Elderly patient: hormone replacement therapy

"Golden autumn" of women. This is the period of her life when menopause begins. And many of our patients simply do not know how to behave at this time. How should we be with them? First of all, explain that menopause is not a sentence. This is a completely different life. However, many are frightened by this diagnosis.

What is menopause and when does it occur? Menopause is the withering of the female body. At this time, there is a decrease in the production of sex hormones, and this indicates that the "golden autumn" is coming. When the production of sex hormones decreases, first of all, the appearance of women changes (skin, bone skeleton, posture and gait change), various complaints from the nervous system appear.

Perimenopause in a woman is manifested by a violation of the menstrual cycle, it becomes either heavier or shorter. The production of sex hormones estrogen and progesterone in the ovaries decreases. The turgor of the skin changes, gravitational ptosis occurs, the amount of elastic collagen fibers, the content of hyaluronic acid decreases. All this leads to age-related changes in the dermal layer.

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