Understanding Menopause: Looking Beyond Hot Flashes in Menopause
(Part Two of a Women’s Health Month series)
As Women’s Health Month continues, Gothenburg Health providers are encouraging women to look beyond the most talked-about menopause symptom—hot flashes—and recognize other common, but often overlooked, health changes that can impact quality of life.
While menopause is defined as 12 consecutive months without a period, the years leading up to it and those that follow can bring a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional changes. Many of these symptoms are treatable, and early awareness is key.
Three lesser-discussed symptoms include urinary changes, bone loss and shifts in memory and mood.
Urinary symptoms are common during and after menopause due to declining estrogen levels. According to The Menopause Society, estrogen plays an important role in …