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Pain with menopause
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Pain in menopause can occur at any time of life, and not necessarily because of physical overexertion. Pain can be accompanied by periods of fever and chills, increased sweating, joint pain, headaches, increased pressure, drowsiness, increased fatigue ... Symptoms, as you can see, is enough. Why there is pain in menopause and how to reduce its intensity?
The first period is pre-kilimic (before menopause)
It comes from about 40 years. At this time, the development of the sex hormone - estrogen - is gradually reduced. And then the monthly can become irregular, and during the next 10 years it will stop altogether. Initially, the allocation can be meager, and then completely cease. The period of menstruation can be accompanied by drawing pains in the lower abdomen, as well as headaches and pains in the joints.
Actually, menopause
The level of estrogen in this period may drop to almost zero. And so. And there are practically no monthly discharges. As a rule, the period of climax itself can begin from the age of 52 years. In this matter, heredity plays a big role. If the mother and grandmother had a climax early, then his daughter will also be early with a high probability. And vice versa: the late climax of mom and grandmother is likely to be the same late in the daughter and granddaughter.
This period can also be accompanied by pain in the joints, nape, temples and abdomen.
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Postmenopause
This period can last for several years, and even a couple of decades. It comes one year after the end of menstruation and lasts until the end of life. At long-livers (to that for 80) the period of a postmenopause can occupy about third of all life. This period is also accompanied by hormonal reorganization and pain, mainly in the joints due to a lack of female sex hormones and as a consequence - fragility of bone tissue.
Pain in menopause: causes and symptoms
Women often complain of joint pain in menopause or before its onset - in the pre-menopausal period. Causes of pain - hormonal changes in the body, increased stress, physical stress, lack of calcium (and increased fragility of the joints for this reason), spine, neuralgia, in particular, the cervical spine.
Hormonal reorganization of the body can also cause severe pain during menopause. Joints, legs, head, lower abdomen can hurt. If a woman develops osteoporosis (due to increased fragility of the bones due to a lack of hormones), she too may be bothered by pain during menopause. Also, the cause of the pain may be arthritis, which is called climacteric arthritis. Thus it is possible to help the woman with complex methods - reception of hormones (hormone replacement therapy) and physical exercises which can be calculated and developed with the expert in physiotherapy exercises.
What is menopause?
Climax is a condition in which a woman begins to develop much less hormone estrogen and from this the body is completely rebuilt. Menstruation stops, a woman can feel mood swings, sudden changes in health, depression may start.
Climax is divided into three periods, which can last up to ten years. When these periods cease, a woman can no longer have children - her reproductive function is exhausted.
In addition to pain ...
In the body of women with menopause may occur (most often) tides. Doctors write that tides are most often explained by a decrease in the production of female sex hormones, estrogens. As a result of a sharp decrease in the amount of this hormone in the blood, the biochemical processes in the brain also change, the temperature regime undergoes disruptions. Therefore, a woman can become hot.
The temperature in our body is regulated by a small thermoregulator - iron, which is located in the brain, its very center. Now this gland can not determine whether it is cold to a woman or hot, and direct the body's strength to compensate for temperature. Therefore, the signal from this gland to raise or lower the temperature of the body can occur at the most unexpected moments, when a woman does not need it at all. Therefore, a woman during the menopause can feel herself as if without her will she suddenly rises and decreases body temperature.
When the body temperature rises, the vessels narrow, and when they decrease, they expand. This gives the effect that a woman loses consciousness or feels weak, and sharply.
The tides depend on the individual characteristics of the female organism and can be either weak, hardly palpable, or strong. It is worth knowing that when the climacterium ends, hormonal processes in the body may not stop.
To reduce pain in menopause, complex examinations are needed. First of all - a test for hormones. This test will show what hormones the woman lacks and in what doses they need to be taken. Restoring the hormonal balance will help restore the work of all body systems, including coping with pain.
At first, you can reduce pain with menopause with pain medication. But then you still need to consult a competent gynecologist and endocrinologist.