Menopause Symptoms in Women and in Men

The onset of menopause is not a disease anda violation of the body. This is a transitional state between different phases in a woman's life, characterized by the cessation of menstruation. Various signs in this period indicate the hormonal changes taking place in the female body. Menopause symptoms show that before the start of this period, women have higher cholesterol and lower bone density. This can lead to various heart diseases.

There comes a climax when stocks run outworking eggs in female ovaries. At the birth of a girl, her ovaries have from one to three million eggs, which are gradually consumed throughout life. At the teenage girl already in the beginning of a menstrual cycle remains in an organism of only 400000 яйцеклеток. By the time menopause occurs in the female body, less than 10,000 eggs remain.

The most common symptoms of menopause in women.

Tides are the most famous of the signsmenopause. According to studies of specialists, they are observed in the period of menopause in 75% of women. They pass very individually and begin, as a rule, with an attack of headache or nausea. Then there is a rush of warmth, an increase in heart rate and the appearance of a blush. Often as a result, the pulse increases and body temperature rises, even signs of insomnia may occur. Additional menopause symptoms with this may be a burning sensation when urinating and urinary incontinence.

There are also vaginal changes: women can during this period experience pain during sexual intercourse and notice changes in the discharge from the vagina, as the effect of the hormone estrogen on the lining of the vagina results.

During this period menopause symptoms are characterized byvarious dangers for the female body. The most dangerous and common of them is the rapid loss of bone tissue density, called osteoporosis (bone irritation). Usually, in most women, the maximum bone density is 25-30 years. Then, the density decreases about 0.13% annually. During the menopause process accelerates and reaches a figure of 3% per year. At the end of the menopause period, this figure drops to 2% per year. Usually, this process does not bring pain, but often leads to osteoporosis, and this increases the risk of cracks in the bones and fractures.

Other important menopause symptoms are a risecholesterol levels in the blood and increased risk of heart disease. This not only increases the total cholesterol level, but also increases the level of lipoproteins, and this leads to an increased risk of heart disease. But it is still not fully understood what this is directly related to, the aging processes of the organism are more likely to have an effect.

Manifesting menopausal symptoms.

Usually in men, menopause occurs muchslower than in women and manifests itself only by weakening sexual potency. Weakening sexual desire, but in some cases it may also increase. Climacteric neurosis in a man does not have such a clear clinical picture, like a woman. The changes in the cardiovascular system can lead to pain in the heart, tachycardia, sweating, hot flushes to the head and others. There may also be neuropsychiatric disorders, which are characterized by a decrease in memory, irritability, depression, unreasonable fears, and sometimes even psychoses. The weakening of the potency and impaired urination results in changes in the genitourinary system. This is all due to the weakness of the bladder, as it decreases its tone and changes the state of the prostate gland.