What should middle-aged women pay attention to to ensure health?

The Hanoi Center for Gender Medicine and the Hanoi Andrology and Infertility Hospital have just received a 39-year-old female patient who came to the clinic in a state of stress, anxiety, and long-term insomnia.

The Hanoi Center for Gender Medicine and the Hanoi Andrology and Infertility Hospital have just received a case of a 39-year-old female patient who came to the clinic in a state of stress, anxiety, and long-term insomnia that affected her family life and work.

Doctors of Hanoi Andrology and Infertility Hospital consult patients.

According to Dr. Pham Minh Ngoc, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Center for Gender Medicine, the 39-year-old female patient who visited the center had a history of good health and no underlying diseases.

The patient came to the clinic because her marital relationship was not good despite her stable job and no pressure to have children. Doctors at the Hanoi Center for Gender Medicine ordered the female patient to undergo an ultrasound of the thyroid gland, breast, abdomen, electrocardiogram, blood lipid test, assessment of liver and kidney function, and blood count to screen for cancer risk.

After ensuring there is no risk of cancer, the patient is advised to treat with endocrine therapy, estrogen supplementation...

The doctor also advised patients to exercise at least 4 times a week, relieve stress and spend more time taking care of themselves, doing yoga, walking... In addition, patients should adjust their diet, supplement foods such as: soybeans, cereals, sunflower seeds, bean sprouts...

After treatment, many patients had significant improvement in hot flashes, reduced stress, depression, anxiety, improved physiology, firmer skin, improved memory and concentration.

In some cases, hormonal therapy also prevents osteoporosis, reduces cardiovascular risk, reduces urinary disorders and urinary tract infections.

According to Dr. Pham Minh Ngoc, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Center for Gender Medicine, if women experience the same condition as the female patient above for 3 to 6 months and cannot improve on their own, they should see a specialist for treatment advice.

It is known that investing in women's health care is an issue that receives global attention, not just in Vietnam.

Between 2020 and 2022, the number of cases of malnutrition among pregnant or breastfeeding women increased by 25%, from 5.5 million to 6.9 million.

The UNICEF report was based on an analysis of data on women in most countries around the world . According to the agency, more than 1 billion women and adolescent girls worldwide are malnourished.

This condition causes them to be underweight and shorter than average in physical development, due to a lack of essential micronutrients and anemia.

Most of these cases occur in the poorest regions of the world, with South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 68% of women and adolescent girls being underweight and 60% being anaemic.

UNICEF said the above nutritional deficiencies not only affect women's health but also their children, noting that "poor nutrition is passed down through generations."

Malnutrition not only increases the risk of infant mortality, but can also “impair fetal growth, with lifelong consequences for a child's growth, learning ability and social status later in life.”

UNICEF's report states that globally, 51 million children under the age of 2 are stunted. It is estimated that about 50% of these children are stunted in the womb and in the first 6 months of life, when they are completely dependent on their mother's nutrition.

According to experts, between 2020 and 2022, the number of cases of malnutrition among pregnant or breastfeeding women increased by 25%, from 5.5 million to 6.9 million people, in 12 countries facing food crises: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad and Yemen.

UNICEF stressed that without urgent action from the international community, the consequences could be felt for future generations. To prevent child malnutrition, we must also address malnutrition among women and adolescent girls.

In addition, UNICEF calls on governments to prioritize women and girls’ access to nutritious foods and implement mandatory measures to scale up micronutrient fortification on a large scale for everyday foods, such as wheat flour, cooking oil and salt, to help reduce micronutrient deficiencies and anemia among girls and women.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/phu-nu-trung-nien-can-luu-y-gi-de-dam-bao-suc-khoe-d219850.html