Weakness and fatigue during menopause

Climax is often accompanied by a variety of symptoms that indicate the body's adaptation to age-related changes. Typically, menopause occurs with only minor symptoms, including weakness and fatigue. Causes of weakness may be different, due to the particular disease.

What is called menopause

Called menopause age stage in a woman's life, which means the extinction of hormonal ovarian function. Since the hormones produced by the ovaries, ensure the functioning of the whole body, while dramatically reducing and stopping their products different disorders observed. A woman is experiencing symptoms of various disorders, changing emotional background. Women often experience weakness and fatigue.

Climax is a complex multi-step process that takes place over many years. Offensive and special features of the menopause have an individual character. Normally, the initial symptoms of menopause seen in 45 years, however, it is possible before and after ovarian failure. Despite the fact that the onset of menopausal changes can be observed both before 40 and after 55 years, it is not always favors the disease.

The occurrence of menopause in women is influenced by many factors. Is essential genetic predisposition, which causes the appearance of symptoms of menopause in various age. It is known that women who smoke menopause occurs earlier for three years, which is slightly reduces the risk of uterine cancer. It should be noted the influence of the environment and working conditions.

In some cases, early onset of menopause pathological and is associated with ovarian failure. This pathology occurs in women under forty years.

Menopause occurs according to the following steps.

1. Premenopausal. Phase means the beginning of the menopausal changes. Typically, the symptoms are poorly developed due to the preservation of estrogen production in small quantities. A woman can begin to experience weakness and fatigue. Irregular menstrual cycles are different. In the presence of the spontaneous ovulations pregnancy may occur. Premenopausal ends with the onset of the last menstrual period.
2. Menopause. This stage includes the date of the last menstrual period and lasts for a period of twelve months after it. Menopause occurrence of pregnancy is excluded due to the absence of menstruation. The symptoms of fatigue and weakness may increase.
3. Perimenopause. This term refers to premenopausal and menopausal phase. Thus, Perimenopause begins several years before menopause and lasts for one year after menstruation.
4. Postmenopause. The period includes the period of time after menopause to old age, which occurs in 65-69 years.

Normally healthy women feel a slight discomfort, such as weakness and fatigue. Development of climacteric syndrome with severe manifestations observed in the presence of various somatic pathologies.

Feeling unwell

When menopause can significantly degrade the quality of life. Malaise, which often includes a weakness and fatigue, caused by hormonal changes.

Weakness and fatigue

With the onset of menopause hormone levels, particularly estrogen, is sharply reduced. In turn, estrogens have a direct impact on the entire female body:

• affect the secretion of cervical mucus, muscle tone, gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system, thermoregulation;
• affect the exchange process;
• prevent the accumulation of cholesterol;
• control the delivery of calcium and phosphorus into bone tissue;
• stimulate the immune system.

In addition, the psycho-emotional sphere is also dependent on the secretion of ovarian estrogen. As a result, the body adapts to function in conditions of estrogen deficiency. While dramatically reducing hormones occur mood swings, there is a feeling of weakness, decreased performance.

Fatigue and weakness due to changes that affect the reactivity of the peripheral and central nervous system. Typically, weakness and drowsiness are also accompanied by other symptoms:

• sleepiness;
• bad mood;
• irritability;
• memory loss;
• deterioration of concentration;
• anxiety;
• tides;
• dizziness.

It is known that long-term weakness and fatigue may indicate a prolonged depression. Often, these symptoms of menopause such as fatigue and weakness may be indicative of serious pathologies that sometimes develop on the background of hormonal changes.

Causes

Despite the fact that the menopause may develop different somatic pathology in 75% of cases of poor health, such as weakness and fatigue associated with psycho-emotional disorders. In many women, menopause is associated with old age, which results in specific relation to people and their lives. It is noteworthy that representatives of nervousness at menopause is not a far-fetched problem. In fact, weakness and fatigue is a physiological cause. All centers of the brain that are responsible for the physiological and psycho-emotional regulation, are located in the immediate vicinity.

Poor health, in particular, weakness and fatigue can be caused by the following phenomena, which are observed at menopause resulting from hormonal changes.

