Menopause Makes a Woman Prone to Diseases
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1994 Nov / Dec Vol III No 6.
Bansal V P.
Menopause is a consequence of a form of ovarian hypo-function experienced by women in middle age. An interval of two years generally supervenes between the first symptom of climatric and the cessation of the menses. The manner in which the menstruation ceases is variable as indicated in the table -
TABLE:
Irregular periods 34 percent
Increase time interval
between periods 23 percent
Scanty periods 20 percent
Flooding 16 percent
Sudden cessation 8 percent
Hot flushes occur in 80-85 percent of menopausal women. They generally begin before the period ceases and may continue though with diminishing frequency and intensity for years. Their pathologic physiology is obscure. A subjective sensation of warmth which is confined to the chest, neck and face with a diffuse or patchy flushing of a skin. Hot flushes are characteristically brief, last only a few minutes and occur most frequently when the heat production is increased (eg - after emotional stress, after meals) or when the dissipation of heat is impaired by bed clothes or high atmospheric temperatures.
The severity of symptoms depends on the rate at which the involution of ovary takes place.
- In women experiencing a sudden (not necessarily surgical) loss of ovarian function; the
hot flushes are likely to be less severe. They may however have dyspareunia due to atrophy
of the vagina which may be troublesome.
Women having a gradual decline of ovarian activity may have Amenorrhoea as the only symptom. - A mild mental depression is not uncommon in menopausal women. A "Menopausal Syndrome" in a psychiatric sense appears to be non existent. Women with anxiety, neurosis, hysteria, phobic states, hypochondriasis or obsessive compulsive neurosis during menopause are generally found to have had the illness earlier in life.
Psychological problems unrelated to menopause is common and is due to the "empty seat" syndrome. Responsibility for the care of the adolescents and aged, fears of obesity, cancer, loss of sexual attractiveness and fear of having to ultimately depend on children or charity are the common psychological problems.
A termination of menstrual functions before the age of 40, may be considered premature. A small proportion of patients with premature menopause exhibit unusual propensity to auto-immune diseases. A few patients may have sex chromosomal mosaicism. No explanation can be found in a majority of cases.
A statistical survey of 4218 females from 1982, who suffered from the various disorders before and after menopause is given below -
Disease Before After
Hypertension 10 percent 46 percent
Diabetes 8 percent 33 percent
Ischaemic
heart disease 5 percent 28 percent
Cervical Spondylitis 9 percent 27 percent
Lumbar Spondylitis 11 percent 48 percent
Osteoarthritic Joints 6 percent 34 percent
Asthma and Allergic
Disorders 7 percent 18 percent
Obesity 15 percent 60 percent
Anxiety and Depression 13 percent 52 percent
(Source - Bansal Homoeo Clinic, Indore)
Thus after menopause with the use of potentised homoeopathic medicines we can amend diseases and make every womans life comfortable.
As the proverb, "Prevention is better than cure" should be the way of powerful treatment.
Treatment of Menopause comprises as under:
- Detailed explanations of physiological consequences of the climacteric, ventilation of the patients anxieties and reassurance.
- Constitutional drugs based on the totality of symptoms and miasmatic background.
Dr. V.P. BANSAL
2, Manish Bagh,
Sapna-Sangeeta
Cinema Road,
Indore 452 001.
Ph: 467818.
