Why does menopause easily lead to urinary incontinence?

Menopausal women often have urine flowing out because of standing, coughing, sneezing, laughing, exertion and other reasons. In severe cases, this can also happen when sitting or lying down. Because of the urine, the patient's underwear is wet and smelly, and the vulva itches, which is very distressing. Especially after inducing vulvar eczema, dermatitis and urinary tract infection, it not only brings inconvenience to life and work, but also brings great pain to body and mind.

Why do menopausal women suffer from urinary incontinence? This is because the female urethra is short and straight (4 ~ 6 cm), and the strength of urethral sphincter is weaker than that of male, especially those with multiple pregnancy, childbirth or dystocia, uterine prolapse and hysteromyoma. During menopause, due to the decline of ovarian function and the decrease of estrogen secretion, pelvic tissues are aged and relaxed, vaginal and perineal muscle tension is decreased, and the function of urethral sphincter is weakened. Therefore, urine will accumulate slightly in the bladder and the pressure will increase, which will lead to urinary incontinence. Some people have urinary incontinence because they control the nerves of the bladder. This situation is called neurogenic urinary incontinence.

After urinary incontinence, you don't have to be psychologically nervous. If the condition is mild, you can exercise pelvic floor muscle tension: after deep inhalation, you can forcibly contract abdominal muscles, gluteal muscles and perineal muscles, or do activities to close the anus, 20 times an hour, twice a day; Take Shenqi Pill, Buzhong Yiqi Pill and acupuncture Zhongji, Guanyuan, Zusanli and Sanyinjiao. Usually try to avoid crying and carrying heavy objects, so as not to increase abdominal pressure. Severe urinary incontinence can be treated by surgery. Why do menopausal women have shoulder pain, low back pain and heel pain? The most common cause of shoulder pain in menopausal women is periarthritis of shoulder. Although the etiology of scapulohumeral periarthritis is not very clear, it is closely related to chronic strain, degeneration and aging, infection focus and endocrine dysfunction. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is caused by deficiency of qi and blood, exogenous pathogenic wind, cold and dampness, and impassability of bones, muscles and meridians. Patients often feel heavy, sour and inconvenient to move. The pain is obvious during the acute attack, and I dare not lift my shoulders or comb my hair, and my joints seem to be solidified. Acupuncture, physical therapy and massage have certain curative effects on this disease. When the pain is severe, you can take painkillers such as indomethacin and phenylbutazone. If the pain persists, you can also use hormones such as prednisone for a short time to relieve the pain. In addition, adhering to the functional exercise of shoulder joint is often more effective than medicine.

Menopausal women often suffer from low back pain due to bone aging, chronic injury, strain and rheumatism, and other diseases such as gynecological diseases, kidney diseases, pancreatic diseases and ulcer diseases can also cause low back pain. So menopausal women often have low back pain. After the occurrence of low back pain, please see a doctor to check what causes it so as to take targeted treatment. If it belongs to lumbar muscle strain, cold and wet low back pain, it is necessary to strengthen exercise, such as back muscle exercise, which can enhance the resistance to cold and wet; Paying attention to safe production, labor protection, improving living environment and avoiding cold and dampness are all of positive significance for preventing low back pain.

Heel pain is mostly caused by long-standing bone injury, hyperosteogeny, bone spur or osteoporosis, and there is another disease called hyperparathyroidism, the first symptom of which is heel pain, but this disease is rare. Chinese medicine believes that taking kidney-tonifying drugs, such as Eucommia ulmoides, mistletoe, Achyranthes bidentata, Dipsacus, walnut kernel, etc. , often can receive a certain therapeutic effect.