Menopause self-care myths

Menopause is a period of transition from a state of high reproductive function to a state of decline, starting at the age of 40-45 and lasting 10-20 years, during which the ovaries no longer ovulate continuously every month, and menopause often occurs, with menstruation becoming sporadic and finally menopausal. There are many misconceptions about this period. One of the misconceptions is that menopause begins at the time of menopause: In fact, the beginning and duration of menopause is often unpredictable and there is no clear time. Because the timing of menopause in women is relatively certain, some people mistake menopause for the onset of menopause. In fact, menopause only marks the end of a woman’s reproductive function. The process of menopause is gradually completed over several months or 1-2 years, and the three periods of menopause are medically named premenopause, menopause and postmenopause, and the three periods are totaled as menopause, the scientific name for perimenopause. Therefore, menopause and menopause are not the same concept. Myth No. 2: Menopause is bound to produce menopausal syndrome: This idea often puts a heavy psychological burden on women in menopause. According to statistics, about 85% of women experience menopause, with l0-20% of women experiencing more obvious symptoms throughout the body, and only 4%-5% of women experiencing menopausal syndromes. Introverts are three times more common than extroverts. Therefore, it is important not to draw indiscriminate conclusions about “menopausal syndrome” in women at this age. Even if you suffer from menopausal syndrome, you can recover better through psychological adjustment and appropriate medication. Myth #3: No sex drive after menopause: This misconception has caused unnecessary worries for some women. They think that after menopause, the ovaries basically do not produce estrogen, so the sex drive will be lost. In fact, menopause is not the same as the loss of femininity. Because fertility only involves the physiological function of reproductive organs, while sexual desire involves a series of complex issues such as physiology, psychology, sexual concepts. Sexual desire is also influenced by the environment and culture. Scientific studies have shown that women’s increased libido is related to androgen production by adrenaline, so even women who have had their uterus and ovaries surgically removed can still maintain normal levels of libido. So menopausal women can still have a normal sex drive, and it can still exist as they enter old age. Menopause is a period of great psychological changes and increased psychological burden, some women gradually feel “overwhelmed”, “old”, resulting in anxiety, pessimism, depression and other symptoms. During this transitional period, certain endocrine changes occur, and some women cannot adapt, and may have symptoms of autonomic disorders such as panic, excessive sweating, paroxysmal facial flushing, insomnia, irritability, depression, apprehension, blood pressure fluctuations, etc. Most of them will disappear naturally after a period of adaptation, and a few of them will be in long-term pain due to physical weakness or mental factors, which affect their health. Most women are able to go through menopause smoothly through the self-regulation of the autonomic nervous system. However, there are some women who develop menopausal syndrome, which affects their health. The key to preventing menopausal syndrome is to learn how to take care of yourself. The most important thing is to learn how to take care of yourself. Spiritual factors, such as personality, thoughts, emotions, entertainment and hobbies, have a great impact on the body. In recent years, scientists have found that bad moods and bad moods are important factors that make people short-lived, such as depression, worry, irritability, bitterness, etc. These are some of the mental symptoms that tend to appear in the process of physiological changes around menopause. To overcome it, we must cultivate certain hobbies, such as physical exercise, qigong, writing, painting, chess, planting vegetables, flowers, sewing, mending, repair, etc., combined with their own situation, choose 1 – 2 kinds, often concentrate on practice, own fun, also feel disease free. 2. Regular life: keep the brain healthy. All human activities are commanded by the cerebral cortex, this command is partitioned in the cerebral cortex; some command activities, some command digestion, some command learning, so every moment in the cerebral cortex, there are excitation and inhibition. If we live a regular life, get up on time to exercise, eat regularly, study, work, walk, play, sleep, etc., every day on time, then the excitatory and inhibitory areas of the cerebral cortex will appear very regularly. From a physiological point of view, this will keep the brain healthy and functioning properly. Some of the uncomfortable feelings that occur around menopause are caused by sudden changes in ovarian endocrine secretion. If the cerebral cortex is functional and can adjust to the endocrine changes, it can also make the body adapt well to such changes and no serious symptoms will occur. 3, every morning regularly to the wilderness, walking in the woods, improve health: wilderness air fresh, sunny, the air contains a lot of oxygen negative ions, this negative ion is through the role of ultraviolet light, in the plant respiration process in large quantities. This negative ion purified air can improve human health, the endocrine changes that occur around the menopause will be easy to adapt. 4, pay attention to nutrition, rest and labor: in general, no special nutrition is needed, but pay attention to dietary diversity, all kinds of food, in order to ensure a rich variety of nutrients. Diet should be coarse and fine, meat and vegetables, but should eat more vegetables, less meat dishes, to eat a moderate amount of fruit, eggs, beans; dinner to eat less, so as not to gain weight; sleep to be adequate, labor to be appropriate, every day to do some work within its reach, in order to exercise physical activity and enhance appetite. 5, to pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene: indoor to clean, air circulation, especially in winter to pay attention to ventilation; to change clothes diligently, diligent bathing. Bathing can promote blood circulation, improve the ability to resist disease, improve appetite and health. To take a shower, in places where there is no shower can stand in the basin or stand at the edge of the pond to wash, and do not sit in the basin when bathing at home to avoid sewage entering the vagina.