By Rose Okudaye
Medical specialists have urged girls to hunt well timed medical consideration once they discover adjustments of their menstrual cycles, sleep patterns, weight, and general wellbeing, significantly throughout perimenopause and menopause.
They gave the recommendation through the 7.0 Edition of the Muslimah Health Forum on Saturday in Lagos.
The specialists spoke throughout a panel session titled, “The Exhausted Woman, Stress, Fatigue and Mental Overload”.
Dr Fatimah Habeebu-Adeyemi, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, defined that declining estrogen ranges as girls approached menopause can set off a number of bodily and emotional adjustments.
She listed the adjustments to incorporate irregular menstrual durations, weight redistribution, sleep difficulties, and reminiscence lapses.
According to her, the transition, often known as perimenopause, occurred at totally different ages and affected girls otherwise, with some experiencing gentle signs, whereas others required medical intervention.
She added that girls approaching their 40s ought to take note of adjustments of their our bodies, moderately than assuming they have been merely experiencing stress or changing into much less bodily lively.
She inspired girls experiencing persistent or disruptive signs to seek the advice of a gynaecologist for applicable evaluation and individualised care.
Habeebu-Adeyemi defined that menopause was usually established after a lady had gone 12 consecutive months with out menstruation.
Dr Fatimah Habeebu-Adeyemi, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist on the occasion.
She, nevertheless, warned that any bleeding after menopause required immediate medical analysis, because it might point out an underlying situation, together with most cancers.
The knowledgeable suggested girls in opposition to ignoring postmenopausal bleeding, stressing the significance of figuring out its trigger earlier than deciding on therapy.
Dr Folasade Olalare, a fertility and reproductive drugs specialist, challenged the misperception that girls identified with Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) couldn’t have youngsters.
She defined that PMOS was a hormonal situation that might intrude with ovulation, making conception troublesome for some girls, however didn’t robotically imply infertility.
According to her, many ladies with the situation conceive and provides beginning, whereas others could require medical help to stimulate ovulation.
Olalare famous that the situation might additionally current bodily indicators related to elevated estrogen ranges, together with extreme facial hair progress.
She urged girls to hunt correct medical evaluation moderately than depend on data circulating on social media, the place PMOS was typically introduced as an computerized barrier to motherhood.
The doctor added that irregular menstrual cycles and weight adjustments might have totally different underlying causes, together with hormonal imbalances and PMOS, making skilled analysis necessary.
Also talking, a Physiotherapist, Mrs Kameelah Adebisi, urged girls to acknowledge the bodily adjustments that include ageing and regulate their existence accordingly, moderately than pushing their our bodies past their capability.
She mentioned adjustments in joint perform, bone density, physique composition and bodily endurance might have an effect on girls at totally different phases of life.
Adebisi defined that wholesome ageing required greater than weight-reduction plan and exercising, urging girls to concentrate to their common nicely-being, medicine use, each day actions and different life-style elements.
She inspired girls to evaluate their progress by contemplating enhancements of their mobility, vitality ranges and general well being moderately than relying solely on adjustments in physique weight.
The panelists additionally addressed considerations about extended menstrual bleeding and recognizing after menstruation, emphasising the significance of understanding the totally different phases of girls’s reproductive lives.
The specialists added that whereas many of those adjustments are a pure a part of ageing, recognising uncommon signs and in search of skilled analysis will help girls handle discomfort, shield their well being and keep their high quality of life.
They inspired girls to ask questions, search dependable medical data and acquire applicable care when signs come up.
The panelists emphasised that elevated consciousness of hormonal adjustments, fertility and wholesome ageing might assist girls make knowledgeable selections about their well being and enhance their high quality of life.
Similarly, Aisha Adams of the Lagos State Secretariat Central Mosque Women Committee mentioned in her opening remarks that this 12 months’s Muslimah Health Forum theme is well timed and necessary.
She mentioned the theme, “The Wellness Code: Know Your Body, Own Your Health”, reminds Muslim girls that caring for his or her well being stays a accountability and an honour by no means to neglect.
”Most of the time we care for each different particular person, however neglect ourselves, so it’s an excellent reminder, coming on the proper time”, she mentioned.
She added that God encourages girls to care for his or her our bodies, search useful information, and take applicable steps to protect their wellbeing.
Adams added that the information gained from the occasion would profit not solely individuals, but in addition their households and the broader group.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) studies that the Muslimah Health Forum is an annual occasion organised by Bountiis Charity Initiative, an NGO, supporting Muslim girls. (NAN)
Edited by Oluwafunke Ishola
