How to embrace menopause

The biggest indicator that you've entered menopause is when you stop having menstrual cycles which reflects the depletion of eggs in your ovaries. During this period you'll experience tremendous hormonal changes which will affect you emotionally and physically such as:

• Hot flushes
• Night sweats
• Mood swings
• Anxiety
• Insomnia
• Lack of energy and drive
• Increased risk
• Vaginal dryness and of depression pain during sex

     Sometimes the symptoms are so severe even daily activities become a burden and can be exacerbated with stress from work and family commitments increasing your risk for certain cancers and illnesses.
     Menopause does not mark the end of your life but the beginning of the next phase. Manage it with positivity by taking a complete health screening test at Health & Fertility Centre for Women and gain valuable advice on how best to manage the changes in your body. Depending on your symptoms and health risks, you'll be recommended diet and lifestyle tips, nutritional supplements, traditional synthetic hormones or bio-identical hormones. Health & Fertility Centre for Women, Tel: 6235 5066, www.healthfertility.com.sg

Posted Sept 2011