Table of contents:
- 1. Osteoporosis, a disease that most often affects menopausal women
- 2. Postmenopausal women are at risk of developing liver disease
- 3. Weight gain quite a lot at menopause
- 4. Heart and blood vessel disease also lurk postmenopausal women
- 5. Urinary intenkontinesia, unable to hold urine
- 6. Pelvic organ prolapse, weakened pelvic muscles
- 7. The eyes become dry more often due to menopause
If you enter the age of 40 to 50 years, then prepare yourself to face menopause. Just like when you first experienced your period, several things will happen to your body, such as body function and shape, the same things you will feel when you enter menopause. But don't worry, you are not alone in dealing with these changes, menopause happens to all women in any part of the world. Even so, women who enter menopause have the potential to experience several complications and medical conditions. What diseases can menopausal women experience?
1. Osteoporosis, a disease that most often affects menopausal women
Women have a greater chance of developing osteoporosis than men. This is actually caused by changes in female hormones that occur during menopause. The hormone estrogen - the female reproductive hormone - plays a role in the formation of new bone cells (osteoblasts) and helps to solidify the bones. Without estrogen, your bones will become more brittle and porous, making it easier to fracture.
The bones that are prone to osteoporosis are the pelvis and spine. To reduce the risk of osteoporosis, you should do regular exercise and eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D.
2. Postmenopausal women are at risk of developing liver disease
Liver dysfunction that lurks menopausal women can occur due to changes in reproductive hormones. Yes, almost all the problems that come to menopausal women are caused by unstable hormones and this problem is still caused by the changing amount of the hormone estrogen.
Under normal circumstances, the liver is responsible for preventing the body from poisoning, so that all toxins and unnecessary substances will be excreted from the blood. Meanwhile, the hormone estrogen plays an important role in all these processes. So when the amount of these hormones decreases, liver function will be impaired.
3. Weight gain quite a lot at menopause
You should not be surprised to see weight scales going through menopause, because changes in body weight are a common occurrence. This time, the cause is the slow metabolism in menopausal women. Plus, your muscle mass will start to gradually decrease - although it is true that all people who age will experience the same. The reduction in muscle mass causes the metabolism to slow down even more.
Therefore, menopausal women must adopt a healthy lifestyle and choose foods with balanced nutrition principles to maintain their body weight.
4. Heart and blood vessel disease also lurk postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal women have a higher risk of various heart diseases than men. The decrease in the hormone estrogen affects the heart rate of women who have menopause. So, the heartbeat becomes irregular and this can lead to dangerous complications, such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, and so on.
5. Urinary intenkontinesia, unable to hold urine
As you get older, your body muscles are no longer as strong as they were when you were young. One of the weakened muscles is in the vagina and bladder, so that it makes you unable to hold urine for a long time, or suddenly passes urine when coughing and laughing, and it can also happen when you urinate accidentally when lifting heavy objects. But calm down, you can prevent this condition by doing Kegel exercises so that the pelvic and vaginal muscles are strong again.
6. Pelvic organ prolapse, weakened pelvic muscles
Still related to the decrease in muscle ability that occurs in menopausal women, pelvic organ prolapse can occur due to weakening of the muscles and ligaments that support the organs around the pelvis. This condition results in the organs sticking out of the uterus and causing the uterus, bladder, and rectum to drop from their initial position.
7. The eyes become dry more often due to menopause
Not only the hormone estrogen alone is the main cause of all medical conditions that attack menopausal women. But the hormone testosterone - yes, women have this hormone even in small amounts - which is decreased can make your eyes dry more often. This testosterone hormone plays a role in regulating the meibomian glands which function to produce fluid in the eye and prevent it from drying out.
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