postheadericon Depression and Women’s Health

Women’s depression – a serious disease, manifested by such symptoms as: depressed mood, lack of will and appetite. A woman suffering from depression, decreased or vice versa typed body weight, general condition worsens, it can not sometimes perform basic actions.
Despite the fact that seemingly all of these symptoms can be easily overcome, just need to “pull themselves together, women often do it alone can not. Believe me, this is not a whim, and not a weakness of character – this is the cause of the disease. Restore emotional-volitional without therapeutic intervention can not be depressed woman who needs medical treatment, understanding and support of loved ones.
Why depression is divided into female and male? For years, the study of depression, a doctor came to the conclusion that there is a clear relationship between gender rights and a tendency toward depression. It turns out that women suffer from this insidious disease is 2-3 times more frequently than men. This is due to a number of physiological differences in male and female body.
The cause of the depression of women is hormones. Over the life of a woman hormones are constantly changing, this is due primarily to the fact that the woman is the continuer of the genus, and she will give birth to offspring. Hormonal changes are already in adolescence when the body begins to actively prepare for childbirth, the girls begin menstrual cycle, following the hormonal surge of becoming pregnant, then the generic process, lactation is also associated with hormone production, then the body begins preparations for the extinction of reproductive functions, premenopausal period and menopause. Each period in a woman’s life is accompanied by the elaboration of certain hormones, in addition to physiology, and psyche is affected women, the risk of depression increases significantly.
For each phase of the reproductive cycle is characterized by a degree of depressive state, they include:
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS);
- Depressive syndrome pregnant;
- Syndrome of “sadness Woman”;
- Postpartum depression;
- Depression pre-menopausal and menopausal periods.
No less severe form of depression is a postabortion syndrome, which occurs in women who have lost a child or yourself get rid of him. Symptoms of depression, women may be completely different: apathy, depression, depressed mood, irritability, anxiety, tearfulness, feelings of tension. Also, there are mood swings, severe fatigue, distraction of attention.
Changes also occur in other areas, there may be insomnia, or vice versa will increase drowsiness and appetite may be absent, but may increase. In addition, women’s depression experience various pains: headaches, muscles, joints, heart, pain in the mammary glands. Notes: weakness in the body, jumps in blood pressure, heart palpitations (occasionally), fatigue.
Duration of depressive states also depends on the reproductive period. PMS can last from two days to two weeks (can occur rapidly before menstruation and may last a week before and week after menstruation), premenstrual syndrome is manifested every time before the next menstruation.
Postpartum depression can last for several weeks and even months. Depression, which occur in the premenopausal period and during climax last several months, sometimes six months or more, can also be recurrent in nature.
Despite the fact that the female body as it is prone to depression, women’s depression should be treated, because it is still a disease, not a temporary phenomenon. Treatment is usually medication, appointed individually by the attending physician, taking into account many factors: age, symptoms of the disease, the presence of other diseases, etc. When correctly chosen therapy, depression in women is fully cured.

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