Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1950 — Page 34

—— wf | Fears Needn't Fount Women: Eases Her Through Difficulties

: By GEORGE KEANEY, Times Special Writer : CHANGE COMES to every woman when her repro- “ ductive organs lose their power to reproduce. The

“end of ovulation (the bursting forth of the egg from the “or cell, in which it has grown in the ovary, once each * month) does a lot of things. i... it may cause hot flashes and excessive perspiration, to -farn 4 Woman by day and keep her awake at night. It may h » her disposition, making formerly. placid women Irritable. rt ‘ean produce anxiety states in a woman or cause loss of . It can manifest itself in circulatory conditions, as "numbness of hands and feet. { | Werst, perhaps, is the fear menopause causes. More women 4t than fear the onset of menstruation. More women suffer it, and needlessly, than er from dysmenorrhea, ich is painful and difficult nstruation. rue, there are some women "wh go from one stage of life to another in menopause, hardly poticing anything more than a passing Rush , perhaps even relieved cessation of 4 jmenstria xR women with i pervous systems Ike that. are ., Xare, {| Most women can expect some . menopausal discomfort. But if of fear because she is a _ they get rid of the idea that woman. great discomfort, even agony, —0——— §s an inevitable part of their were being poisoned and that . aging process, they will have the menopausal symptoms were . taken a big step towards learn- the result of the poison. "Ing that life (female gender) But many women cling to need not be unhappy in the 40s the idea that the years of menoor 50s. pause suffering are the price

Legends Dispelled they pay for the privilege of

motherhood, that it's their lot | SOME of the folklore that and nothing can be done about grew

round menopause has it.

This is the “fourth article of a five-part series by George Keaney, prize-winning science reporter, which discusses frankly and authoritatively the chief biological problems confronting a woman.

Prepared with the close cooperation of the Academy of Medicine, the series offers solid testimony to support the premise that a woman need not live her life under a pall 4 motherhood,

Keaney.

woman with an unstable psy-

borderline case may be pushed over the border. But gynecologists will swear on a stack of

is caused by the ‘change

use they were no longer Zuenstruating thelr systems I ———

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bodies lose their creative power, they are losing their minds.

Women ought te know, but

don’t always, that menopausal

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chic makeup may become more | ‘unstable at menopause, that a |

hormones that no real psychosis | 0

isappetred, praise be. Few One fear that ought ‘to be life.” Menopause can be blamed | women today believe, as the disposed of is the one’ many for a lot of things, but hardly | pld Bcottish story had it, that women have that as their for insanity.

“Many women cling to the idea the years of menopausal suffering are the price they pay for the privilege of writes George

Jt has been shown that a | symptoms vary with the indi-

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| dividual, as menstruation does. Racial background, family and | climate can affect it. It will make its appearance in the “early 40s to the early 50s, generally between 45 and 49.

Duration Varies

A WOMAN in the transitional Jiage can have one or all sympoms. They may last.a few

ee or a few years. If the , | discomfort that appears with -| menopause lasts more than

three years, it should be looked | into. There may be other fac- | tors involved, or a woman may have developed a menopausal fixation and need a psychiatrist. Generally, too; menstruation

the first menopausal symptom is felt. That's something else not to get excited about, whether menstruation completely in one month or is irregular before it comes to a halt. - The symptoms of menopause will probably be coincidental with the first irregularity, but they may not show up for months. mean there is something wrong | if they don’t. If more women understood what happens within them at menopause, fewer would fear it. To put it in as non-medical language as possible, it's like this: At puberty the reproductive

| organs awaken to their func-

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tions. ovaries,

The follicles in which contain

the the

| woman's entire lifetime's supply

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ovary and bursts, throwing out a ripened egg into the abdom-

i. inal cavity. There it is caught

up by the fallopian tube and carried into the womb,

Ovulation Ceases -

MEANWHILE the womb has been doing its work. For two weeks after 2 menstrual flow the lining of the womb develops, getting ready. to nurture

