What happens during Me No Pause™ ?
At around age 40, Perimenopause symptoms may start. One year after the last period the actual Menopause signs and symptoms may show and continue for the rest of a woman’s life. Talking to thousands of women, Dr. Ershadi has identified 45 symptoms in relation to Menopause. Some women experience them mildly and some strongly.
How many of these 45 Menopause Symptoms do you have?
- Irregular Periods
- Hot Flashes and Cold Flashes
- Night Sweats
- Loss of Sex Drive
- Vaginal Dryness (Painful Sex)
- Vaginal Atrophy (Vaginal Blockage)
- Dry Eyes
- Dry, wrinkled sagging Skin
- Weight Gain, Increased Fat around the Waist
- Bloating, Water Retention
- Irritability and Anger
- Loss of Memory, Foggy Memory, Forgetfulness
- Mood Swings and Sudden Tears
- Trouble Sleeping and Lack of Sleep
- Anxiety and Dark Thoughts
- Difficulty Concentrating
- Depression
- Headaches
- Pain all over the Body
- Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Painful and Swollen Joints
- Painful Bones and Losing Bone Mass
- Osteopenia and Osteoporosis
- Hair Loss
- Brittle Nails
- Loss of Teeth
- Swollen and Bleeding Gums
- Food Allergies
- Incontinence
- Burning Tongue
- Itchy Skin, Ants Crawling under the Skin
- Electric Shocks on the Skin all over the Body
- Tingling in Hands and Feet
- Respiratory Allergies, Wheezing and Coughing
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Increased Fat in the Blood. High Cholesterol, High LDL, High Triglycerides
- Blood Sugar Fluctuations
- Rapid Heartbeats
- Dizziness, Light Headedness
- Digestive Problems, Indigestion, Flatulence, Gas, Pain, Constipation
- Painful Muscles, Fibromyalgia and Losing Muscle Mass
- Photo Allergies, Sensitivity to Sun especially on the Chest and Neck
- Problem Speaking and Expressing
- Breast tenderness
- Change in Body Odor
There are a great many questions about women’s health in general and women’s sexual and emotional health specifically, with few or no answers. Lack of communication and lack of clinical knowledge are both responsible for the absence of accurate information about the changes that a woman’s body goes through.
Many women experience some of the Menopause symptoms that can make their lives very difficult which can disrupt their daily activities. Understanding that Menopause is a natural process does not make it any easier. Women 37 years of age and over may find themselves experiencing changes in their body and mood and may not even think it would have anything to do with Menopause. Perimenopause symptoms can start somewhere between 8 to 10 years before Menopause actually occurs. The term Menopause is used when a woman has not had her menstrual cycle for one full year.
We should remember that aging is not a disease, we can age healthy.
According to Johns Hopkins Medical Health Information “ at the beginning of the 20th Century, the average life expectancy of American women was 40 years. Now, with the average woman living to be 80 plus years, women will spend 40% or more of their life deficient in sex hormones.
Many changes that occur in Menopause are preventable and should not cause disturbances in essential functions in our bodies leading to irreversible impairments.
“Me No Pause™ ”can help relieve many of the 45 symptoms associated with menopause such as occasional sleep disturbances, waking up several times at night, night sweats and mood swings.
Some other physical changes that can happen during Menopause are:
Heart and Circulatory System dysfunctions with an increase in Cardiac deaths
Bones with an increase in Osteoporosis and associated fractures and morbidity
Changes in the digestive system with an increase in the risk of abnormalities
Changes in the Genital Tract with the onset of inadequate support leading to symptoms of pelvic prolapse, urinary incontinence as well as vaginal dryness with associated discomfort at time of intercourse.
Vaginal atrophy and blockage of the Vagina.
Brain and Central Nervous System dysfunction, with decline in memory and cognitive functions.