What is menopause like for a 46-year-old woman?

Female friends will become very anxious if they encounter menopause problems after the age of 46, because this is the clinical manifestation of menopause. Once menopause occurs, their skin will become very bad and the aging speed will become faster than before. If you want to slow down the aging of your skin, you need to exercise to improve your skin condition.

In reality, many people believe that menopause refers to the menopausal period. In fact, these are two medical concepts with completely different meanings. Menopause refers to a period of transition from the decline of gonadal function to its complete loss in women, while menopause simply refers to the cessation of menstruation. There is a stage of gradual ovarian decline before menopause

It lasts about 2 to 4 years, and the length varies in different people. It is called premenopause. After menopause, ovarian function becomes even lower, but it does not necessarily disappear completely immediately. It usually takes 2 to 3 years, but sometimes it can last up to 6 to 8 years, or even longer. Therefore, menopause is the sum of premenopause, menopause and postmenopause, so some scholars call it "perimenopause".

1. Wear multiple layers of clothing, preferably cotton. If you get hot flashes, take off your outer clothing. Also, drink a glass of cool water or cold juice when a hot flash starts.

2. Wear cotton pajamas and keep the bedroom cool. Put extra sheets on your bed. When hot flashes occur, wet the top sheet and remove it.

3. Pay attention to your diet, don’t drink alcohol or eat spicy food.

4. Keep exercising. Some women find that regular exercise can lessen the effects of hot flashes and help them sleep better.

5. Eat more tofu. Beans contain a substance from the same family as estrogen that may help relieve symptoms like hot flashes. You can also drink cool soy milk when hot flashes start.

6. Be patient. The symptom of menopause is "the rabbit's tail - it won't grow longer". It will gradually disappear within 3-5 years at most.

7. Treat vaginal dryness. It seems that decreased libido is associated with vaginal dryness. Vaginal dryness can cause painful intercourse. There are vaginal lubricants on the market, which come in two types: water-soluble and estrogen-containing. They can lubricate the vagina and solve the problem of vaginal dryness during sexual intercourse.

From a health perspective, some symptoms of menopause are not a big deal. Even more important are the long-term health effects after menopause. Today, women have at least 30 years to live after menopause. These 30 years can be very healthy, happy and enjoyable. However, due to the significant decrease in estrogen levels in the body, the risk of two health-threatening diseases increases significantly. One of them is heart disease. Before menopause, few women die from heart disease. After menopause, the number of women dying from heart disease begins to increase. By age 75, men and women are about the same risk of developing heart disease.