Sociology and anthropology of the menopause

Flint, Marcha; Holte, Arne; Keep, P. A. van; Maoz, Benjamin; Musaph, H.; Schneider, Harold K.; Severne, L.; Wilbush, Joel

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-9720-5_1

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“…The age at menopause at 47.8 and 49.3 years (mean age) found in this study of females with systemic sclerosis does not differ from the mean age at 51.4 years found in 6000 Dutch women with no known diseases (3). No recent Danish studies on physio logical menopause exist.…”

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Age at menopause of females with systemic sclerosis

Serup,

Hagdrup

1983

Acta Derm Venereol

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Clinical symptoms of menopause were recorded in 27 females with systemic sclerosis, mean age 53.5 years (range 22-68). Five had regular menstruation, and 22 were in the postmenopause, 2 with climacterium praecox. Mean age at menopause was 47.8 years (range 30-59) among the 22 females, and 49.3 years (range 40-59) among the 20 females with a normal climacterium. Eleven had physiological subjective symptoms of menopause. The 22 females had 34 living children, and 13 abortions. It is concluded that the menopause is normal in females with systemic sclerosis. This indicates that the ovaries are normally not involved in the disease.

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Age at menopause of females with systemic sclerosis

Serup,

Hagdrup

1983

Acta Derm Venereol

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“…15 Several other studies have confirmed little vasomotor symptoms in Asians. [16][17][18] However, this issue maybe multifactorial, with the diminution in vasomotor symptoms related to dietary intake. Many diets in the far east have a high soy phyto-estrogen content.…”

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Cultural issues and the menopause

Pitkin

2010

Menopause International

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Culture is a rather amorphous concept yet has a huge impact on our attitudes to diet, lifestyle, religion, sexuality and, via its influence on society, attitudes to education and health care. The midlife is a time of emotional and hormonal upheaval for any woman so defining the effects on culture on her response is challenging. Much depends on the value she places on her fertility and sexuality together with her own goals and aspirations, yet these are also influenced by culture. Very few traditional cultures survive in isolation for comparison. Shifting populations mean counter influences and transitional societies can be ambivalent. Emigrants and refugees transplanted into a different environment may struggle with the concept of acculturation. In time, all cultures evolve regardless. Finally, there may be biological and hormonal differences between races. This article seeks to place these different forces into context.

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“…Flushes are occasionally provoked by environmental factors, such as hot weather and stress, but in the majority, the trigger for each individual episode is not known. It has been suggested, though, that hot flushes are associated with race or ethnicity [8][9][10], cigarette smoking, caffeine or alcohol consumption [1,[10][11][12][13][14][15], high body mass index (BMI) [10,14,15], family history of hot flushes [1], socioeconomic factors [12,16,17] and anxiety [18]. It seems that the individual woman's perception of the menopause as well as her cultural background and underlying personality may modify her reaction to the physiological changes that occur during the flush.…”

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Menopausal hot flush: Is it only a nuisance or also a marker of cardiovascular disease risk?

Andrikoula

Hardiman

Prelević³

2009

Gynecological Endocrinology

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Hot flush is one of the most commonly reported symptoms during menopause; however, it is not experienced by all menopausal women, for reasons that remain unclear. In this review, we present current evidence that link hot flushes with cardiovascular disease, suggesting that the persistence of hot flushes many years after the menopause may represent a marker of an underlying disorder that increases the risk for cardiovascular disease.

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Sociology and anthropology of the menopause

Cited by 8 publications

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Age at menopause of females with systemic sclerosis

Age at menopause of females with systemic sclerosis

Cultural issues and the menopause

Menopausal hot flush: Is it only a nuisance or also a marker of cardiovascular disease risk?

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