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Menopause
Menopause is the change in the woman in which reproductive life comes to a close and the cyclical change of sex hormones slows to a steady state. This can usher in all sorts of changes including irregular or very heavy periods, marked mood changes and depression, bloating, breast tenderness and weight increase. This normally occurs between the ages of 45 and 55.
Early Menopause can occur due to genetic causes from the early 20s onwards, but is more often caused by surgery or radiotherapy to the ovaries, drug treatments or auto-immune disease (more information)
Menopause Treatments
Modern Western Medicine
Hormone replacement therapy in the form of tablets, patches or creams is the treatment of choice. There are many to choose from. Unfortunately they may have potential side effects as well as the long-term benefits of the prevention of osteoporosis (soft bones) or heart disease.
Complementary Therapy
Please help us to help you by letting your practitioner know about Shared Care so that they might contact us (email to:- editor(at)shared-care.com) with their evidence to add their therapy to this list.
The therapies/educational systems shown below have been noted as helpful for Menopause
These are commonly available:-
| Homeopathy |
| Meditation |
| Reflexology |
| Western Herbal Medicine |
| Yoga |
Please also see Approaches Individual to the Practitioner for lists of those whose approaches don't fall into any specific category
The following practitioners have indicated that they have a special interest in Menopause
Please click on the "more.." button for fuller details.
| Miss. | Janine | Fahri | London | Great Britain | |
| Mrs. | Alexandra | Rose | Georgia | United States of America | |
| Dr. | Don | Farrow | North Carolina | United States of America | |
Menopause Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to the topic of this page that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
Menopause Support Groups
The home country of the group is listed. Most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| Managing Menopause | Australia | National |
| The Australasian Menopause Society | Australia | National |
| Daisy Network Premature Menopause Support Group | Great Britain | National |
| EarlyMenopause.com | Great Britain | National |
| Early Menopause.org | Great Britain | National |
| The British Menopause Society | Great Britain | National |
| www.earlymenopauseuk.co.uk | Great Britain | National |
| Indian Menopause Society | India | National |
| Menopause Today | New Zealand | National |
| Natural Fertility NZ | New Zealand | National |
| New Zealand Menopause Institute | New Zealand | National |
| Women's Health Action Trust | New Zealand | National |
| American Menopause Foundation | United States of America | National |
| The North American Menopause Society | United States of America | USA and Canada |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional groups.
Places to Eat and Stay, Tourist, Town and Travel Guides
These sections are designed to provide help in finding restaurants, cafes, hotels, resorts, towns, beaches, travel companies and so on that are user friendly for our communities.
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
