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Menopause Symptoms - Changes

Changes in body odor
The popular notion that body odor is the smell of sweat is true . . . sort of. We actually produce two kinds of sweat: eccrine, a clear, odorless sweat that appears all over our bodies, performing the vital role of regulating body temperature, and apocrine, a thicker substance that is produced by glands in the underarm and groin areas. Apocrine sweat is a vestige of our prehistoric days and serves no apparent purpose. It, too, is odorless, until bacteria on the skin's surface act upon it.
The intensity of some body odor may lead people to think that they have a serious medical problem, when in most cases they are merely the victims of bad genes or inadequate hygiene.

What to do with this intensified body odor: Wash daily with a deodorant soap. "Using an antibacterial soap like Dial or Safeguard will work well on the bacteria that are producing the odor," say Dr. Targovnik. "You don't have to scrub long or hard; the antibacterial will do all the work.

Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
A black or blue nail tells the world that you and your hammer had a problem. Reddish yellow nails demonstrate that you change your nail polish often. Nails that split and break can be a sign that you're spending too much time with your hands in the sink. Nails that take on a convex, spoon like appearance may mean respiratory deficiency or simply that you're not getting enough iron. Nibbled nails and hangnails can betray your anxiety level.
Fingernail and toenail problems are usually caused by inflammation of the skin around the nail or by an infection. A persistently painful and inflammed fingernail or toenail requires your doctor's attention.

Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence
Incontinence falls into three main categories, although people can leak through because of a combination of causes. First, there's stress incontinence, in which you urinate accidentally when you laugh, cough, sneeze or exert yourself. This happens either when the bladder neck shifts position out of reach of the internal muscles that put pressure on it or when those muscles themselves fail to work effectively, because of age, surgery or childbirth. The second one is urge incontinence, in which the bladder develops a "mind of its own," contracting and emptying whenever full despite an individual's conscious efforts to resist. And last, overflow incontinence, in which you completely lose the sensation that you have to go. You should see your doctor if you urinate when you shouldn't, because you have no sensation that your bladder is full.

Increase in allergies
Many types of allergy have their basis in hormone reactions. This is particularly true of ladies who experience increasing symptoms as they undergo hormone changes, usually in their late twenties or after the babies are born.
Hormone imbalance is a type of allergic reaction experienced by women from before puberty to old age. It is a heightened reaction to the normal function of hormones.

Increased tension in muscles
An increase of aches and pains throughout the body muscles associated with soreness and stiffness in muscles .
Women whose general health and resistance are good are apt to have less premenstrual tension than those women suffering from poor nutrition and lack of physical exercise. There are some things you can do to try to keep symptoms to a minimum. Most of them I used myself when PMS controlled my life.
Exercise helps boost endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, so it may help improve moods and has been found to significantly reduce many physical and psychological PMS symptoms. Next time you have a build-up of tension or anxiety, try to run it off.

Itchy, crawly skin
When your estrogen levels drop, your collagen production usually slows down as well. Collagen is responsible for keeping our skin toned, fresh-looking, resilient. So when you start running low on collagen, it shows in your skin. It gets thinner, drier, flakier, less youthful-looking.
This is another of those symptoms of menopause that makes you feel older before your time -- and, in this case, it's clear why. You may look a little older than you used to. Worst, this sign often shows up early in menopause. Collagen loss is most rapid at the beginning of menopause. It is possible that premature menopause also leads to more rapid collagen loss.

Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
If you're waking up a lot at night, tossing and turning, and generally suffering with insomnia, it might be connected with menopause. When you begin going through menopause, you may find that your sleep is less and less restful, when you sleep at all. In the past, doctors believed that interrupted sleep was a consequence of night sweats, but recent studies indicate that you can also have problems with sleep that aren't connected to hot flashes. Typically, the frequency of insomnia doubles from the amount you may have had before you entered premature menopause. And research also indicates that women begin to experience restless sleep as many as five to seven years before entering menopause. Again, though, the problem is recognizing that the insomnia you're suffering from has its roots in changes in your hormone levels.

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