Menopause In The Silent Passage By Gail Sheehy

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“The Silent Passage,” written by Gail Sheehy helps women understand the concerns of menopause. She breaks down the traditional beliefs, myths and fears of menopause with the different life styles and geographical location that one lives in. She helps define the cause, effects and treatments of menopause.
There are many beliefs when it comes to menopause. We need women to overcome the mythology from what surrounds their ageing. For each myth there is a reason that has evolved women to fear menopause. Often women forget that each one of them is unique in their own ways and lifestyles. In the many myths and false beliefs, it has created women not to receive proper career when going through menopause. It is important for both quality and longevity of a women’s life to get assistance during this time. Beliefs related to the social situations commonly mentioned are that women described negative self beliefs about appearance, unattractiveness in social situations, resulting in embarrassment and shame during a hot flash. Younger women did hold more negative stereotypical beliefs about menopause and its consequences. To help these menopausal women there needs to be scientific and clinical proof that validates treatments of menopause so it can help lessen the fears and beliefs of the symptoms.
Many of the fears during menopause transition are of biopsychosocial; which means the biological, psychological, and social characteristics in contrast to the strict biomedical aspects of disease. There are some women haves some physiological changes, which may be influenced by a range of psychological, social and cultural factors. Some of these symptoms are crying for no reason, problems in concentrating, excessive worry, low self-esteem, ...

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In the 20th century it is now known that menopausal women became an estrogen deficiency disease similar to diabetes but with many physical and emotional outcomes. Changes in ovarian hormone levels (declining estrogen and progesterone levels) may also explain the emotional inconsistencies women face at this time. Some experts believe the loss in estrogen in relation to glucose levels may affect cognition. Changes in estrogen levels can be controlled by estrogen therapy various studies have suggested that replacing estrogen levels can reverse cognitive changes and ultimately improve memory. In the early 21st-century we find out that there are more possible long-term health risks associated with menopause, such as increased risks of depression, osteoporosis, heart disease, cognitive impairment and even dementia.

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