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male sperm. The thickened lining has an extra supply of blood which, if the egg isn't fertilized, the womb doesn’t need. (If the egg

Ito the

Is fertilized it attaches {itself wall of the womb,

| Where the child develops). So

| the body | and excess blood in menstrua- = tion —The-unfertitized- -egg—rHes

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releases the lining

and is cast off with the next

menstrual flow. Fertility Ebbs NOW A woman's fertility decreases gradually from the peak, In her mid-20s, till it disappears with menopause. Then

ovulation ceases. There being

| no need for the extra lining and

blood supply in the womb, body stops them. So

the manufacturing there's no further

menstruation.

| providing the egg,

tas the

It's as simple as though most women some discomfort with menopause, it's not the end of life some women make {t. It's not even the end of sex life These days women: with only mild menopause symptoms need not suffer. They can be controlléd by small doses of sedative, phenobarbitol, for instance Severe

hat that.

And can expect

symptoms need be suffered As explain it, they're absence of the female sex hormone. The follicle cells, besides manufacture also known hormone, or

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IT'S THE hormone that gives female char- - acteristics, as.the testerone in the man gives him his male

g¢haracteristics. When the follicles stop releasing eggs. the supply of estrogen is cut off. Synthetic ‘estrogen can he

It can be taken by mouth in tablet form. Or a

pellet which can give complete relief of symptoms for four to five months ¢an be injected,

The remedy has been known for some 25 years, but it's only in the past 10 years the preparation has been made potent enough to, be effective in the worst cases. The hormone is found in the blood and’urine of

| women and female animals, In

hormone treatments today the estrogen used is extracted from ‘the urine of pregnant mares, The usual warnings about use of hormones must, be included. Estrogen should’ be taken only under _ expert guidance. : Pro-

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longed use can cause a meén-strual-type of bleeding from the womb. Most gynecologists agree that controlled use is not dangerous. And it will put an end to the menopausal miseries. There's many a headache between puberty and menopause. And there's many a headache that, apparently, is tied up with sex functions. Women are more susceptible to migraine headaches than men, about three times as susceptible,

Headaches Vanish THE HEADACHE often appears first at puberty. It is most severe during menstrual periods. It generally doesn’t appear during pregnancy. And often it is with a woman during her whole productive life, leaving once and for all only with the menopause. > Women accept the miigraine headache with the same spirit

| of resignation’ with which they

often accept painful menstruation or extreme discomfort

| with menopause,

They figure the blurred vision and the throbbing pain in the

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‘Relieves Miseries side of the head, sometimes acpanied with nausea and vomiting, with the pain lasting for hours or even days, is their penalty for being a woman and they have to bear it, even if they don't grin. : Other Aids : IF A SIMPLE sedative won't hélp the migraine headache victim, there are other things she can turn to. Out of the Headache Clinic of George Washington University Medical School has come. encouraging news. The migraine headache, according to Dr. Lester S. Blumenthal, who heads the clinic, may be due to unbalanced production of hormones in the body especially those produced in the thyroid glands and ovaries. Injec-

tions of thyroid or female sex

hormones can prevent migraine |

pain, the clinic found.

Quite as effective were injec- |

tions of nicotine acid, one of the vitamins. And several other treatments were found to be somewhat effective, All of which adds to the good

. news piling up for women who

suffer from the complaints that are peculiar to their sex. Life, it seems, not only doesn't end with the menopause. It can even be pleasant through it,

and the headaches of almost a |

whole lifetime can be wiped out. One last word about menopause. the Latin word for month, “mensis,” there's a school of medical thought today that says men experience it, too. Men may laugh, as they do sometimes over womanly complaints. But they have been known to have the same symiptoms as women in menopause, though the pattern is more variable in men. The glands that produce the sperm in the male also produce the male sex hormone, testerone. When that production is cut down the male can experience something so akin to menopause it's no joke.

Luckily there’s help for the |

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