What are the precautions for women during menopause?

For female friends, menopause is a critical period that must be treated correctly. Eat a balanced and nutritious diet, exercise properly, change unhealthy lifestyles, and have regular gynecological examinations. If the symptoms are severe, you should also take appropriate medications, such as natural vitamin E, calcium supplements, natural estrogen compounds, etc.

1. Balanced and nutritious diet

The diet should be mainly low in salt, sugar and fat, with appropriate supplementation of foods high in calcium to prevent osteoporosis (menopause is the period when calcium loss is most serious), and supplementation of fruits and vegetables high in fiber to promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation.

2. Keep exercising properly

Actively participate in outdoor sports activities, enhance physical fitness, control weight, improve respiratory function, and make the regulatory ability of the nervous system excitement and inhibition more perfect, which has a good therapeutic effect on insomnia, mental depression, etc.

3. Change unhealthy lifestyle

Smoking can cause women to enter menopause earlier, so quitting smoking, drinking alcohol and coffee in moderation, getting enough sleep, and avoiding excessive fatigue are important for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and reducing and relieving menopausal symptoms.

4. Regularly attend gynecological examinations

Menopause is a high-incidence period for gynecological malignancies. Therefore, it is of great significance to conduct regular gynecological examinations to exclude or early detect gynecological malignancies such as cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and reproductive tract infections, and to conduct early intervention treatments.

5. Appropriate drug prevention and treatment

There are three main types of medication for the prevention of menopause:

1. Basic complementary medicines for menopausal health

Including multivitamins (Centrum), natural vitamin E, calcium supplements, etc.

2. Hormone supplement drugs

It includes natural estrogen, progesterone or a combination of the two, but needs to be used under the guidance of a specialist.

3. Non-hormonal drugs

For women who are not suitable for hormone supplements or have contraindications to hormone supplements, non-hormonal preparations can be selected to treat menopausal symptoms, including: herbal medicines, phytoestrogens and traditional Chinese medicine. It is best used under the guidance of a specialist.