Dr. Rebecca Singson, an ob-gyne has tips to stay healthy and sane during the menopausal stage.
This is the outline form. For the detailed ones, go to this article.
1. Visit a gynecologist annually on your birthday, to get tested for CBC, Urinalysis, Blood Chemistry Panel 23, Chest X-ray, Treadmill test, Transvaginal Ultrasound and Pap Smear, if not hysterectomized. Bilateral Mammography and Fecal Occult Blood for colon cancer screening.
2. If you started sex by 18 years old and have had five sexual partners or have had any partner who was promiscuous, have an HPV test (Human Papillomavirus ) aside from Pap Smear. The HPV test is far more accurate than a Pap Smear, which can miss cervical cancer up to 50 percent of cases.
3. Have a Bone Densitometry once in three years to detect osteoporosis.
4. If you are having hot flashes, mood swings, irritability, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, fatigue, memory loss, low libido, and skin or vaginal dryness, you may need hormone replacement therapy.
5. If you are afraid to use hormone replacement therapy because results you can take synthetic hrt.
6. Or take the natural bioidentical hormones are plant-based which don’t necessarily carry the same risk.
7. If you have osteopenia or osteoporosis, with all symptoms stated in Tip No. 4, your best bet for correction is hormone replacement therapy. However, if you just have osteopenia or osteoporosis without all the symptoms stated in Tip No. 4, take an anti-bone resorption drug.
8. Take 1,500 mg of calcium every day.
10. Do brisk walking two to three times your normal pace at a minimum of 40 minutes a day.
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