YOGA RELIEFS MENOPAUSAL HOT FLUSHES,SWEATS, DRYNESS OF VAGINA AND PAIN DURING SEX

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Menopause is a very cumbersome for some women,symptoms are so much distressing that sometimes some serious dignosis is made conducting so many unwanted investigations and women start taking so much consultation and treatment as if what happened to a health person.Women go through menopause when they stop menstruating, which typically happens between ages 45 and 55. As the ovaries curb production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in the years leading up to menopause and afterward, women can experience symptoms ranging from vaginal dryness to mood swings, joint pain and insomnia.The fluctuating hormonal changes – including hot flashes and vaginal dryness, sleep disturbances and sometimes even anxiety and depression – tend to take a toll on them.

      A study, however, has the solution that can relieve women from these symptoms – Yoga.A review of existing research helped scientists to come to the conclusion that practicing Yoga may give menopausal relief from symptoms like night sweats and hot flashes than their peers who don’t do this type of exercise.The study team examined data on 1,306 women in 13 different clinical trials that randomly assigned some participants to practice yoga and others to get no treatment or to try a different type of intervention such as health education or other forms of exercise. All of the women suffered from menopause symptoms at the beginning of the trials.

       Yoga was better than no treatment at reducing total menopause symptoms, anxiety related to symptoms, hot flashes and night sweats, and vaginal dryness and pain during sex, the study found.“There were already clear hints from earlier studies that yoga might be good for relieving menopause-related psychological symptoms such as mood swings, depression or sleep problems,” said lead study author Holger Cramer of integrative medicine at Kliniken Essen-Mitte and the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany.

         “Based on the new data, yoga can also effectively relieve physical symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue or bladder problems,” Cramer said by email. “This indicates a potentially beneficial effect of yoga for all women with menopausal symptoms.”

   In the current study, yoga was better than other types of exercise for so-called vasomotor symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats.Yoga was also better for overall menopause symptoms than health education.The analysis included four clinical trials from the US, three from India, two each from Brazil and China, and one each from Germany and South Korea.The small trials ranged in length from 4 to 16 weeks and had women practice yoga or do other interventions anywhere from 1 to 14 times weekly.

       Women who did yoga in the trials tried a variety of different forms, including hatha yoga that focuses on breathing and meditation and Iyengar yoga, which concentrates on body alignment.One limitation of the study is that the variety of approaches to yoga used in different trials made it difficult to determine what type of practice might help most with menopause symptoms, the authors note in Maturitas.

             Because yoga is a relatively low-risk physical activity that can be easily adapted to different fitness levels, patients should consider it for symptom relief, said Dr. Rachael Polis of Pennsylvania.He added that “Yoga is relatively low-impact, inexpensive, can be practiced anywhere, and during any time of day,” .

              “For this reason, it’s a great early intervention for patients to attempt,” Polis added. “I do recommend someone new to yoga take classes with a well-trained instructor who can teach correct body alignment and suggest posture modifications when needed.”