menopause is not just a single turning point hat can be neatly marked off on a calendar. The process of a woman’s reproductive cycles coming to a close is a gradual transition that take years to complete over three distinct stages:
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 menopause (ˈmenəˌpoːz)noun the time when a woman's menstruation stops, around the age of...
menopause is not just a single turning point hat can be neatly marked off on a calendar. The process of a woman’s reproductive cycles coming to a close is a gradual transition that take years to complete over three distinct stages:
Estrogen Therapy: If a woman is having symptoms of menopause after ahysterectomy(surgery to remove the uterus) or a hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoophorectomy (surgery to remove the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries), doctors may suggest a low dose of estrogen. Estrogen comes in differen...
Only women who have had a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus) can take estrogen alone, since taking this "unopposed" estrogen can cause uterine cancer. The combination of progesterone and estrogen in HRT eliminates the risk of uterine cancer. Most physicians do not recommend HRT until a woman...
Women who have removal of their uterus (hysterectomy) without removal of the ovaries brings menopause forward by an average of 2-4 years. The time of menopause is difficult to define in this group, because although menstruation stops with hysterectomy, the ovaries continue to produce hormones. ...
Discover four tips for bloating after hysterectomy as well as further recommendations to take back control over your body as you recover from this major life event. Allergies Allergies result from an abnormal reaction of the immune system to substances that are typically harmless to most people, ...
After my hysterectomy the surgeon recommended No HRT. Obgyn put me on progesterone, and the vivelle Dot. I stopped taking the estrogen pill. I just can’t make sense of it and justify it. Can’t do it. Hopefully I can keep away the Endometriosis, take of of my special lil situation ...
I am so glad I found these comments because I had a complete hysterectomy in 1997 or 1998 and did the hormone replacement therapy. I lost a job in November 2006 and with that medical benefits so I went cold turkey on the estrogen. After being completely off of estrogen for three years,...
Hysterectomy – removal of the uterus Diagnosis Most women are able to ‘self-diagnose’ there menopause by being aware of their symptoms and what this indicates as they reach their early 50s. However, if you would prefer a confirmed diagnosis (or suspect that you may be going through an ear...