Researches developed a brand new concept, which is that menopause doesn’t just originate in the ovary, but also in the brain!
What is menopause? Menopause is the end of menstruation. If a woman’s period stops for one year, then she is considered menopausal, according to North American Menopausal Society. The best known menopause symptoms are hot flashes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, depression and joint pain.
Menopause is a very studied subject, as there are real changes in a female body at this stage in her life. Researchers and doctors are beginning to understand how these changes happen. This is an important step in trying to come up with more effective treatment solutions.
It is well known that the menopause symptoms are causes by the hormonal imbalance. The ovaries don’t produce enough sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, and this is how all the menopausal problems start. But new researches suggest that menopause symptoms, at least some of them, are not only ovarian, they also start in the brain.
Researchers studied the fact that in some cases the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus stop reacting normally to estrogen.
The pituitary gland is a small gland that lies at the base of the brain. It is sometimes called the master gland of the body because all the other endocrine glands depend on its secretions for stimulation. The hypothalamus is also located in the lower part of the brain and its role is to regulate and control the pituitary gland to release hormones. Researchers suggest that at menopause these glands are not working properly, developing a reduced sensitivity to estrogen.
All these findings may lead to further researches that will help doctors establish what type of menopause a woman might have and help prescribe non estrogen medication to reduce the menopause symptoms that a woman experience as she enters this stage of life.
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