Menopausal syndrome is a familiar phenomenon and a necessary process for women, and it has many manifestations. It is important to pay attention to changes in one's body and have timely examinations.
Symptoms of menopausal syndrome
1. Menopausal depression: It is also one of the common hazards of menopausal syndrome, which can easily cause feelings such as anxiety, fear, irritability, depression, disappointment, and symptoms such as self blame and blind doubt.
2. Plant nerve dysfunction: It is also one of the hazards of menopausal syndrome, which may cause symptoms such as dizziness, lack of concentration, insomnia and forgetfulness, emotional tension, and skin itching.
3. Menopausal obesity: Menopausal obesity is the main period of female obesity, especially in the abdomen and buttocks where fat is most likely to accumulate, and it is also one of the hazards of menopausal syndrome.
4. Osteoporosis: Menopausal women experience decreased bone strength, increased susceptibility to fractures, negative balance in bone metabolism, low back pain, back pain, decreased height, etc., and can experience fractures with slight force.
Specific manifestations of female menopause
1. Around 30 years old: A woman with obvious skin spots, looseness, dullness, rough pores, and continuous acne.
2. Between the ages of 30 and 40: women with secondary sexual symptoms such as irregular menstruation, sagging breasts, dry vulva, decreased libido, and menopausal symptoms.
3. Women aged 40-55 who experience menopausal symptoms such as insomnia, excessive dreaming, night sweating, dampness, irritability, decreased physical strength, decreased memory, osteoporosis, etc
4. Over 55 years old: middle-aged and elderly women with significant decline in renal function and basic ovarian atrophy.
Menopausal syndrome examination
1. Endocrine measurement: Estradiol (E2) decreases, while follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) increase.
2. Pay attention to cardiovascular disease, liver kidney disease, obesity and swelling, malnutrition, and mental nervous system abnormalities. Routine cervical cytology examination should be performed, and attention should be paid to the presence of inflammation or tumors in the genital organs. Patients with bleeding after amenorrhea should be diagnosed in stages and undergo endometrial examination. Patients with abnormal cytology should undergo cervical biopsy and curettage. For those with enlarged ovaries, attention should be paid to excluding tumors.
3. Hormone measurement: including hormone measurement of HPO axis, adrenal axis, thyroid axis, and pancreatic function.
4. Blood chemistry: including blood calcium and phosphorus, blood sugar, blood lipid errors, liver and kidney function. Urine sugar and urine protein.