• by Admin
• Comments

All major changes experienced by the menopausal woman is as a result of the dwindling effect of estrogen and progesterone. Estrogen in particular is responsible for keeping the activities that goes on in a woman, like the general appearance, the mood, the feminine look, etc.

The very noticeable effect is on the ovaries, the organ that produces estrogen. At menopause, the ovaries reduce significantly. Also, the uterus reduces in size at menopause.

For the reproductive system, from the early period, there is a reduction in the epithelium which makes the vagina a bit more reddish because the underlying blood vessels are now too close to the surface as a result of atrophy of the epithelium. 

Moving on, the vagina becomes thinner or flat. Also, secretion reduces thereby making the vagina dry. In some cases, itching is also experienced as a result of atrophic vaginitis. This atrophic vaginitis can also affect the urinary system thereby increasing the urinary pH of the woman and increased urinary frequency.

The changes also affect the pelvic muscles so that the tone of the pelvic musculature becomes very lax and no longer firm like it used to be. The result of this is that, the suspending effect of the pelvic muscles in the pelvic organ is lost.