Low doses of prescription medications, including antidepressants, can help relieve hot flashes in overweight women who need immediate relief, Dr. Nachtigall says, as can hormone therapy, which replaces estrogen and other hormones that
decline during menopause.
As concentrations of the sex hormone estradiol — the most potent estrogen —
declined during menopause, greater volumes of cardiovascular fat were found.
Not exact matches
It is well documented that the significant
declines in estrogen experienced
during the
menopause transition contribute to accelerated bone loss.
Needle also pointed out that after
menopause and its accompanying
decline in estrogen, some women have pain
during sex.
One of the biggest factors contributing to the decrease of our muscle strength is the gradual
decline of estrogen that begins slowly after the age of 25 and then speeds up
during and after
menopause.
During menopause, the levels of estrogen and progesterone
decline, leading to a loss of collagen in our skin.
She believes that
declines in estrogen
during menopause might account for the changes in heart risks.
As for why, he said the study hints that cognitive
decline associated with
menopause is somehow related to «the length of time a person maintains the hormonal status they have
during the reproductive years.»
It can be brought on by lack of arousal, or estrogen
decline during nursing and
menopause, or after oophorectomy.