Menopause should not be regarded as a disease, but has a number of accompanying symptoms such as hot flashes, which can become very annoying.
1. Introduction
Quality of life. Women live longer than men, but worse. Through the ages has been observed worldwide that more people live longer.
This is because, among other things, the development of vaccines and antibiotics, can prevent and cure diseases in the past used to be fatal to the improvement of sanitary conditions, to the evolution of medical knowledge of the diseases and the development of new drugs.
Moreover, particularly regarding women, also to the improvement of care to pregnant women (prenatal care) and delivery. Europe has the highest proportion of older women in the world. In 2010, in Europe, one in four women will be over 60 years. Spain stands out in this picture of apparent aging of the population. The number of people over 65 is about the nearly 6 million, representing about 15% of the total Spanish population.
Moreover, recent studies reveal that life expectancy of the Spanish population at birth is around 73 years for males and more than 81 years in the case of women. Therefore, women live longer than men (about 8 years). However, these studies also indicate that women living in poorer health than men.
From these statistics it should make a practical conclusion to improve the quality of life of women:
The fact live longer imposes the need to prevent the undesirable consequences of aging. Past, menopause was not an issue for women, since most often was that he died before or shortly after having it. But today, as the age at which women tend to have menopause has not changed over time and due to greater longevity, women live about 1 / 3 of his life after having had menopause.
Hence the importance of preventing the “wear” of health that the passage of time inevitably imposes.
2. What Influences?
In addition to increased longevity and loneliness, as it usually being widowed for the last 7 or 8 years of his life, other factors that may influence the deteriorating health conditions of women:
- The status of “unpaid carers is that they should harm the health of women.
- The task often unavoidable and rarely transferable to care for children, husband, parents and in-laws, and so on. is a constant in the lives of women, so often not enough time or energy to look after their own health.
- Lower revenues: In the labor market are evident, lower revenues, about 30% less for the same type of work and lower pensions for women, which makes it even more personal care, as it maintains a close relationship with the economic capacity.
- Cultural level: The lack of preparation, often deprives women the ability to learn and evaluate preventive health measures, hindering their participation in health campaigns promoted, for example, by public bodies or come close to your family doctor only for checkups.
Therefore, it is imperative to make an effort by all, women, family, doctors and health authorities, so that if women can live longer lived with a reasonable quality of life.
As knowledge and childbirth have helped generations of women cope with the birth process in a more positive, a similar understanding of the physiological changes and emotional aspects of menopause themselves, may help the woman to go through this stage of your life with less suffering and anguish.
Even at the highest possible performance and enjoy this stage, which often coincides with more free time and where you can glimpse the prospect of retirement has long desired.
The traditional view, defended by some and yet still rooted in misconceptions that forces women to accept passively all manifestations resulting from the menopause can not be justified today. The woman in modern times has a greater social commitment, with a markedly active role in society.
If doctors currently available information and treatments such as therapy with female hormones, can control the rioting this stage of life, is not admissible under any circumstances, be recommended to women face attitude of resignation symptomatology, sometimes quite annoying, that often comes with the complete cessation of menses.
This special is intended mainly to inform women about the changes, both physical and psychological nature, which occur in a stage of life that begins to move beyond reproductive life and is approaching its senescence.
Furthermore, it guides how to prevent, sometimes serious, consequences of these changes, following a series of recommendations, which include exercise, healthy eating and balanced, a regular check-ups, and when indicated, hormone replacement therapy , so that you can combine menopause and quality of life.
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