Blame the menopause?

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Hot flashes, insomnia, agitation: The menopause can be für many complaints. However, some of the symptoms köcan also point to a disease

Cards with two faces: are these symptoms of menopause, or an illness?

Once again during the night hours awake and the Pounding of his own heart listened to? Schweißbathed.woke up, and the program of the n&auml…the next day, listless, and unfocused unwound? Für women between the ages of 40 and 60 years, is the thing usually clear: "The Change Of Years." Symptoms, the körper­or emotional disorders notes köcould ­h&auml be;often ­ignored.

"From the mid-40 müshot women verstärkt on your health achten", the Kiel Gyn&auml says;musicologist Dr. Dorothee Struck. It was gefäto push the dangerous, everything on the menopause: "Organic diseases köcan then also übersehen be like a behandlungsbedürftige Depression." You überweist their patients in case of doubt, to a internist or hormone experts: "Women with persistent, highly distressing complaints should grühourly check-up."

Hormonal Störetention as a cause of hot flashes

Immediately to the menopause, most women think, for example, in the case of hot flushes and Schweißausbrü. About every second woman is affected in the middle years of life, more or less. However, the Mainz-based hormone specialist Professor Matthias Weber warns that these complaints are a flat rate of menopause. "Behind köcan other hormonal Stöincreases put about a Ücheck production of stress hormones in the Nebennierenmark", the spokesman of the German society f&uuml says;r endocrinology.

Also tumors that form certain hormones, füdo in rare Fäcases to complaints, reminiscent of hot flashes. A poorly tuned or undetected type 2 Diabetes can Müspeed and performance degradation. And certain drugs call sometimes also äsimilar symptoms as the menopause – about Kortisonpräparate, for example, prescribed in rheumatism. 

Schweißausbrüche: Often the Schilddr&uuml is;se to blame

On hämost common is behind on-the-fly heat but the Schilddrüse. "A Überfunktion, in addition to erhöhter Wärmeempfindlichkeit in addition, heart palpitations, Nervosität and Schlafstöconclusions verursachen", Weber says. Accordingly, häoften women confuse the symptoms with complaints of menopause.

The same f&uuml is;r is a function of the ­Body. Typical symptoms: mood swings, lethargy and weight gain. In the case of such complaints rät endocrinologist Weber, the Schilddrüsen­values überprüto make fen &quot: ;The gehört to the family doctor become a Routine." However, in the case of grenz­significant Findings often über­react. In case of doubt, patients should consult a specialist. 

Gynämusicologist Struck, however, also the opposite case: that women’s typical symptoms, such as tachycardia and nervöse heart complaints are not with the Hormonal changes. Because women after the Menopause are less herzschüChairman Öof estrogenic produce, increasing your risk für problems with heart or circulation on the level of Mämen. Auffädue dates mügrunds&auml shot, therefore,;addition, cardiac abgekläbe rt. The fear of a heart disease, but in most Fäcases unbegründ, emphasizes Struck.

Many of the complaints have nothing to do with the menopause

But what Symp­tome are tatsätake specific für the time of the menopause? The Professor Kerstin Weidner has Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden investigated. Für their study, asked the Director of the clinic and polyclinic für psychotherapy and psychosomatics, approximately 1400 women, and 1200 Mämen, what do you für menopausal symptoms. 

The conclusion: "Körper­community complaints and Schlafstöincreases in women and Mämen with increasing age." However, only hot flushes and Schweißausbrüche proved to be specific für is the menopause of the woman. Psychological symptoms such as mood swings, irritability, Ängstlichkeit and Erschöcreation occur in any age.

"Although, among other things, depression in this phase of life is not häsingle-stage to occur, the menopause, often, wrongly, the disease value zugeschrieben", Weidner regrets. Also endocrinologist Matthias Weber hält’s nothing to make all women after Menopause lump patients: "We need a healthy balance between the Übertherapie harmless complaints and the trivialization of serious symptoms." 

Simple Gegenmaßsampling: A healthy life style

Especially since the menopause have definitely also positive sides. According To Gynämusicologist Struck provides, this phase of life, the große Chance to set a new course and Freiräto use ume: "To swallow instead of hormones, women should üsuperior, in what is your energy stuck."

Because hormone therapy carries risks, Benefits and possible side effects grühourly abzuwägen. In addition, the hot flushes usually disappear within a few years. Often simple Ma&szlig help already;comments: "From the mid-40 Lebensstils&uuml fall;the stämore to the Gewicht", Struck says. Who regelmäßig alcohol, nicotine and coffee users, müsse itself üabout hot flashes do not be surprised.

In Gewichts­problems rät the Ärztin to healthy Ernäthreads, and a lot of movement. Women in their mid-40, the expert also recommends that every two years the house doctor grüof course to investigate and, once a year, the gynäko­­to use logical cancer screening. So m&ouml be;possible diseases früh recognized.

Herbal Präparate as an Alternative to hormone replacement therapy

You do not want to Hormonpräparate? After ämedical Rücksprache köyou can use it with vegetable Alter­native to try.  

• Hot flushes are relieved by Präparate with black cohosh or Siberian rhubarb. Positive effects are expected only after several weeks. 

• Nervosität and Schlafstöbrackets often speak well of herbal remedies with Valerian, lemon balm, passion flower or Lavendelöl. 

• Depression and listlessness with high-dose St. John’s wort-PräPat in the grip of wars. A doctor should but abklären, whether there is a Depression behind it.

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