Diagnosis | Sweating during the menopause

Diagnosis

Whether sweating is due to the menopause often does not need to be diagnosed by a doctor, as the patient herself notices that she is in the menopause, as her periods (menstruation) also stop and other symptoms such as tiredness or irritability also occur. Nevertheless, it is important to differentiate when sweating occurs and whether only the menopause is actually a possible diagnosis. If the patient perspires heavily at night and also has a significant weight loss, a doctor should be consulted, as this may also be a sign of a tumor.

It is therefore important that the patient talks to her family doctor or gynecologist about the symptoms, such as sweating, for example, during the menopause. Further diagnosis is usually not necessary, unless the doctor has reasonable doubt that it is not the “typical” sweating of the menopause, but a disease. This may be the case, for example, if the patient reports that she thinks she is in the menopause because she sweats more at night.

However, it is important to stress that sweating during the menopause is not a disease (pathology) in itself, just as puberty is not a disease. It merely causes a change in hormones, which in turn can lead to accompanying symptoms such as excessive sweating during the menopause. Nevertheless, this is a physiological and not a pathological transition. If a patient wants to know for sure how far advanced her menopause is, a blood test can be performed to determine the concentration of the female sex hormones progesterone and estrogen, as these levels decrease during the menopause.A gynaecological smear can also be helpful, especially if the patient suffers from a very dry sexual organ.

TherapyWhat helps?

First of all, it is important to mention that menopause is not a disease (pathology) that needs to be treated. It is a stage in the life of every patient, just like puberty or the 30th birthday. However, since the menopause is accompanied by symptoms such as increased sweating and the like, a patient may need help during the menopause.

For example, many patients want help to minimize sweating during the menopause and to stop hot flashes. There are various forms of help that patients can take advantage of during the menopause. The type of help depends on the individual patient’s symptoms.

The mildest form of help against sweating during the menopause is homeopathy. Since the symptoms of each patient are very different during the menopause, it is advisable to consult a homeopathic doctor, as he or she can prescribe the right globules for the individual patient. Only then is homeopathy a good help against sweating during the menopause.

Also without risk for the patient is the intake of Schüssler salts. The so-called basis of Schuessler salts against sweating during the menopause are the No. 1 Calcium fluoratum, the No.

3 Ferrum phosphoricum and the No. 7 Magnesium phosphoricum. It is also important that the exact dosage as well as further combination possibilities of the Schuessler salts should be discussed with a doctor.

Besides homeopathy and Schüssler salts, which are a low-risk help against sweating during menopause, there are also some medications available. A distinction is made between herbal medicines and a so-called hormone replacement therapy. Among the herbal medicines are the monk pepper and the grape silver candle.

There are various medications that help with sweating during the menopause and ensure that sweating and other menopausal symptoms are minimized. Although these drugs have side effects, like all other drugs, they do not increase the risk of breast cancer (breast carcinoma) or uterine cancer (endometrial carcinoma). Hormone replacement therapy is completely different.

Here, the hormones that the patient lacks during the menopause are indirectly replaced so that the symptoms are minimized. However, this leads to a very high risk of breast and uterine cancer. Hormone replacement therapy should therefore only be used if the symptoms, such as sweating during the menopause, become unbearable.

Otherwise, hormone replacement therapy is not advisable at all, as many patients develop a malignant tumor as a result of this “therapy”. Sweating during the menopause is mainly due to a decrease in the female sex hormones progesterone and estrogen. Ultimately, therefore, only hormone replacement therapy exists as a drug therapy for climacteric complaints.

Hormone replacement therapy with estrogens and progesterone should, however, be considered very carefully, as this too can have side effects and increase the risk of breast cancer. It is usually only recommended if the menopausal symptoms are very severe. There are a number of home remedies that are recommended to improve hot flashes and sweating during menopause.

One well-known household remedy is sage tea. The tea helps some people well with excessive sweating, but it should not be drunk too hot. Sage baths, for example as foot baths, are also suitable for combating increased sweating.

Another well-known household remedy against sweating during the menopause is the consumption of products containing soya. Due to the proportion of herbal estrogens, estrogen deficiency symptoms such as sweating can be somewhat improved. Lemon baking powder mixtures help against unpleasant odors and night sweats.

These can be applied directly to areas such as the armpits or groin and work overnight. In the morning you should rinse the mixture with clear water and shower as usual. For sweating during the menopause, various globules are recommended by homeopathic practitioners. It should be noted, however, that these recommendations are neither uniform in nature nor based on scientific or at least empirical facts. Ultimately, the information varies greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer or practitioner.Acidum sulfuricum, Lachesis and Sepia officinalis, among others, are used to treat sweating during menopause.