Specific Prevention Profiles are Check Ups designed to investigate any risk factors early and address specific health needs. The Menopause and Osteoporosis Check Up includes the preliminary medical examination and the concluding examination, performed by the Check Up Coordinating Physician.
Menopause is a physiological time in a woman's life, coinciding with the end of her fertility.
It usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55, but early and late menopause are not uncommon. During menopause, the ovaries cease their activity and, as a result, the amount of estrogen, the hormones produced by the ovaries, decreases in the blood. The consequences of this decline are diverse; a number of disorders and symptoms are common, both neurovegetative (hot flashes, profuse sweating, palpitations and tachycardia, blood pressure swings, sleep disturbances, dizziness, vaginal dryness, and genital itching) and psychoaffective (irritability, unstable mood, fatigue, anxiety, demotivation, concentration and memory disturbances, decreased sexual desire). It also increases cardiovascular risk (heart attack, cerebral stroke, hypertension), osteoarticular diseases, particularly the incidence of osteoporosis ( bone fragility that predisposes to the risk of fractures), and there is often an increase in body weight and a slowdown in metabolism in general.
In this delicate period, it is therefore important to perform an overall health assessment of the woman and promptly implement effective prevention of cardiovascular and osteoarticular complications.