What happens before menopause and what happens in menopause?

For a menopausal woman who covers almost a third of a woman's life, it is not only a cut-off but also a physical, social and psychological change. In this period, women's changes and what needs to be done about Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist Op. Dr. Filiz Candan Topuz gave the following information: "Menopause is that women lose their reproductive ability. Menopause, which is seen in our country between the ages of 46 and 47, is aging of the endocrine system and naturally systemic aging. Women who do not see menstruation for a year are considered menopausal. Ovulation and pregnancy are not possible because the ovaries do not produce estrogen in this process. "




Preparation for the natural process of menopause

The knob noted about the women entering the menopause:

• If your number of people is short (if you see one every 28 days, if you start to see one every 24-25 days)
• If you have symptoms of fever, sweating, palpitations, no sleep at night, these complaints slowly disappear within 1-3 years,
• If the pattern in the genital area has decreased,
• If there is a decrease in your sexual desire,
• If you are experiencing difficulty with orgasm,
• If you feel pain and dryness during sexual intercourse,
• If your pelvic organs have lost their flexibility and have begun to sag,
• If you have had urinary incontinence (29% of women over 60 years have missed urine and 70% of them have complained of menopause)
• If the bone density is getting low, you may have entered menopause.

Getting used to menopause life


To get used to the new life started with menopause, Topuz found the following recommendations:

• Do not neglect your annual gynecological controls to make this process most comfortable. You can see estrogen treatment under physician control by taking your complaints and your individual differences into consideration.
• Have a smear test for cervical cancer. Early detection of uterine fibroids and ovarian cancers can be achieved by smear test and ultrasonographic examination.
• Go through the cardiologic examination because of an increase in cardiovascular disease with menopause.
• Have the necessary tests and treatments for osteoporosis. Hip fractures and collapse fractures in the spine occur more easily.
• The most common type of cancer in women is breast cancer. Two-thirds of breast cancers occur over the age of 50. For this reason, menopausal women should be screened for breast cancer.
• Receive social and psychological support for menopause because sometimes a process with depression may occur.