Menopause is a "nightmare" that many women experience around the age of 50, hot flashes, night sweats, skin paresthesia, etc. Not to mention, the most distressing thing is the often often caused by various pain problems.
Originally a good body, because menopause always appears a variety of pain and discomfort, not only make people suspect that there are health problems, but also from many aspects of the impact on physical health, which will make menopausal women more likely to appear anxiety, irritability and other bad emotions, sleep will also be greatly affected, in the face of menopause of various pain, what should we do? Today's popular science article, let's talk about this topic.
Menopause is a necessary stage in a woman's life
With the increase of age, the woman's body will gradually go to aging, and in this process, unlike men, most women between the ages of 45 and 55, there will be a gradual decline in ovarian function, gradually into the non-reproductive stage, and this stage, due to changes in ovarian function, the important estrogen levels in the female body will also drop significantly, and due to changes in hormone levels, women are prone to various physical discomforts and health problems at this stage. It can be said that it is a high-risk stage for women to begin to have health problems, and this stage, we also call it "menopause".
The average age of women entering menopause is about 49.5 years old, different individuals may have early and late, it is also normal, at this stage, there are many female friends will appear a variety of discomfort symptoms of the body, for this, we should pay more attention to on the one hand, understand the relevant health risks that may exist in women's menopause, actively check, do early detection and early intervention, on the other hand, we must also learn to accept from the psychological point of view, understand that women entering menopause is a "necessary stage" that grows with age. Try to reduce too many negative emotions as a result, or even can not extricate themselves, this negative psychology will form a superimposed impact on health, should also pay attention to avoid.
Today we will not talk about other problems of female menopause, but talk about the possible causes and targeted conditioning and control methods for the 3 types of pain problems common to women's menopause.
01 Skeletal muscle pain
Many female friends who enter menopause, the most common pain problem is the problem of skeletal muscle pain, women menopause with skeletal muscle pain, common causes are the following 3.
The first is the problem of osteoporosis, the level of hormones in the body of women during menopause declines, there will be a problem of accelerated bone loss, and if the rate of bone formation is insufficient at this time, it will cause a decrease in bone density and bone strength, and gradually develop into osteoporosis problems. Osteoporosis in addition to the decline in bone strength, easy to fracture, but also often accompanied by bone, muscle pain symptoms, common typical symptoms are low back bone pain, can also involve leg bones, etc., but also women feel muscle pain.
The second is the problem of osteoarthritis, with the increase of age, the occurrence of bone and joint degeneration, the probability of osteoarthritis will become higher and higher, menopausal women may also have osteoarthritis problems, resulting in inflammation of the bone and joint pain, stiffness and redness and other symptoms.
The third cause is problems with fibromyalgia. Muscle fiber pain is a rheumatic disease problem, often accompanied by diffuse symptoms of systemic muscle pain, pain most often occurs in the central axis of the bones, including the shoulder blade, pelvis and other parts of the body, can also occur in various other parts of the body, usually characterized by dull pain in the muscles, but there are also patients who complain of bone pain.
Through the above introduction, we can see that these causes of skeletal muscle pain, in addition to osteoarthritis may be accompanied by symptoms of redness and swelling of the node site, other symptoms are usually not necessarily specific, therefore, when menopausal women have skeletal muscle pain problems, it is very important to actively combine the situation to check the cause, if you can understand the cause, timely conditioning, skeletal muscle pain problems can be improved in time.
In life, it is recommended that menopausal female friends pay more attention to supplementing calcium and vitamin D, eat more calcium-rich foods such as milk and soy products in daily life, and also consider taking supplements for additional supplements, but also pay attention to actively strengthening exercise, adhere to exercise, and pay attention to avoiding cold and long-term stimulation, while paying attention to psychological adjustment, do not aggravate pain problems because of mental factors, and if it is a clear diagnosis of the existence of the above related diseases, actively carry out reasonable treatment. It is also very important.
02 Chest tightness chest pain
Many female friends in menopause, often appear chest tightness chest pain and other symptoms, in the face of this problem, some friends always think that they have heart disease, coronary heart disease, if there is no problem with the examination, it will be considered by some people to be disease-free moaning, in fact, such ideas are not right, women menopausal chest tightness chest pain, palpitations and other issues, should be combined with the specific situation to assess the risk, positive conditioning.
