MEW Midterm Writing Project

Topic: The menopause

Audience / Academic or Non-academic:

Someone whose family member is having the menopause / Non-academic

Purpose: To inform about the menopause and make you understand better your mothers who are having the menopause.

Evaluate the topic:

       1. Description: About the menopause

       2. Causes: Decreasing the release of hormones estrogen

        3. Symptoms: Hot flushes and night sweats
                                  Feeling your heart racing etc.

      4. Prevention & Treatment:

                      Non-smoking, Moderate exercise,
                      Estrogen therapy etc

Expression:

1 .Your overall opinion of the topic:

Know about the menopause

2. Your recommendation:
    Understand who is having the menopause

3. Main reasons for your recommendation/non-recommendation:

The menopause is natural change to women and that isn’t avoidable.

1.  Intro

 The menopause is a natural life change, not a disease state or a disorder. This is just a natural phenomenon according to aging.

The most typical age range for menopause is between 40 and 50 and the average age for last period is about 48 years. It can be artificially leaded through an operative removal of the ovary and so on.

2.  Causes

The ovary performs its duties for about 35 years. The menopause is the result from lowering of the ovary’s function. During the menopause, the ovary produces less estrogen progesterone hormones. That affects other organs.

Surgery that removes both your uterus and your ovaries does cause menopause, without any transitional phase. (But a partial hysterectomy that removes your uterus but not your ovaries usually doesn’t cause immediate menopause.)

About 1 percent of women experience menopause before age 40. This is called premature menopause. For these women, hormones therapy is typically recommended at least until the natural age of menopause in order to protect the brain, heart and bones.

3.  Symptoms

In the months or years leading up to menopause, you might experience these signs and symptoms. :

·         Irregular periods

·         Vaginal dryness

·         Hot flashes

·         Night sweats

·         Sleep problems

·         Mood changes

·         Weight gain and slowed metabolism

·         Thinning hair and dry skin

·         Loss of breast fullness

4.  Treatment & Prevention

Menopause requires no medical treatment. Instead, treatments focus on relieving your signs and symptoms and preventing or managing chronic conditions that may occur with aging.

Estrogen therapy remains, by far, the most effective treatment option for relieving menopausal hot flashes.

  Fortunately, many of the signs and symptoms associated with menopause are temporary. Take these steps to help reduce or prevent their effects.

  Cool hot flashes through dressing in layers, having a cold glass of water or going somewhere cooler. Getting enough sleep, eating a balanced diet and exercising regularly are helpful.

5.  Opinion

   Be nice to mother:)

   My mother is menopausal for few years. That’s why I interested in this topic, menopause. Like my mother, maybe many of your mothers are menopausal too. So I want to know about menopause with you. I think that if we know about mother’s trouble, then we can understand mothers better. I hope you to be nice to mother after reading this.

  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8UWOuOjZ-4

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You can get more information : 

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/basics/definition/con-20019726