Gain Some Knowledge On Menopause and Menopause Symptoms Menopause is slow process of reproductive aging and is considered as a normal part of life. This problem is faced by most of the women at the age of 40, when there is a irregularity in their periods. This change in periods is usually seen due to the declining levels of hormones estrogen and progesterone. These two harmones plays a crucial role in women's life as they keep the vagina and uterus healthy, regularity in menstrual cycles and also for successful pregnancy. Estrogen helps in making the bones healthy and keeping good cholestrol level in blood. Menopause can be due some kind of surgeries. For example: removal of uterus (hysterectomy) and removal of ovaries (oophorectomy) will make your periods stop. Menopause symptoms may start right away, no matter what your age is. Menopause Symptoms, Hormones and Change What Are the Signs of Menopause and Menopause Symptoms? What About Heart and Bones for Menopause Symptoms Relief? How Can I Stay Healthy Throughout Menopause? What About Hormone Replacement for Menopause Symptom Relief? What about Phytoestrogens for Menopause Symptom Relief? Menopause Symptoms, Hormones and Change Change in woman's body is due to variation in harmone levels that takes place at different stages in life. When a girl is about 12 years of age she is considered to be in a teenage. During this age her body changes- breasts and pubic hair develops and monthly periods begin. When the woman's body is closer to menopause that time is known as Menopausal transition, commonly known as perimenopause. At this stage irregularity in periods starts and menopause symptoms like- hot flashes and night sweats are usually seen. It usually starts at around 2-4 years before the last menstural period and last for 1 year after your last period. One is not aware of her last menstural period untill she have been free for one full year. Postmenopause follows menopause and lasts the rest of your life and pregnancy is no longer possible. When you have passed through menopause, some kind of symptoms like vaginal dryness is usually felt for a continuous long period. What Are the Signs of Menopause and Menopause Symptoms? Change in harmones leads to variety of symptoms which for years. Some woman face slight discomfort and some may face little or no trouble at all. If any of the changes are in worse condition then you must consult your doctor. Here are some of the symptoms usually seen: Changes in periods: This is the first symptom. In this some women face lighter flow than normal and some face heavier flow. Bleeding can stay for many days. Periods can come less than three weeks apart and stay for more than a week. And there can be a spotting between periods too. Women having heavy menstrual periods and cramps will get relieved from this discomfort when menopause starts. Hot flashes. A sudden feeling of heat in the upper part or whole of the body. Red marks may be seen on the chest, back and arms. Fcae and neck becomes red. Heavy sweating and cold shivering is also felt. Flashes can be mild also and severe also that can even wake you from a sound sleep. Duration of flashes is about 30 seconds - 5 minutes. Problems with the vagina and bladder. Change in the estrogen leads to the dryness and thinness in the genital area. This dryness give rise to a painfull sexual intercourse. This infection is becoming very common and leads to other problems like- no long holding of urine and urine leakage during sneezing, runing, laughing, or coughing. Sex. There is change in the feeling about sex with menopause. Dryness in vagina leads to painful sexual intercourse. Some women even feel free and sexier after menopause as there is no tension and worries regarding pregnancy. But still women must take care of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS or gonorrhea. Make sure that your partner is using condom while having sex with you. Sleep problems. Some women feel very discomfortable while sleeping at night as they need to go to bathroom in the middle of the night and are not able to fall back to sleep again. Hot flashes are also one of the reasons to feel unsleepy. Mood changes. Women's mood also changes with the change in the estrogen levels. Change in the mood can also be due to stress, family changes, or feeling tired. Mind it depression is not the symptom of menopause. Changes in your body. Some women feel that certain types of changes are developed in their body like- muscle mass is lost, skin gets thinner, stiffness of joints and muscles, pain etc. But with the regular excercises and intake of good diet these changes can be prevented. Give a brief description on Heart and Bones for Menopause Symptom Relief? Two important problems which may arise with menopause are: *       Loss of bone tissues which leads to weakening of bones and causing osteoporosis. *       Increase in the risk of heart disease, due to increase in weight, blood pressure and cholestrol. Osteoporosis. To retain the strong bones, the body breaks down the old bones and replace them with new healthy bones. But the loss of estrogen at the time of menopause makse rate of replacment slow. This results in weakening of bones. One can not judge the weakening of bones until there is a breakage of wrist, hip or spine bone. Doctors usually check bone density to find out if there is any kind of risk of osteoporosis. Risk of bone loss can be lowered by making certain kind of changes like- performing various regular weight bearing excercises and intake of plenty of calcium and vitamin D. Many types of drugs are available in market to prevent bone loss. Heart disease. It have been noticed that younger women are less prone to heart compared to men. But after menopause this gap is negligible. Infact, heart disease is the major cause of death among women. This risk of heart related problems can be lowered by keeping a regular check on blood pressure, cholestrol, HDL, and fasting blood glucose and also by eating healthy diet, losing weight, no smoking and by excercising regularly. Certain drugs can also help us out in reducing the chances of heart diseases. Also consult your doctor, to protect your heart. How to Stay Healthy Throughout Menopause? To stay healthy throughout your menopause one has to make following changes in her lifestyle: *       Quit smoking *       Diet must contain low fat and cholestrol. And it shoud be high in fiber and must include vegetables, fruits and whole-grain foods. Equal amount of vitamins, minerals and calcium must be present. *       Body should not be overweight. *       Take regular excercises like jogging, walking, running or dancing. *       To lower down your BP, take regular medicines as prescribed by your doctor. *       Use water-based vaginal lubricant or some kind of estrogen cream to reduce vaginal discomfort. *       To control the muscle control, feel free to consult your doctor and know about some pelvic muscle excercises, bladder training and biofeedback. *       Get examined your breast and pelvic on regular basis. Consult your doctor if any kind of lump is seen in your breat. *       Keep a track of hot flashes in a diary. This info is very helpful in finding out triggers them out. *       Here are some of the tips to manage hot flashes: *       When a hot flash starts, go to some cool place *       If you wake up at night due to hot flashes, then try to sleep in cool room. *       Always dress your self in those types of clothes that easy to take off when one gets too warm. *       Try to use those types of sheets and clothes in wich your skin can easily breathe. U *       Prefer to have juices or water at the beginning of flash.   Describe Hormone Replacement for Menopause Symptom Relief? Current studies reveals that for the short term treatment of menopausal symptoms harmone replacement therapy is being used. This therapy includes the use of estrogen and progestin. ERT alone can increase the risk of endometrial cancer, but the consumption of estrogen in the combination of progestin reduces the risk. There is no risk of uterine cancer to those women who have hysterectomy.A women who is unable to tolerate the side effects of progestin in HRT may consider ERT, but only in condition if testing shows no abnormalities of the endometrium. Regular check ups like annual pelvic exam and annual endometrial biopsy must be there. There is no difference seen in the effects of different types of estrogens. What are Phytoestrogens used for Menopause Symptom Relief? Phytoestrogens- naturally occurring elements originated from plants that perform estrogenic activity. They enclose similar chemical structure to estrogen. They bind to receptors and acts like harmone regulators. Phytoestrogens helps in minimising the effects of estrogen. It shows certain properties of anti-bacterial and anti-fungal and reduces the effects of viruses.  Menozac is a natural alternative support product, which is created with combination of high-potency phytoestrogen botanicals that relieves from menopausal symptoms and mantains the body's hormonal balance.