Women menopausal chest tightness chest pain, if accompanied by three high problems, as well as obesity, smoking, chronic kidney disease and other risk factors affected by the premise, the first should be checked or cardiovascular health risk, the three high problems are important risk factors to promote the development of atherosclerosis, therefore, if assessed, menopausal women belong to the high risk of cardiovascular risk, in the face of chest tightness, chest pain, palpitations and other issues, you should check the cardiovascular health in time, if the degree of narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart exceeds 50%, There may be a problem that may lead to insufficient blood supply to the myocardium, resulting in chest tightness, chest pain and a series of uncomfortable symptoms, especially if it is more serious after labor, and the situation will improve after rest, which is a typical symptom of myocardial ischemia, which is worth noting.
However, in addition to chest tightness and chest pain caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle, there may be two common causes of chest tightness and chest pain in women's menopause .
One is the problem of cardiovascular neurosis, women in menopause due to hormone levels disorders and related bad emotions under the influence of the autonomic nerve disorder, and sympathetic nervous system if the dominant position, will cause heart rate acceleration, myocardial overstriction and other problems, resulting in myocardium, chest pain and other uncomfortable symptoms, this autonomic disorder caused by chest tightness chest pain problems, but also deserve special attention.
There is also a condition, known as microvascular angina, refers to the situation that the large blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are not narrowed and blocked, but some small blood vessels in the coronary veins are blocked and the myocardial ischemia is caused by the same may cause symptoms of angina, which often last a long time, and it is difficult to find problems through routine large blood vessel examination, but there is also chest pain exacerbation after activity, symptoms that can be relieved after rest, and the exercise plate test will be positive and the ST segment will move down.
Therefore, for women in the menopausal stage of chest pain, chest tightness, palpitations and other uncomfortable symptoms, it is right to consider cardiovascular health problems, but if only from the coronary artery stenosis to check, it is not necessarily necessary to find the problem, combined with the actual situation of the investigation, in order to find the real cause.
Women in the menopause stage, should pay attention to their own cardiovascular health risks, in life should pay attention to actively do a good job of healthy diet, exercise, maintain a good work and rest, weight control and other aspects of health conditioning intervention, but also should be combined with their own situation, assessment and understanding of their own cardiovascular disease risk, combined with the risk to consider the specific causes of chest tightness chest pain, and then with medical means for accurate examination and confirmation, in the psychological aspect, contact anxiety, irritability, depression and other adverse emotions, Is an important aspect of avoiding and improving cardiovascular neurosis, but also deserve special attention, family care and understanding is also very important, do a good job of psychological adjustment, while timely control of related diseases, chest tightness and chest pain problems, can also be alleviated and controlled.
Headache problems
Many female friends also have headaches during menopause, and the cause of this headache is not single.
Changes in the hormone level of women's menopause, will lead to autonomic nerve disorders, and autonomic nerve disorders and changes in hormone levels, and will bring about vasodimotor abnormalities related symptoms, vasodimotor abnormalities, not only will bring hot flashes, skin paresthesia and other problems, but also may also bring headache problems, this situation, we call vascular neuropathic headache, symptoms may be manifested as mild to moderate total headache, swelling pain, etc., can also appear migraine symptoms of occipital, forehead, temporal and other parts, severe can even be accompanied by nausea, Vomiting and other symptoms.
Some women in the menopausal stage, may appear to increase blood pressure, and hypertension if not actively controlled, but also may also bring symptoms of headache, which is due to elevated blood pressure stimulation of cerebral blood vessels caused by a headache symptoms, in addition to headache, often accompanied by dizziness symptoms, pain may mainly occur in the temporal region, posterior occipital part, to stuffy pain, swelling pain, tightness, the main feature is that headache will be accompanied by increased blood pressure, and blood pressure in time to control, pain will be relieved.
For the problem of women's menopausal headache, first of all, we should check the possibility of hypertension, if there is a hypertension problem, actively control blood pressure, not only is an important aspect of relieving headaches, but also can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, the earlier the intervention control, the more benefits, but also to remind female friends, even if there is no hypertension problem, in life should also pay attention to low-salt diet, weight control, active exercise, maintain good sleep, do a good job of hypertension prevention; and for the problem of vascular neuropathic headache, Or should you learn to soothe the mood, avoid the influence of bad emotions, and at the same time reasonably regulate the autonomic nerves and maintain a good work and rest, which will help alleviate and improve.
The 3 aspects of pain mentioned above may not cover the various pain symptoms of women's menopause, if you have any problems or experiences to share about the pain of menopause, you are also welcome to leave a message below, we can continue to discuss and learn together.