What to do if you have stomach discomfort during menopause

As women's menstruation stops, their physical condition will also change accordingly. Many women will enter menopause after their menstruation stops. Women in menopause are directly affected in all aspects of their physical and mental health. Some women become very irritable during menopause, and some women also experience physical discomfort. What should women do if they have stomach discomfort during menopause? Let’s find out together.

1. What should we pay attention to when suffering from menopausal gastrointestinal dysfunction?

Generally speaking, the physiological and psychological problems caused by menopause are more obvious in women, especially those aged around 44 to 55 years old. Physical changes during menopause include ovarian atrophy, insufficient hormone secretion leading to osteoporosis, back pain and cardiovascular diseases, as well as menopausal gastrointestinal disorders. Women are prone to develop some negative psychological states when experiencing these physical changes, such as feeling that their physical fitness is declining and their memory is declining, which in turn aggravates these physical and mental discomfort symptoms, forming a vicious circle.

Menopausal women should learn to adjust their mental state and pay attention to the health of their digestive system to alleviate the symptoms of menopausal gastrointestinal disorders. Women in menopause should pay special attention to oral health, because if the teeth are not good, the stomach and intestines will be bad, and if the stomach and intestines are not good, the body will fail.

So, what should we do about gastrointestinal disorders during menopause? Menopausal women may wish to start with oral and dental care. By chewing slowly with healthy teeth, the gastrointestinal system can slowly absorb food and the body will be healthy. Of course, for some physical discomfort symptoms of menopause, prevention is better than cure. You should go to the hospital for physical health checks regularly, and then work with a psychologist to adjust your mental state and relieve emotional ups and downs. You can live a healthy and happy life during menopause.

Menopausal gastrointestinal dysfunction has a great impact on the physical and mental health of menopausal women. If it is not prevented and treated in time, it will aggravate the symptoms of menopause and have serious consequences.

2. Menopausal women should beware of seven major diseases

1. Neurovascular dysfunction, hot flashes, flushing, chills, dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, fatigue, drowsiness, palpitations, etc.

2. Increased blood lipids: Blood lipids gradually increase in women between the ages of 55 and 64, and the fastest increase is within 2 years after menopause. Triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein increased, while high-density lipoprotein decreased.

3. Functional uterine bleeding during menopause refers to uterine bleeding without organic disease. 50% of cases occur during menopause, and the bleeding may be small amount or continuous. There may also be heavy bleeding.

4. Metabolic disorders, obesity, joint pain, intramuscular pain, especially in the shoulders, neck, waist, sacroiliac joints, etc.

5. Psychoneural symptoms, insomnia, anxiety, nervousness, irritability, depression, memory loss, etc.

6. Cardiovascular disease: Atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction increase significantly after menopause. Myocardial infarction is rare in women before the age of 40, and the incidence peaks at the age of 65.

7. Accelerated osteoporosis: Bone strength weakens and susceptibility to fractures increases. Statistics show that the incidence of spinal and forearm fractures in women is 6-10 times that of men. Negative balance of bone metabolism, with an average daily loss of 50 mg of calcium. Symptoms include low back and leg pain, back pain, decreased height, etc. Fractures may occur with the slightest exertion, especially femoral neck fractures.