Contents:
- Medical Video: 100 Years of Fashion: Women ★ Glam.com
- Changes in a woman's body when she turns 40
- 1. Memory begins to decline
- 2. Hair loss
- 3. Uban starts to appear
- 4. Decreased bladder control
- 5. Fine hair appears
- 6. The vagina dries up
- 7. A hot sensation arises from inside the body
Medical Video: 100 Years of Fashion: Women ★ Glam.com
Along with increasing age, changes in a woman's body will be increasingly visible, especially when entering the age of 40. This generally occurs due to considerable hormonal changes in the body. To understand more clearly, here are various physical changes in women when they turn 40 years old.
Changes in a woman's body when she turns 40
1. Memory begins to decline
Entering the age of 40 years, the brain begins to show a decline in its ability, especially in terms of memory. Maybe you can easily forget the appointment you made with a colleague or just forget to put an item.
Well, this condition is called early dementia, which is actually natural in women who enter menopause. Not that you suffer from Alzheimer's but this is only a natural change in a woman's body considering the brain has worked for decades.
Don't panic, almost every woman who turns 40 will experience this. In order to keep the brain's ability good, you can still train it by learning something new or reading a book.
However, if your memory condition is severe enough, you should immediately consult a doctor for additional tests.
2. Hair loss
From birth to old age, the only thing that will grow is hair. As we get older, more hair will fall out, even though it can still be replaced with new hair later.
Changes in hormones in the body that occur before menopause can cause severe loss compared to normal days. For that, don't worry if suddenly combing your hair turns out to fall more than usual.
This condition is quite normal, because many hormonal changes occur during menopause. However, if the day's hair loss gets worse and makes hair almost bald, you can consult a doctor to find out the exact cause.
3. Uban starts to appear
One of the most obvious signs of aging is gray hair. So, when you enter the age of 40 don't be surprised if your hair that was originally jet black is now starting to be dominated by a collection of gray hair.
No need to worry too much about changing hair color because this is very natural. However, if you do not confidently leave the house with strands of gray hair on your head you can use hair dye with ingredients that are not too hard to restore your confidence.
4. Decreased bladder control
Pregnancy, labor, and menopause can result in decreased bladder control in women. As you age, you will sometimes have difficulty holding back the urge to urinate.
Not only that, even according to Barbara Hannah Grufferman, author of the book Love Your Age: The Small Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life, also states that 40 percent of this leak can occur when you cough, sneeze, or laugh.
To overcome this, you can do Kegel exercises that can strengthen the pelvic floor muscles such as the uterine muscles, bladder and large intestine.
5. Fine hair appears
Changes in a woman's body at the age of 40 are the appearance of fine hairs on the face, chin, fingers and toes.
This is caused by an increase in the levels of estrogen and testosterone in the body. As a result, you will see more fine hair appearing on several parts of the body, especially the face.
6. The vagina dries up
When the body starts to age, estrogen levels will decrease. As a result, the vagina becomes dry. If left unchecked, this will make your sex drive decrease because this activity is no longer fun.
A dry vagina makes sex feel more painful. Therefore, you need to do several strategies to help overcome this problem.
Using lubricants, topical vaginal estrogen creams, or certain drugs can be the solution to this problem. In addition, you can also do natural ways such as warming up longer and slowing down sexual activity.
You can also ask your partner to increase sexual arousal before starting because this can help facilitate blood flow and lubricate the vagina.
7. A hot sensation arises from inside the body
About 80 percent of women aged 40 years and over will experience hot flashes. Hot flashes are a sensation of heat from the body that usually appears before and during menopause.
Usually, this condition lasts for a long time, which can be 7 to 11 years. Generally these symptoms will appear more often at night to make you sweat often. Hot flashes appear as the body's response to adjusting for hormonal changes that occur.
To overcome this, you can do a variety of simple ways such as wearing thin clothes and absorbing sweat, applying abdominal breathing techniques, and also creating a cool bedroom atmosphere.
For more severe cases, doctors will usually recommend hormone replacement therapy and antidepressant drugs.
