Finding Relief Through Menopause Treatment


by Michelle Bery - Date: 2007-03-12 - Word Count: 416 Share This!

Every woman at one point during her life will experience menopause - the permanent cessation of her menstrual cycle. It is at this point that the woman's reproductive life comes to an end and a new chapter begins. But the experience of menopause - sometimes occurring over the course of several years - can be fraught with uncomfortable symptoms. Luckily, in today's world there is the availability of menopause treatment to help ease the symptoms.

Menopause can happen in one of two ways -naturally or medically. When it occurs naturally, the ovaries gradually slow their production of eggs that were necessary for reproduction. When egg production eventually ceases altogether, the production of estrogen also ceases. While natural menopause happens gradually, medically-induced menopause occurs after a radical surgery that requires the removal of the ovaries. In either instance, the elimination of estrogen causes a host of symptoms. When a woman has a particularly difficult time managing menopause symptoms they look for menopause treatment to bring relief.

Some of the more common side effects of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, weight gain, loss of sexual desire, vaginal dryness, memory loss, distractibility, forgetfulness, irritation, melancholy, and mood swings. While many symptoms are of a physical nature, there are just as many of an emotional nature. Menopause can bring about a host of emotions regarding this significant change of life.

It must be said, however, that not every woman experiences every symptom of menopause. And when symptoms are experienced, the length of time, frequency, and severity with which they are experienced varies woman to woman. Many women may find that menopause treatment is unnecessary as they are hardly bothered at all by symptoms. Other, who experience ongoing or severe symptoms, will seek out natural menopause treatment. Researchers have confirmed that the adoption of a healthy lifestyle goes a long way to minimizing the effects of menopause; this includes a diet of whole, natural foods, a program of consistent exercise, adequate sleep, and healthy means of stress management. Many women find that this is the best menopause treatment of all - helping them to manage - and sometimes eliminate - the symptoms of menopause.

Other women, however, may continue to struggle with the symptoms of menopause. When it comes to point when symptoms are interfering with daily activities, many women choose to see a doctor who can intervene with the use of particular hormone therapies. Hormone therapy, however, should be a last resort as a menopause treatment, as the long term side effects of such pharmaceuticals continue to be debated.


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