Menopausal symptoms/syndrome

Hormone therapy has proven highly effective in controlling the menopausal syndrome, especially severe hot flushes (MacLennan et al. 2004), even at doses significantly lower than those used until now (Speroff et al. 2000 Utian et al. 2001). Women s Health Initiative studies found that hormone replacement therapy, when administered as a primary prevention intervention for CVD in older women, increases the risk of heart disease and breast cancer. Even if a protective effect on fracture and colon cancer was observed, the risk-benefit ratio led to a recommendation of this treatment only for the short-term relief of menopausal symptoms (Rossouw et al. 2002 Anderson et al. 2004). The role of early administration of ovarian hormones to young postmenopausal women in the prevention of cardiovascular disease or late dementia remains... 

Menopause was described clearly in 1899 in an article entitled Epochal Insanities, under the heading Climacteric Insanity. The article described symptoms of menopause and invited physicians to treat it as a syndrome in need of attention. Women in the late nineteenth century were often advised to rest as a way of combating menopausal symptoms. By the early twentieth century, menopause was seen as the death of the woman in the woman. Contemporary research has shown that menopause is not linked to mental illness or the death of the womb. The average woman of 51 can expect several more decades of life, making menopause more a transitional stage of life. 

Gynecological problems yeast infection, endometriosis, premenstrual syndrome, menopausal symptoms... 

St. ]ohn s wort Hypericumperforatum), the most popular herbal remedy for mild depression, was reported to have efficacy in randomized, controlled trials and in one open-label PMS trial. For the treatment of menopausal symptoms, only one observational study has reported that women had substantial improvement in physical and psychological symptoms. The usual dose recommended for mild depression is 300 mg three times daily of a standardized product (hypericum 0.3%). Several in vitro and human studies suggest that St. John s wort induces the hepatic cytochrome P450 3A4 enzymes and may decrease the efficacy of OCs and should not be combined with SRIs because of the potential risk of a 5-HT syndrome. ... 

A series of article abstracts about various magnesium-deficiency symptoms, syndromes, conditions, or diseases are supplied at http //www.mgwa-ter.com/abstract.shtml. These include the following alcohol-related hypertension and strokes, alcohol-induced contraction of cerebral arteries, amyofrophic lateral sclerosis and aluminum deposition in the central nervous system, cardiac arrhythmias, asthma therapy, attention deficit disorder (ADD), cerebral artery disorders, constipation, diabetes, heart muscle disorders or myocardial infarction, hypertension, HIV, kidney stones, menopause, migraine, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, and premenstrual syndrome. In all cases, an increase in magnesium levels had beneficial effects. 

Chaste tree berry (fruit of the Vitex angus-castus) premenstrual syndrome Dong quai (dried root) menopausal symptoms, premenstrual syndrome Echinacea (purple coneflower) inunune system booster, topical, preventative Feverfew (dried leaves) migraines Garlic (fresh dried bulb) cholesterol... 

Dong quai is used for menopausal symptoms and premenstrual syndrome, but because the client is 56 years old the nurse should consider the medication effective when there is a lack of menopausal symptoms. 

Regulatory Status. Class 2b dietary supplement (not to be used during pregnancy). In Germany, formulation indicated for menstrual disorders due to primary or secondary corpus luteum insufficiency premenstrual syndrome, mastodynia, inadequate lactation, menopausal symptoms (blumenthal 1). 

It is indicated in hypertension of all grades except pheochromocytoma, glaucoma and migraine. It is also useful in opiate, alcohol and nicotine withdrawal. It also attenuates vasomotor symptoms of menopausal syndrome. 

Avis NE, Stellato R, Crawford S, Bromberger J, Ganz P, Cain V, Kagawa-Singer M (2001) Is there a menopausal syndrome Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups. Soc Sci Med 52 345-356... 

But the term menopause was not used until 1816, when a medical syndrome called la Menepause was described in a French journal by C. R L. de Gardanne. By 1839, the first book entirely about menopause was written by Frenchman C. F. Menville. The book explained symptoms of menopause as a response to the death of the womb. 

Symptoms affecting the mind emotional disturbance and irritability caused by a direct influence from the reproductive function, i.e., premenstrual syndrome depression, dysmenorrhea with irritability, menopausal cloudy thinking, headache from mental strain or menses. 

An obese 57-year-old woman did not yet exhibit symptoms of menopause but was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistance. Her plasma levels of testosterone were above normal. Which one of the following is most likely in this case ... 

Indications Roundworm inversion patterns. Ascariasis, biliary ascariasis, chronic dysentery, chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, post-gastrectomy syndrome, neurosis, insomnia, and menstrual, premenstrual, and menopausal complaints associated with candidiasis and a combination of hot and cold, vacuity and repletion signs and symptoms, including endometriosis... 

Used in modem Europe in the treatment of premenstrual and menopausal disorders including premenstmal mastodynia (mastalgia) and other symptoms of PMS also in treatments of premenstmal tension syndrome, Parkinson s disease, acne, uterine myomas, as a galactogogue, as an adjunctive therapy in endometriosis (mckenna), and upon termination of use of birth control pills also used to help re-establish normal menstmation and ovulation, to increase or stimulate milk flow reduce water retention during menstmation allay effusions in the knee joints associated with premenstmal syndrome. 

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