Post-Menopause: Diagnosis, Symptoms and Treatment November 10
Many women believe that menopause is the time when their menstruation halts. The truth is that a transitional phase goes with it. In this phase, women may experience not having menses for a few months. After which, they again have their menses. Besides halting of the menstruation cycle however, there are other symptoms for post-menopause.
Accompanying symptoms to menopause include hot flashes, mood swings, weight gain, memory loss and fatigue. Since some women under their 50’s experience these very same symptoms, it was found out that it is possible for these younger women to experience post-menopause. With this, several tests are made on that individual.
One test includes the testing of the follicle-stimulating hormone or FSH while another test measures estradiol hormones. These two hormones have indirect relationship with each other. If a person has decreased estradiol hormone then her FSH is on high levels. This diagnosis projects that the woman is undergoing her post-menopausal stage.
To treat post-menopause, one is recommended to undergo hormone replacement therapy or HRT. HRT is capable of bringing back a person’s estrogen levels to normal. Women may also go for herbal remedies.
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Elizabeth Nov 11
I was having irregular period and mood swings and they tested my FSH and hormones, it turned out I had a hormone imbalnce, I now am on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and love it.