As if the highs, lows, and hair-pulling frustrations of raising a hormonal teenage girl weren’t enough, more and more mothers are wading through these turbulent waters during their own hormonal journeys: perimenopause and menopause.
Menopause may leave you feeling dry somewhere other than where you expected: your eyes! Dry eye syndrome is a little-known symptom of menopause. About 61 percent of perimenopausal and menopausal women suffer from dry, itchy eyes—but only 16 percent of them realize menopause is to blame, according to the Society for Women’s Health Research. It’s time to change all that and start working our baby blues (and browns and greens…)! Dr. Sol Shaftel, M.D., Ph.D., an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery fellow at the University of Washington sheds some moisture on the situation!
During menopause, more and more of us are gaining membership to the aptly named “Sandwich Generation,” a group marked by its responsibility to simultaneously care for both its children and parents. So if it seems like everybody wants (scratch that, needs) something from you these days, you’re not alone.
Beat the menopausal heat and stress of summer! It's time for cookouts, fun vacations, and great family memory making.
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