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Climacteric

When we are in the harvest time of the life and sigh our youth never return, we already march into the critical period of life - - menopause. Climacteric is the transitional period of women from maturity to the old age. The period consists of premenopausal (‘pre’ is a prefix meaning ‘before’) Peri menopause (‘peri’ = ‘around’) and post menopause (‘post’= ‘after or behind’) phases. It lasts for about 10~ 20 years, is called menopause, too. 1/3 of a feminine life will be passed in the menopause; the physiological stage a woman must pass through in life. The menopause can have a series of senile symptoms, for example the skin gets older, appears the wrinkle, the sense of hearing declines, the vertebra approaches mutually, the body assumes the bend forward posture and so on, but the most particular syndrome is the ovary function declines, the ovaries reduce producing oestrogen, and has a series symptoms of body and mind ailments, such as the menstrual disorder, hot flushes, profuse sweating and sleep disturbances involving insomnia and so on. According to statistics, our country has 1/5 of population are in the menopause, the expert called menopause the breaking point for human body to grow old, therefore the menopause issue is causing the attention from the medical arena and the entire society.

What is Climacteric Syndrome

Referring to the menopause syndrome, women especially the women about 45 years old will naturally think of the menstrual disorder, hot flushes, profuse sweating, backache, arthralgia and sleep disturbances involving insomnia and erratic, depression and mood swings and so on. Yes, above are common symptoms of the menopause. The medical societies believed that, the menopause is the physiological stage which a female must pass through, it is the period of passage from the reproductive stage (i.e. fertility) of women to the non productive (infertile) state. In this period, due to the decline of ovary function and decrease of estradiol level, the woman in menopause will appear a series of physiological changes which harms women’s health, in the medicine it is called “the menopause syndrome. 85~90% of the women have different symptoms, and it often occurs between the age of 45 ~55 years old, namely the menopause period, if diagnoses and the treatment are not done promptly, the other disease like coronary disease, hypertension, the senile vaginitis, osteoporosis sickness and the alzheimer's disease will also follows, which affect aging people’s health seriously.

The Hazardous Nature of Menopause

The menopause affects each female in various degrees, it has become an enormous population’s healthy matter, menopause related disease (cardiovascular disease, cancer, ossein loose bone fracture and nerve function disorder and so on) has become important lethal reason for the woman. 85~90% of the women are under suffering of various common symptoms of the menopause ailments. The expert pointed out that, if the menopause syndrome cannot obtain the prompt and reasonable treatment, the aging people’s health will be seriously affected.

Predetermination of the Female’s Climacteric

The omen and the symptom for the women entering the menopause is obvious, generally it may be predetermined through the following index and performance:
(1) carries on forecast through the family heredity. (2) The first menstruation age and the menopause age most have the inverse correlation, the earlier the first menstruation age, the later the menopause age. (3) The prodrome of menopause appears: The premenstrual syndrome (breast painfully swollen, vagina irregular hemorrhage, dropsy, leucorrhea increase, headache, body weight change, sexual desire exceptionally, spontaneous fatigue etc.) and the appearance of agitated, anxious, oversuspicious and so on which pertains to spiritual changes. (4) Menstrual disorder phenomenon. Through the above predetermination method and the concrete feeling of one’s own body and mind, most women may know whether she has entered the menopause period.

How to Pass Through the Climacteric Safely?

In human's life one must experience the undulations of sex hormone twice, the first undulation is sex hormone’s “rising tide", it causes the human to enter the puberty from the virgin child, is called the "psychology response to the puberty"; The second undulation is sex hormone’s "ebb tide", it enable the human to change over to the menopause from the maturity, is called the " psychology response to the menopause".
and disappears from time to time, from light to heavy degree. The woman’s menopause symptom also has something to do with the psychology, the state of health, personal character, social position and the endure ability etc. The woman with different occupation also has different psychology response to the menopause. The menopause is a critical period; a year in which important changes are held to occur, but is not unnecessary to be scared, so long as to be prepared in psychology, develop a healthy nutrition diet habit, keep an open and optimistic mood, plus suitable spiritual persuasion and physical training, meanwhile goes see a doctor promptly for abnormality physiology and the psychological response of the menopause, if she has lived according to doctor’s instruction , she may pass through and so continue in the same body almost indefinitely.

Climacteric Syndrome and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is commonly employed by overseas medical professionals to counteract the various symptoms such as hot flushes, profuse sweating and sleep disturbances, Unfortunately, HRT is associated with adverse effects and an increased risk of endometrial or even breast cancer. According to statistic, the common side effects include: The breast painfully swollen, the vagina irregular hemorrhage, the leucorrhea increase, the blood pressure ascension, the weight gain and so on. Acceleration of the rate of endometrial cancer, breast cancer and so on has also been seen to develop. The medical expert pointed out, in order to improve the life quality of women in menopause, the application of hormone therapy must be carried on under the faculty doctor's instruction, according to each patient's medical history, the family heredity background etc. to determine the variety, dosage and the usage of the medication, meanwhile take regular reexamination and the monitor to guarantee the medication is used safely and effectively.