Q. I'm 29 and have had severe night sweats for 3 years and have recently been suffering from what seems like hot flashes, as well as vaginal dryness. I am still on the pill and my periods have never changed.
A. It's possible but I would still go to a gynecologist because there could be an underlying cause that is giving you these symptoms. I wouldn't wait too long with these things, so please get it checked out asap!
Whatâs the difference between taking hormones for menopause and taking hormones as a contraceptive?
Q. I hear a lot of people warning about HRT. But there doesn't seem to be much of a fuss made about taking birth control pills, Some of which a woman can take almost continuously.What I want to know is why is HRT so frowned upon when BC doesn't seem to be. They are both hormone pills..what's the difference..besides the obvious reasons one would use them.
A. There's not a huge amount of difference in the pills themselves, you're right. They're both estrogen and an artificial progesterone. The difference comes in in that young, menstruating women who take birth control pills are replacing their normal hormones with the birth control hormones. So they'd be exposed to hormones anyway. You're not changing their lifetime exposure to those hormones, just changing the monthly pattern.
In the case of HRT, however, the women taking it are post-menopausal, and would therefore have very low doses of those hormones in their bodies naturally. HRT therefore increases the lifetime exposure to those hormones for those women.
Thus, studies show that hormonally related problems with birth control pills in young women are smaller than problems with older women taking HRT. It's not so much a matter of what is in the pill as it is what is the age of the woman taking the pill.
A second reason for the difference may be that tests on HRT tend to be performed on women who may have spent years with no HRT. The years with no HRT may have damaged their bodies in certain ways, and the resumption of HRT caused more problems rather than fixing the old problems, due to changes in the body that occur with age. Thus, if older women took birth control pills, they'd have similar negative effects that are seen with HRT. And if younger women took HRT, they would likley not have the same negative effects that older women have with HRT.
And yet another reason for the difference might be the type of hormones used. The most popular artificial progesterone used in HRT is Provera. It's used in Depo-Provera, but not in birth control pills. Provera might have some problems associated with it, but these problems don't show up in women who use the birth control pill because they're not taking it.
In the case of HRT, however, the women taking it are post-menopausal, and would therefore have very low doses of those hormones in their bodies naturally. HRT therefore increases the lifetime exposure to those hormones for those women.
Thus, studies show that hormonally related problems with birth control pills in young women are smaller than problems with older women taking HRT. It's not so much a matter of what is in the pill as it is what is the age of the woman taking the pill.
A second reason for the difference may be that tests on HRT tend to be performed on women who may have spent years with no HRT. The years with no HRT may have damaged their bodies in certain ways, and the resumption of HRT caused more problems rather than fixing the old problems, due to changes in the body that occur with age. Thus, if older women took birth control pills, they'd have similar negative effects that are seen with HRT. And if younger women took HRT, they would likley not have the same negative effects that older women have with HRT.
And yet another reason for the difference might be the type of hormones used. The most popular artificial progesterone used in HRT is Provera. It's used in Depo-Provera, but not in birth control pills. Provera might have some problems associated with it, but these problems don't show up in women who use the birth control pill because they're not taking it.
How do you get through menopause successfully?
Q. It is coming in a few years or so and I do not look forward to it. Any tips?
A. billions of women have gone through menopause "successfully" seeing as how it's been happening since human existence.
proper nutrition, water, strength training and a positive state of mind. Only in North America do women make such a huge deal out of something so natural.
proper nutrition, water, strength training and a positive state of mind. Only in North America do women make such a huge deal out of something so natural.
what are the natural remedies for those on the way to premature menopause at 36 yrs old?
Q. Been on clomid for 7 months, with no success, blood results show that i am not ovulating, and there are signs of premature menopause.Is there any natural remedies to help with ovulation?
A. Try the Inconceivable diet by Julie Indichova
On average what age do women start menopause ?
Q. My friend and I were wondering on average what age do you start menopause.
Also, if you start your period at a later age (eg17 compared to 10) does that mean you start menopause later?
Also, if you start your period at a later age (eg17 compared to 10) does that mean you start menopause later?
A. Menopause isn't the sudden stopping of your periods. For most women, it's a gradual happening called "perimenopause" http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/perimenopause/DS00554, then "menopause" is defined as having gone a year without periods.
Some women in perimenopause don't reven realize what's happening. It often starts happening in the 40's. Periods will get longer or shorter, or heavier or lighter, or more/less often, as hormones start declining.
Perimenopause can be triggered by running out of usable eggs in your ovaries. Before a baby girl is born, she can have millions of eggs in her ovaries. At birth, she may have 400,000-500,000 eggs. Most of these die; some are ovulated (released from the ovaries). So it can be true that later menarche (first period) can result in later menopause.
My own perimenopause started at age 38, and now at 47 I'm in true menopause.
Some women in perimenopause don't reven realize what's happening. It often starts happening in the 40's. Periods will get longer or shorter, or heavier or lighter, or more/less often, as hormones start declining.
Perimenopause can be triggered by running out of usable eggs in your ovaries. Before a baby girl is born, she can have millions of eggs in her ovaries. At birth, she may have 400,000-500,000 eggs. Most of these die; some are ovulated (released from the ovaries). So it can be true that later menarche (first period) can result in later menopause.
My own perimenopause started at age 38, and now at 47 I'm in true menopause.
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