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Prophylaxis of menopause after 40 years
Last reviewed: 07.02.2024
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To prevent the onset of menopause is impossible, but a woman may well reduce the strength of manifestations of unpleasant symptoms accompanying this condition, taking care of her own health beforehand.
Prophylaxis of menopause requires active lifestyle and proper diet. You should also perform various exercises to maintain a good physical shape. These measures will help improve health and well-being, and will become effective prevention of the emergence of unpleasant symptoms of menopause.
Preparations for the prevention of early menopause
Because the climacterium develops due to the extinction of the function of the ovaries (the main factor is the decrease in the production of the female sex hormone estrogen), drugs prescribed for prevention in the early menopause usually contain exactly estrogens. These drugs have their own specificity - the dosage of hormones should be selected according to the age of the woman, and the mode of drug use depends on whether the patient continues to menstruate.
The course of treatment of HRT in menopause always includes one additional hormone - progesterone. This component is necessary in order to provide the uterus with protection from the excessive effects of estrogen.
Most often in such cases, the following drugs are prescribed: Divina, Angelica, Ovestin, and besides this, Femoston and Divisek.
Prevention of osteoporosis in menopause
A very important part of the prevention of osteoporosis is physical activity (in this case, they must be dosed). The most useful exercises are swimming, walking, and playing games. It is contraindicated to run for long distances, perform jumps and power loads, because such exercises greatly overload the bone system. In addition, it is required to quit smoking, because smoking interferes with the processes of calcium assimilation.
It is also necessary to follow a diet - to eat foods that contain a lot of calcium (such as milk and other dairy products) and vitamins of group D (this substance is abundant in eggs and oily fish).
To maintain the necessary level of vitamin D in the body, as well as calcium, you need to drink drugs containing these substances - such as Calcium D3 Nycomed, Uppsit calcium, and in addition Natekal D3 and others.
Calcium drugs are contraindicated only if the patient has hypercalciuria or hypercalcemia. In other cases, the medication is prescribed at a dosage of a maximum of 600 mg (a recount is made for pure calcium (usually such a dose is contained in the 1st pill)) per reception. You need to drink tablets together with food, because with the use of calcium drugs on an empty stomach, there is a risk of calculus formation in the kidneys. At the same time, studies have shown that, with proper use of calcium drugs, such complications do not occur. The standard mode of taking medications is 2-3 times per day.
Prophylaxis of menopause after 40 years
Prevention of menopause in the period after 40 years includes some rules that must be adhered to.
First, you need to carefully control your weight, keeping it at the optimal level for your body. This can be done with the help of a moderate nutritional regime - with the restriction of consumption of animal fats, and in addition salts with carbohydrates and spirits.
Categorically, one should not allow sharp jumps in weight both in the direction of decrease and in the direction of increase. It is also important to normalize the work of the intestines - for this you should use dried fruits (such as raisins and dried apricots with prunes).
In addition, the following medical procedures are also mandatory:
- gynecological examination;
- delivery of a smear for analysis;
- to undergo the procedure of ultrasound - to determine the state of the organs of the reproductive system.
All these procedures need to be done regardless of whether the woman has any manifestations of climacteric syndrome.
It is also important to regularly engage in exercise therapy, do gymnastic exercises, walk on foot (about half an hour a day 5 times a week). In addition, at least 2 times a year to go for massage procedures.