Is There Any Link Between Menopause And Spinal Cord Injury?Menopause brings a lot of changes in a woman's life. Not only her physical functioning changes, but also her morale gets down too. Menopause is considered as the mid life crisis because this occurs generally in the middle age of a woman i.e., in her late 40s and continues for the rest of her life. With the onset of menopause, several symptoms arise that are sufficient to make her life different, obviously with some pain. This pain varies accordingly. Some experience more pain while others feel less pain. But whatever it may be, pain is after all pain. Some physical effects of menopause are like curses, spinal cord injury is one such effect. So, is there any link between spinal cord injury and menopause? Does menopause exacerbate symptoms of spinal cord injury? Does menopause exacerbate symptoms of spinal cord injury? The answer to this question is hidden in this article. Spinal cord injury brings many other issues related to menopause. These may be disability related. Spinal cord injury can also lead to osteoporosis, genitourinary changes, and cardiovascular alteration. Does menopause exacerbate symptoms of spinal cord injury? Let us see how. Menopause exacerbates the spinal cord injury when there is a drop in the level of estrogen. Estrogen is the sex hormone which is secreted by female's endocrine gland. With the onset of menopause the level of estrogen lowers and this may increase chances of a spinal cord injury. Estrogen plays an important role for menopause symptoms. Estrogen is responsible for developing secondary sexual characteristics like breast formation, which get affected by the low estrogen level. As a result symptoms of menopause like breast tenderness occur. Estrogen also plays an important role in spinal cord injury. Estrogen possesses anti inflammatory properties and is related to increasing the post traumatic blood flow to the injured tissues. Estrogen may improve the spinal cord injury and its functional outcome. It is considered to be the neuro-protective, both from inside and outside. Does menopause exacerbate symptoms of spinal cord injury? Have you got the answer to this question? I hope yes. The spinal cord injury may occur before menopause or after menopause. The situation is however different in both the cases. Before menopause the patient with spinal cord injury may get less sexual attention because of the inconvenience. While after menopause the spinal cord injury patient may receive less gynecological and health care. Spinal cord injury symptoms are weakness, poor co-ordination or paralysis, pain, loss of bowel and bladder control, numbness, tingling or loss of sensation. This problem can be overcome by proper exercising and nutritious diet with calcium, vitamin and other mineral supplements. |