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Menopause: hormone treatment, is a case by case

Menopause is a turning point that occurs to the fifties. Each wife lives in his own way, and more or less. Thus, it is by each woman will be discussed whether to prescribe hormone replacement therapy, both in terms of his own symptoms as his personal risk.
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Menopause, what symptoms to what woman?

Menopause occurs when the ovaries stop producing hormones. The body being bathed more gradually by these hormones (estrogen and progesterone), some symptoms may occur. But we must remember that the symptoms of menopause, their nature, duration and intensity depend on each woman. Thus, although hot flashes are the classic signs of menopause, all women do not necessarily suffer the inconvenience, nor with the same force.

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Exactly, what is the reality for hot flashes?

They are the subject of the most common complaint. But they have the characteristic to disappear spontaneously within a few years. Thus, they affect 55% of women at menopause (around age 50), 14% of women in their sixties and 9% of women over 70 years. Note, however, do not forget that for 15 to 20% of women, hot flashes are so annoying they are accompanied by a marked decrease in quality of life. To assist these women as doctors and gynecologists are brought to their prescribing hormone replacement therapy. Even if this hormone has been much maligned, it remains the only effective way to eliminate hot flashes and other signs that some women suffer after menopause. Such treatment has the drawback of increasing cardiovascular risk and according to some studies also raise the risk of breast cancer, it must be accompanied by close supervision in both areas.