Perimenopause and Menopause: An Opportunity to Engage, Inform, and Empower Women to Live Well

Amanda Barrell
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While awareness of the issues facing women leading up to, during, and following the menopause has increased in recent years, it remains a condition of significant unmet need. Reasons include a stigma around asking for help, and a lack of awareness of the symptoms and associated risks among women and healthcare professionals alike. Standard medical training includes limited education on perimenopausal and post-reproductive healthcare, meaning clinicians are often ill-prepared to intervene. However, there is much that healthcare professionals, regardless of their specialty, can do to help women entering their post-reproductive years, say Rossella Nappi, Chief of the Research Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Director of the Gynecological Endocrinology and Menopause Unit at IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, University of Pavia, in Italy; and Katrin Schaudig, co-founder of the Centre for Gynaecological Endocrinology, Hormone Hamburg, Germany, and President of the German Menopause Society. Moreover, perimenopause represents an important opportunity to engage, inform, and empower women to take charge of their health for years to come. In this key opinion leader interview, Nappi and Schaudig explain the physiological changes associated with menopause, their clinical manifestations, and their associated risk factors. They talk about the need to tackle the stigma that is often attached to this phase of life, and why healthcare professionals have a duty to work with women to spot the signs of menopausal transition from an early stage. They argue that holistic care, which focuses as much on the prevention of chronic disease as it does on the treatment of menopausal symptoms, is key to ensuring women stay physically and mentally fit and healthy as they get older.
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围绝经期和更年期:让妇女参与、了解并增强其生活能力的机会
近年来,人们对妇女在更年期前、更年期中和更年期后所面临的问题的认识有所提高,但更年期仍然是一个需求严重得不到满足的问题。究其原因,包括求助是一种耻辱,以及妇女和医疗保健专业人员对症状和相关风险缺乏认识。标准医学培训中有关围绝经期和生育后保健的教育非常有限,这意味着临床医生往往没有做好干预的准备。意大利帕维亚大学圣马特奥基金会(IRCCS San Matteo Foundation)生殖医学研究中心主任兼妇科内分泌和更年期科主任罗塞拉-纳皮(Rossella Nappi)和德国汉堡荷尔蒙妇科内分泌中心创始人之一、德国更年期协会主席卡特琳-肖迪格(Katrin Schaudig)表示,无论哪个专业的医护人员,都可以做很多事情来帮助进入更年期的妇女。此外,围绝经期也是一个重要的机会,可以让妇女参与其中、获得信息并增强能力,从而在未来的岁月里掌握自己的健康。 在这次关键意见领袖访谈中,Nappi 和 Schaudig 解释了与更年期有关的生理变化、临床表现及其相关风险因素。他们谈到有必要消除人们对更年期的成见,以及为什么医疗保健专业人员有责任与妇女合作,从早期阶段就发现更年期转变的迹象。她们认为,整体护理既要关注慢性疾病的预防,也要关注更年期症状的治疗,这是确保妇女在步入老年后保持身心健康的关键。
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