Is Complementary and Alternative Therapy Effective for Women in the Climacteric Period?.
- Author:
Mi Young KIM
1
;
Seung Do CHOI
;
Aeli RYU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Climacteric; Complementary therapies; Postmenopause
- MeSH: Affective Symptoms; Anxiety; Breast Neoplasms; Cardiovascular Diseases; Climacteric*; Complementary Therapies; Dementia; Female; Humans; Infarction; Intracranial Thrombosis; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Postmenopause; Skin; Urinary Incontinence
- From:Journal of Menopausal Medicine 2015;21(1):28-35
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Vasomotor symptoms start about 2 years prior to menopause in women who are approaching menopause, and early menopause symptoms appear including emotional disturbance and anxiety, followed by physical changes such as vaginal dryness, urinary incontinence and skin wrinkles. As time progresses, osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, and dementia occur consecutively. Hormone therapy is primarily considered for the relief of menopause symptoms in postmenopausal women. However, as hormone replacement has emerged as a therapy that increases the potential risk of thrombosis, cerebral infarction and breast cancer, complementary and alternative medicine has drawn much attention. This study aimed to examine the types and effects of evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies that are currently used.
