“Ideally, in order to avoid many, many diseases in adulthood, every woman, together with her doctor, should begin developing an individual health program from the age of 35,” says Victoria Mychka, Doctor of Medical Sciences, leading researcher at the Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex . — And then strictly adhere to it and adjust if necessary. Moreover, in different years there are features that require careful attention. But it all starts with assessing the woman’s health in order to prepare for the future in a timely manner. And here there are 4 options: the first is complete health; the second is health, but burdened by risk factors, they contribute to the development of a number of diseases; the third is hidden diseases that exist in an apparently healthy woman, and the fourth is the presence of an obvious disease or diseases.
35-45 WHAT'S HAPPENING
At this age, they usually feel healthy, but changes are already beginning to occur in the body, which can later lead to diseases. It is better to keep them under control from the very beginning.
WHAT TESTS ARE NEEDED?
- Annually - general blood test (it is necessary to determine ESR and hemoglobin), blood lipids and cholesterol
- Gynecological examinations: analysis of vaginal contents, Papanicolaou smear (annually, and if indicated, 3 times a year, helps identify precancerous or cancerous cells of a cervical tumor), determination of vaginal pH
- Mammogram
- X-rays of light
- Desirable: densitometry (determination of bone tissue density) and ECG (electrocardiogram)
- At 40 years old: blood sugar, so-called. liver and kidney tests
Youth Bill
The document, as well as a number of accompanying concepts, according to him, were developed by a working group of senators and deputies as part of the development of an updated version of the country’s Constitution. The senator noted that laws at the federal level establish such concepts as youth, young families and youth policy.
“I especially note that a unified approach has been formed to determine the age group that belongs to the category of “youth” - these are persons aged 14 to 35 years,” he noted during a thematic meeting of the relevant State Duma committee.
Chairman of the Board of the Association of Volunteer Centers Artem Metelev, in turn, noted that if the age limit is raised, then about 13 million people will again become “youth”. They will be able to participate in various age forums and competitions.
In the future, according to Metelev, the age limit for young people in Russia may be further raised.
“The World Health Organization believes that 43 years is still young,” he clarified. Currently in Russia, according to current legislation, youth are considered to be people aged 14 to 30 years.
46-55 WHAT'S HAPPENING
This is the time of the so-called. menopausal transition, menopause itself, on average, occurs at 50-51 years. Significant health problems often appear. Hot flashes and sweating, even with preserved periods, are a sign of approaching menopause. A decrease in the amount of estrogens (female sex hormones) is indicated by delicate urogenital problems (dryness, irritation, itching, decreased sexual interest, problems with urination).
WHAT TESTS ARE NEEDED?
- The ratio of waist to hip volume (this indicator is more precise than weight and body mass index), blood pressure is important for predicting the development of heart disease, vascular disease and type 2 diabetes),
- Pap smear
- Ultrasound of the pelvic organs
- Mammography (once every 3-5 years in low-risk women or annually in high-risk women)
- Complete blood count, including determination of ESR and hemoglobin
- Blood lipids and cholesterol
- Bone Density
- Endoscopy of the sigmoid colon (every 3-5 years) and the entire large intestine (colonoscopy - every 10 years or as indicated)
- According to indications: FSH and thyrotropin-releasing hormones, hysteroscopy (uterine endoscopy) and endometrial biopsy
- ECG during exercise
Be careful, perimenopause, or how to maintain youth after 35
Why can't women lose weight even with strict diets and circuit training? Why do kilograms stick to your waist like cement after 35 years? Who should you go to if mood swings and irritability go off scale, preventing yourself and those around you from living in peace? First of all, any girl should understand that only she is responsible for her health and no one will do anything for her.
We look the way our hormones work. Thanks to them we are sad and happy. With them we have PMS or manic-depressive sex. The night has changed places with the day or the moon is always in retrograde Mercury - all this is them, dear ones. And this is not clairvoyance - this is how our body works.
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Each of us is beautiful. But the uniqueness of our beauty is in hormones!
That is why, having crossed the 35-year mark, I highly recommend finding a good doctor in anti-aging medicine who understands the functioning of the female hormonal system. Because cloudless longevity largely depends on the humoral and vitamin state of the body.
Step beyond the shadows
It's no secret that a decrease in the level of sex hormones explains the occurrence of age-related pathologies: cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, oncology. Many hormonal imbalances lead to loss of muscle mass, obesity, and mental disorders. But not everyone knows that most of these diseases occur not only due to a decrease in the absolute level of hormones, but also due to an imbalance between various hormones.
In women, unlike men, the process of reducing sex hormones begins quite early, and under the influence of stress it proceeds faster. Most often, the first signs may appear long before the complete disappearance of menstruation. Some even in their early 30s.
A girl may notice an increase in her waist (against the background of her usual diet), deterioration of memory and attention, and indifference to former joys. In more advanced cases, libido decreases and sometimes drops to zero.
All these events are the result of hormonal changes in the body, leading to the onset of a magical age in a woman’s life when protection is no longer necessary - menopause.
