatment and care from a medical staff is needed.

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If there is one stage of a woman’s life that is hard to cope up with that would be her menopausal years. As defined, menopause is a stage wherein a woman’s monthly period has stopped. Veering away from the common conception that menopause is a “disease,” people in the medical world says that menopause is nothing but a normal and expected change in any woman’s body.
Unlike before when menopause is clouded by absurd misconceptions and myths, people now are more open in discussing the phenomenon because many studies have proven that menopause is a natural step in the process of a woman’s aging. With the advancement of technology and researches, more and more women are given hope that they can still go on with their life by teaching them to discover and rediscover their purpose in life. Read the rest of this entry »

What is Osteoporosis?

The term Osteoporosis comprises of two words osteo meaning bone and porosis- porous/fragile/weak. It may be defined as a skeletal disorder affecting the bone strength and predisposing it to increased risk of fracture.

In this disorder there is structural degeneration of the bone tissue leading to low bone mass, fragility and increased susceptibility to fractures.

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Menopause is a normal biological change in the life of a woman. Menopause is the long, slow process of the reproductive system. For most women this process begins silently around the age of 40 when menstrual cycles start to be less regular.

A woman can prepare herself for the onset of menopause and the symptoms associated with it. Life can be as healthy, independent and fulfilling as any of the younger stages of a woman by proper diets, exercise and habits. Here are a few tips:

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