Menarche And Menopause

The most relevant idea from this article is the finding Paddock concluded, that there might be an association between menopause and genes,

The film Harsh Beauty explores the life of individuals who challenge the gender binary and the way the go through life trying to be accepted for who they are. This individual are from Bombay a city in India where a community of this kind of individuals live. In India they are call Eunuch, which means intersexual. This individuals are usually born as males but with the pass of the years they discover that the gender they were assigned is not who they are. Most of them run out of their house in order to fully become a Eunuch. They travel to Bombay where the community of Eunuch live and go through a surgery done by a guru. In this surgery their genitals are removed with no medicine or anesthesia, just a hot oil that according to them helps them heal. After their sugery there is a ceremony where many Eunuch from all over the city come and join.

This book touches on many distinct aspects of women’s reproductive health I would not have even thought to research, so it can provide a lot of insight into reproductive health and the countless fights women have to create change within the medical community and

Comparing the similarities and differences of hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency and menopause can help to understand how these disorders can mimic each other. Both hypothyroidism and adrenal insufficiency are endocrine disorders. With hypothyroidism, the individual secretes

A menstrual cycle is a key element in a woman’s life, as each month it helps the recurring pregnancy process; that should be respected and normalized to all sexes. It is essential to the human race’s reproduction, despite the costs and taboos placed on periods.

Women health differs from men’s in very unique ways. Women health includes birth control, sexually transmitted infections, gynecology, breast cancer, and many other areas. With age, a woman body goes through many changing throughout her life span. Some may include muscles becoming more less flexible, skin losing elasticity, body functions moving more slowly, and change in perception. With that being said, there have been many changes that has occurred within society and women’s health overall.

f you are a woman entering menopause, then you need to learn how hormone changes during this time of life can affect not only the rest of your body, but also your teeth and gums. Knowing what to expect can help you know what changes in your mouth to keep an eye out for, so you know when to alert your dentist to these changes. Here are three of the most common changes can occur in your teeth and gums during menopause and how they can be treated.

Although, estrogen is produced by other organs in the body, estrogen output is significantly decreased in premenopausal women, and progesterone becomes nearly absent.

Late perimenopause is signaled by two or more missed menstrual cycles. FSH levels will be very high and your estrogen levels very low, which means more noticeable menopause symptoms.

"Unlike other primates, [human] women tend to have a long post-reproductive life. Even before modern medicine, many women lived for 30 to 35 years after their last child was born."2 But in human females the reproductive system shuts down much more rapidly than the rest of the body. "Half of women experience menopause by the age of 50, and fertility starts to decline about two decades before that,”2 says

The menopause occurs as average at age 51, though the inheritance, as investigated in twins and mother-daughter studies, seems to play its own definite but still barely understood role (Van Kasteren et al., 1999; Marozzi, 2000). The premature ovarian insufficiency is a continuum disorder characterized by a follicular dysfunction and/or depletion of primordial follicles before age 40, leading to infertility (~1% of the population). Once diagnosed POI patients have only 25 IU/L twice in more than 4 weeks apart), low AMH and oestrogen levels (and associated osteoporosis) (Goswami and Conway, 2007). Moreover, POI is present in ~15 to 21% of female carriers of the premutation (Wittenberger et al., 2007; Liu and Cox,

These positions differ every few years based on evidence to support or refute previously held recommendations like cooling techniques for hot flashes, which was rescinded in the 2015 position statement ("Nonhormonal management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms: 2015 position statement of The North American Menopause Society," 2015). Turning points are experiences that represent a substantial change and lead to a new pathway (Glen H. Elder & Rockwell, 1979). Entering menopause is a turning point for many women, especially if onset signifies changes in their domestic roles or societal expectations. The timing of an event, or when in life something occurs, matters. The timing of menopause occurrence is typically in middle-age and may coincide with career changes, grandparenthood, or other new life trajectory. If, however, menopause onset was unexpectedly early, this may disrupt a woman’s reproductive plans and suddenly bring upon the transition to menopause. The life course perspective emphasizes understanding the life course within larger structures of time and history (Glen H. Elder & Rockwell,

What is one area that you want or desire radical results? You feel like you've tried everything, or maybe you haven't tried anything, but you know that your current reality isn't want you want or need. You don't have any ideas for how to get results. You feel like you're at a stand still.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is one of the treatment options that can help to relief some of the postmenopausal symptoms in women due to decreased estrogen, and progesterone, such as hot flushes, insomnia, and mood swing to mention but a few. Also, elderly men can benefit from increased testosterone and improved sexual function. However, increase in body fat index, reduced immunity and bone mineral density, and loss of muscle mass and strength are some of the physiological changes associated with declining hormonal level (Makinen & Huhtaniemi, 2011). Although hormone replacement therapy is beneficial to both men and women, but some comorbidities and adverse reactions/hypersensitivity from the drug might contraindicate its use. Alternatively, non-hormonal medication should be used to relief some of the signs and symptoms associated with the physiological changes.

Mitchel and Barnes (2005) note that menopause or peri-menopause has the effect of increasing depressive symptoms or initiating the onset of depressive symptoms. A systematic review of literature on the impact of menopause on the course of bipolar disorder indicate that postmenopausal women reported worsening mood symptoms particularly depression (Mitchel & Barnes, 2005). A study by Dalal and Agarwal (2015) on postmenopausal syndrome found that 75% of women investigated experienced vasomotor symptoms; in some case the symptoms lasted for up to 10 years. The symptoms included hot flushes, emotional lability, difficulty in concentrating and insomnia. The highlighted symptoms are similar to bipolar disorder symptoms.