1. Menstrual irregularities. This symptom is characteristic of representatives in pre-menopausal. Hormonal imbalance causes lengthening or shortening of the cycle. The number of selections can be both abundant and scarce. Sometimes there are acyclic selection. When significant blood loss may develop anemia, which is evident poor health: weakness, fatigue, decreased attention, pallor.
2. Tides. This symptom is often associated with menopause, and is associated with a sharp decline in estrogen production and vegetovascular disorders. Hot flashes can occur both in the light and heavy form. Women experience a warmth or chills. Sometimes hot flashes are accompanied by reddening of the skin and sweating, heart palpitations, dizziness. After an attack, noted the poor state of health, which is manifested by weakness and fatigue. If hot flashes are multiple characters, a woman experiences a constant weakness, fatigue and weakness.
3. Other vascular disorders. In addition to hot flashes, representatives may disturb headaches of varying intensity, pressure surges, and tachycardia. End of malaise, as a rule, is accompanied by poor health in the form of fatigue and weakness.
4. Metabolic syndrome in menopause. Older representatives noted atherosclerosis and hypertension, which can also take place against a background of poor health.
5. Neurological disorders. Weakness and fatigue may occur simultaneously with hearing, vision and memory.
6. Changes affecting the structure of the muscle and bone. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system are often accompanied by subjective feelings of weakness.
7. Disorders related to the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Malnutrition, craze fatty and fried food can cause malaise.

Contribute to the emergence of weakness and fatigue following factors:

• obesity;
• low physical activity;
• non-compliance with work and rest;
• violation of the diet;
• bad habits such as smoking.

Under disturbances that are typical of menopause can be masked serious pathology. In particular, inflammatory processes involve general malaise patients, especially when lifting body temperature. Diabetes and vitamin deficiencies also contribute to the appearance of fatigue, weakness.

Weakness and fatigue may indicate toxicity by progression of malignant tumors. In this case, malaise arises due to poisoning organism products cancer cell activity. That is why the presence of other warning signs, such as weight loss, you need to see a specialist and get tested.

alarming It is a severe weakness that hinders daily activities. Weakness at monthly may be a sign of amenorrhea.

The following symptoms indicate the need for referral to a specialist:

• fever;
• nausea, vomiting;
• fainting, dizziness;
• cyanosis of the skin;
• bleeding;
• pain, which is localized in the lower abdomen and the breast;
• a strong prolonged cough;
• weight loss and lack of appetite.

alleviation of symptoms

Methods for correcting poor health depend on the reasons that cause weakness and fatigue. However, we must take into account that the elimination of symptoms requiring special way of life.

medication

Often, poor health during menopause due to the adaptation of the organism to a hormonal deficiency. In such cases, the basis of treatment is hormonal drugs. HRT is selected individually.

Due to the fact that hormone therapy is often complicated by a variety of adverse effects, its purpose is not always possible. In particular, hormones may have adverse effects on the organism and enhance unpleasant manifestations of menopause.

Gynecologists can recommend acceptance of phytoestrogens, which are natural analogues of sex hormones. Such preparations produce less effect, but not virtually cause adverse reactions.

Among the homeopathic remedies are:

• Klimaktoplan;
• Ginekohel;
• Klimov;
• Klimonorma.

Women in menopause We need to take vitamin complexes as part of a course of treatment.

Physiotherapy

Good results can be expected from multiple physical therapy techniques. However, the appointment of a specific procedure should be carried out after the survey. At representatives after menopause there are various somatic pathology. In particular, when fibroids and other benign tumors can not use heat treatments and massages on the abdomen.

Mention may be made as a physiotherapeutic techniques:

• a pressure chamber;
• hydromassage;
• massage;
• electrophoresis;
• aromatherapy.

Food

Poor health is often caused by malnutrition or improper eating habits. With age, metabolism slows down, which also requires an adjustment of feeding behavior.

To eliminate the bad state of health you need to eat small portions fractionally. From spicy, fried and fatty foods should be avoided. It is also necessary to pay attention to salt intake.

Useful for the organism vegetables, fruits, herbs, boiled lean meat. Should not limit water consumption, however, it is also the excess will not bring benefits.

Folk remedies

Application of national treatment is also shown after the recommendation of the attending physician. Many herbs have an effect on hormones and may be contraindicated in certain somatic pathologies.

In menopause have a good effect of the following medicinal plants:

• upland uterus;
• red brush;
• sage;
• nettle.

Good sedative action has hypericum, which is called a natural antidepressant. In the absence of contraindications can receive warm bath with the addition of various infusions and essential oils.

Lifestyle and Prevention

Malaise, weakness, and fatigue during menopause often arise when the wrong diet, inactivity, harmful habits. Sometimes normalization being enough to rethink their eating habits, a walk in the fresh air and try to experience positive emotions. Bad habits impair blood circulation and strengthen the unpleasant symptoms of menopause. Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, it is desirable to give up.

Weakness and fatigue are common obesity satellites. Therefore, to correct the bad state of health you need to eat right and exercise. Classes should be gentle and meet the physical form of a woman. In the presence of somatic pathologies, which can contribute to weight gain, it is necessary to undergo treatment.

Menopause is not a disease. To prevent the occurrence of unpleasant symptoms should:

• lead an active life;
• form a correct feeding behavior;
• stop smoking;
• Regular sexual activity;
• keep calm;
• see your doctor regularly.

When menopause is necessary to devote more time to their health. This will prevent poor health and developmental problems.