Many factors come into play when women enter menopause, making each womans experience unique.
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It could be a complication of menopause, but it could also be a sign of another condition.
I have practiced medicine in environments where the menopausal experience of Black women was simply not appreciated.
It goes outside the usual resting state to react to stimuli a normal and healthy allostatic response.
The long-term negative consequence of responding too often is allostatic load; the stress response systems get worn down.
We see that allostatic load is higher in people who have hadchronic stressorsin their lives, says Karlamangla.
(Neither are Latina women of Mexican descent, as there are fewer in New Jersey.)
That extra person in the room can reiterate and reinforce what the patient is saying.
Bring your doctor a list of your symptoms in order of importance to you.
