Written by Tavishi Dogra | Updated : July 8, 2023 3:01 PM IST
Women after their early 40s need to expect how and what bodily changes may happen to them and prepare for the same. While 20% of women experience no menopause symptoms, 60% have mild to moderate symptoms, and the other 20% have severe symptoms.
Post-menopausal women also have debilitating fatigue, which may result from many conditions such as hormonal imbalances, mood swings, undiagnosed and flared-up chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia etc. A thorough workup is needed to ascertain the diagnosis to be better managed.
Altered nerve conduction-causing paresthesias also are noted in postmenopausal women and can be managed with pregabalin, gabapentin etc., after correcting various vitamin and mineral deficiencies and underlying causes.
Hormonal imbalances are also known to cause decreased libido. Genital dryness can be treated with topical estrogen, and hormonal replacement treatment can help treat this condition in some severe cases.
Irritable bowel syndrome or similar conditions might flare up in post-menopausal states causing intense dyspepsia, abdominal discomfort, pain, gastroesophageal reflux disease etc.
Hairfall is another common worrisome factor that can be dealt with with topical minoxidil, recently, oral biotin, and other multivitamin complexes.
Vertigo and giddiness may worsen owing to hormonal imbalances. Medicines such as betahistine and cinnarizine may help.
With decreasing and altered tone of the bladder and pelvic muscles, bladder incontinence can be a common finding, and kegel exercises can help prevent it to some extent. Mirabegron, siladosin etc can help
Altered tastes are also seen in some women, who, in worse cases, respond to hormonal replacement therapies after supplementing the deficient multivitamins and minerals.
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