New Delhi, March 17 (IANS). Women struggling with various physical problems during menopause are more at risk of dementia. According to an estimate, about 80 percent of women have menopause problems and the more symptoms are, the more the possibility of dementia increases.
This was revealed in a study conducted by the University of Calgary, Canada. Researchers analyzed data of 896 menopausal women. This was online research on health related problems.
Women informed the researchers about their perimenoposal symptoms. Their cognetary work was measured using the everyday cognition scale (measuring everyday functionalities) and the mild behavior important checklist. In which high levels indicated serious symptoms.
Women who had more menopause symptoms, had high marks in cognitive tests and were not right in terms of health.
This report of Calgary University was published in the Public Library of Science One Journal. The findings found that menopause related symptoms had a relationship between changes in behavior (Mild Behavior Emporament ie MBI). MBI is a syndrome that is rapidly recognized as an early indicator of the risk of dementia. Those who not only highlight the need to consider cognitive changes, but also consider mood, social interaction and personality changes that emerge and persist in later life of menopause.
According to the researchers, although the hormone therapy was not significantly connected to the cognetary function, it shows an important link to the low MBI symptoms, which emphasizes the need for research on the possible role of hormone therapy in long -term brain health.
The interesting thing of research is that the participants who described using estrogen-based hormone therapy during perimenopause were not as serious as MBI’s symptoms.
Researchers accepted many limitations of study. It is reported that this study is cross-sectional, which means that it captures a snapshot in time instead of tracking the changes in years. This means that it can only identify the relationship between menopause symptoms and cognitive and behavioral health, but it cannot determine whether the symptoms causes changes in brain health directly.
However, this research confirms that the more a hormonal change is menopause, the more a neurological change is.
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