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Menopausia - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Perimenopausia; Posmenopausia

Prevención:

La menopausia es una parte esperada y natural del desarrollo de una mujer y no necesita prevenirse. Sin embargo, hay formas para reducir o eliminar algunos de los síntomas que la acompañan.

Usted puede reducir el riesgo de problemas a largo plazo, como osteoporosis y cardiopatía, tomando las siguientes medidas:

Controle la presión arterial, el colesterol y otros factores de riesgo de cardiopatía
NO fume, ya que el consumo de cigarrillo puede causar menopausia temprana
Consuma una alimentación baja en grasa
Haga ejercicio regularmente. Los ejercicios de resistencia ayudan a fortalecer los huesos y mejorar el equilibrio
Si muestra signos iniciales de pérdida ósea o tiene un fuerte antecedente familiar de osteoporosis, hable con el médico acerca de los medicamentos que pueden ayudar a detener un debilitamiento mayor
Tome calcio y vitamina D

Menopausia

Reviewed last on: 9/11/2010
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine.

Referencias

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Gynecologic Practice. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 420, November 2008: hormone therapy and heart disease. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Nov;112(5):1189-92.

Management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2010 Jan-Feb;17(1):25-54; quiz 55-6.

North American Menopause Society. Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: 2010 position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2010 Mar;17(2):242-55.

Col NF, Fairfield KM, Ewan-Whyte C, Miller H. In the clinic. Menopause. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Apr 7;150(7):ITC4-1-15.

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