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Reviewed By: Brunilda Nazario,
SOURCES: Medical Reference from Medstar Television, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, North American Menopause Society.
© 1999-2011 Medstar Television
Fifty-three-year-old Mary Ann Clair is days away from hosting a garden wedding for her daughter. And she still has lots to do.
It's a labor of love for our daughter and her soon-to-be husband.
And if being mother-of-the-bride isn't stressful enough, she's also in the midst of menopause.
I've had night sweats, uhm, hot flashes.
The myth - all women suffer as hormones fluctuate during menopause. The reality?
Some women have a lot of symptoms and some women have very few.
Another false idea... Since your body isn't producing certain hormones, you have to replace them with drugs.
I think a lot of their misconceptions revolve around hormone replacement and the decision to take hormone replacement, what it is, what are the benefits, what are the risks
And what about middle-age spread? Does menopause make you fat?
I have many patients that complain about this. But whether that is specifically from menopause or just from the changes in our metabolism with age, it's really hard to say. It's not something that we can change by altering your hormones.
Another fable - menopause causes heart disease and breast cancer.
It's true women after menopause have a higher risk of heart disease and a higher risk of breast cancer. Much of that is probably because of the aging process itself.
For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.
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