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A complication is an unfavorable result of a disease. Complications usually happen when a disease worsens. Complications can cause someone to experience certain symptoms.
Vaginal atrophy (atrophic vaginitis) is thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls that may occur when your body has less estrogen.
Osteoporosis, or weaker bones with reduced mass and strength. Women are 4 times as likely as men to develop osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become thin and weak and fracture more easily.
Changes in your hormones during menopause can impact your mental health as well as your physical health.
Urinary incontinence is the main symptom of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) and is often associated with sexual dysfunctions.
If oestrogen levels fall, then fat can build up in your arteries causing them to become narrower increasing the risk of developing coronary heart disease, a heart attack or stroke.
Weight gain and change in body composition is a risk for metabolic syndrome — a group of health conditions, including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess abdominal fat, and abnormal cholesterol levels, that increase your risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
After menopause, a decrease in estrogen levels can cause the vaginal tissue to become thinner and drier. This can make it easier for bacteria to flourish, which could eventually lead to a urinary tract infections (UTI).
It is common for midlife women going through menopause to also have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). It’s thought that 12–20% of women over the age of 60 years may have an underactive thyroid.
Vesta’s Words
In 2022, at the age of 53, I was medically advised to proceed with full Hysterectomy. At that time I was worried of side effects of this operation, that would definitely push me to MENOPAUSE.