Of course, if this same menopause begins not at 53, when children graduate from college, but at 42, when a woman has just established her career and got on her feet, this is not very pleasant. But... you can’t explain social and career issues to nature.
How to be?! We want to feel great and look perfect. And nature works against us.
Action Plan
First, you need to meticulously analyze your own appearance. Honestly understand: what doesn’t suit me are the harmful consequences of my perfectionism? Or is what doesn’t suit me is the body’s cry about some kind of illness?
The following text in no way encourages you to look for flaws in your own appearance or symptoms of hormonal disorders. Rather, I am writing this so that you, reading this text, will look around and see your friends unsuccessfully trying to lose or gain weight. We saw colleagues who ¨die¨ from migraines before their critical days. Someone develops premenstrual “thrush”, and the girl unsuccessfully undergoes endless courses of treatment with antifungal drugs. We paid attention to loved ones who have long passed adolescence, but acne is literally “blooming” on their face, especially on the chin.
Second, take a close look at your cycle calendar. Often women do not pay due attention to this. And then it turns out that he floats from 20 to 36 days.
Remember! If the cycle begins to change, both up and down, this is the first call about a decrease in ovarian function. Be sure to consult an anti-aging medicine specialist.
The most effective thing is to take a multisteroid hormone test from 18 to 22 days of the cycle and check the functioning of the ovaries and adrenal glands. And the most accurate way to determine how well your youth hormones fight aging hormones is to determine the ratio of the level of DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone - the hormone of youth) and cortisol (the aging and stress hormone). As a rule, the doctor prescribes a special adrenal stress test, which also allows you to check the health of the glands themselves. And at the same time draw conclusions about the state of the body as a whole.
Girls, please remember, hormones are very serious. Before your first visit to the doctor, you do not need to take tests unless he has prescribed them for you.
Then a competent specialist will look at how to help the patient. Not everyone will need replacement therapy. For some, we recommend that they compensate for micronutrient deficiencies by adding vitamins and antioxidants. For example, a lack of vitamin D or omega 3 can lead to menstrual irregularities. And a lack of selenium leads to decreased thyroid function, etc.
If deviations are found in the analyses, you need to subtly, depending on the violation, add what is missing. For some, monocomponent therapy is selected. But it happens when, on the contrary, it is urgently necessary to compensate for the lack of all hormones.
I repeat, it is not at all necessary that you need, as they say, “to get hooked on hormones.”
Negative attitudes towards hormone therapy come from the distant past. And the very concept of hormone replacement therapy in many countries has been distorted, to put it mildly. And many, due to illiteracy, assume that by taking hormones, a girl turns into an obese woman on a samovar with a mustache. This is wrong. In fact, this effect is the result of therapy with synthetic MPA (17-a-hydroxy-6-a-methyl-progesterone acetate), a component present in many anti-contraceptive drugs. This is a synthetic molecule that has nothing in common with natural progesterone, which is the first to leave the female body during menopause.
Unfortunately, even few doctors understand the difference between natural progesterone and MPA. What to expect from mere mortals?! Due to their inexperience, girls, when they hear the word “hormone,” project it onto all other groups.
The good news is that today, almost the entire progressive medical community has already moved away from oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy taken in pill form. These methods, fortunately, are gradually becoming a thing of the past.
They have been replaced by the era of completely individualized therapy with bio-identical or natural estrogens, progesterone, etc., prescribed in the form of individually selected creams.
It's very simple: sex hormones are produced in the ovaries and adrenal glands, so why prescribe them in the form of tablets passing through the gastrointestinal tract?! Natural preparations not only prolong a woman’s natural beauty absolutely safely, but also help protect her from osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease and depression in the future.
Forget the phrase “My train has left! It’s getting late.” You can always help everyone. The arsenal of modern medicine is very large.
Afterword
Our body is an amazing mechanism of incredible complexity, the ideal operation of which is determined by the harmony of all systems. He lives and breathes in unison with nature.
By upsetting our balance and falling out of our own biorhythms, we put ourselves into imbalance and end up with a lot of troubles, from peeling nails to excess weight and libido that has dropped to zero.
Don't put off the best for later. Don't wait for New Year, Christmas, March 8th. birthday to start a new life. Signals of an imbalance of at least one hormone are also signals of an imbalance of the hormonal system as a whole. Restoring hormonal levels is extremely important to prevent the development of numerous diseases, and the sooner this issue is addressed, the better the patient’s prognosis.
This material is for informational purposes only. Remember, self-medication can be dangerous to your health. For advice on the use of certain medications and treatments, consult your doctor.
References Jonathan V., MD Wright, Lane Lenard Stay Young & Sexy with Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement
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Editorial opinion may not reflect the views of the author. In case of health problems, do not self-medicate, consult your doctor.
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56-65 WHAT'S HAPPENING
Time after completion of the menopausal transition. Often there are urogenital problems (see above), cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis (decreased bone strength), type 2 diabetes.
WHAT TESTS ARE NEEDED?
- Waist to hip ratio
- Gynecological examination and vaginal tests (see above)
- ECG, regular blood pressure measurement, blood lipids and cholesterol
- Blood sugar
- Bone densitometry
