Sunday, December 21, 2008

Natural Menopause Treatment

By Wendelle Sanders

Early menopause symptoms more often than not will feel similar to symptoms of pregnancy. Women who have been pregnant before will be familiar with those symptoms. That's why it is important to see a doctor if your body is experiencing changes that cannot be explained by pregnancy alone.

Early menopause symptoms are often referred to as perimenopause. Women will experience the early signs many years before the full blown condition is realized. Women in their 30's and 40's are especially known to experience these early cycles.

Perimenopause involve the reduction of estrogen in the woman's body, and that will begin at an early age of 30-40 years. The full blown condition will occur once the ovaries have stopped producing eggs. Menopause starts when a woman have not seen her period for more than one year. When it arrives, there is little to no visible signs or red lights because as indicated earlier the body would have been experiencing early symptoms many years prior to the full onset of the condition.

Hot flushes is one of the most significant signs of menopause. Also known as hot flashes is characterized by day and night sweats even when the weather is cool.

During that time, a woman may sometimes experience red skin rash, blemish or prickled skin heat. Other symptoms included tenderness of the breast, depression , insomnia, weight gain, chronic fatigue and candida (yeast infection) .

You will experience a lot of mood swings and abdominal cramps which would normally occur during your period but now it is more frequent and amplified. You may also experience a lower sex drive and pain during intercourse.

You will experience urinary tract infections. Other urinary related symptoms you may encounter is frequent urination or involuntary urination which may occur during daily activities like sneezing coughing and exercising.

Diagnosis: A blood test will allow a doctor to check for hormone levels, although the accuracy of the test is 50/50, the accuracy level can be raised based on how frequent it is taken.

This will allow your doctor to confirm if your symptoms are related to menopause and will then be able to offer you treatment. These may range from surgical procedures to hormone replacement therapy.

It is important to consider all natural treatment options before taking any conventional treatments. This is because these homeopathic also known as alternative treatments can be very effective and safe to use along with diet and exercise.

Be aware of the early symptoms of menopause. They serve as good signs to help you treat the condition. Always keep in mind that you are in control of your body and theses signs allow you to take action now that will help you with full blown menopause in the end. - 14130

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