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It is estimated that 80% of women have some kind symptoms of menopause – And the more symptoms they have, the greater the chances of developing dementia later in life.
The findings were published in the Plos One journal after the study of the University of Calgary.
Researchers analyzed the data of 896 postmenopausal women who participated in the Canadian network research platform to investigate health, quality of life, cognition, behavior, function and care in aging (may protect) the study.
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Women have reported their symptoms of perimenopause to researchers. Their cognitive function is measured by daily cognition (ECOG-II) ladder and mild control lists of behavior damage (MBI-C), with greater results indicating greater severity.
Those with bigger symptoms in menopause It had greater results for both cognitive tests, indicating a more serious fall.
It is estimated that 80% of women experience some kind of menopause symptoms – and worse, there are a higher chance of developing dementia later in life, according to a new study. (East)
“One of the most interesting discoveries was the connection between the load of symptoms in menopause and the symptoms of mild behavior damage (MBI) – syndrome that is increasingly recognized as early the risk indicator of dementia“The author of the leading Study Zahinoor Ismail, MD, professor of psychiatry, neurology, epidemiology and pathology at the University of Calgary, told Fox News Digital.
“These new findings emphasize the need to consider not only cognitive changes, but also the mood, social interaction and personality changes that occur and persevere in later life after menopause.”
“These new findings emphasize the need to consider not only cognitive changes, but also the mood, social interaction and personality changes.”
Although hormone therapy was not significantly associated with cognitive function, it has been shown to have a significant connection with fewer symptoms of MBI, according to researchers, emphasizing the need for further research on the potential role of hormone therapy in long-term brain health.
“Interestingly, participants who reported that they used estrogen -based hormone therapy during the perimenopause had a significantly lower weight of symptoms of behavior damage,” Ismail said.
“One of the most interesting findings was the connection between the load of symptoms in menopause and the mild symptoms of behavior – the syndrome that is increasingly recognized as an early indicator of the risk of dementia,” the author of the leading study noted. (East)
Alexa Fiffick, Committee Certificate family medicine doctor Specializing in menopause, she stated that the previous data showed greater load of symptoms in some ways associated with reduced cognitive function and possibly dementia.
Some studies have shown that even when a woman does not perceive hot flashes, they are still associated with a deteriorated cognitive function, according to a doctor in Ohi.
“It is believed that vasomotor symptoms are associated with the development of white substances in the brain, similar to what the vascular dementia looks like on the recording,” said Fiffick, who was not involved in a new studio, for Fox News Digital.
“We still have to get information that the treatment of VMS will prevent the cognitive system from declining, but we hope it is with menopause Hormone therapy Other non-hormonal options, we may be able to get this information in the near future. “
Potential limitations
Researchers acknowledged several study limit.
“This study is a cross -section, which means that in the time it records a recording, not tracking changes over the years,” Ismail told Fox News Digital.
Some studies have shown that even when a woman does not perceive hot flashes, they are still associated with a worse cognitive function. (East)
This means that can identify the connection between the symptoms of menopause and cognitive and behavior, but cannot determine whether the symptoms directly cause changes to brain health.
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“In order to better understand the long -term impact of menopause at the risk of dementia, future research should monitor participants over time and install biological data, such as the level of hormones and biomarkers associated with the brain (in fact we are doing it now),” Ismail added.
The study also did not evaluate the severity of the symptoms, which could play a key role in understanding the risk.
“This research only enhances that menopause is neurological shift as hormonal.” (East)
The second limit is that the study focused on the most commonly reported menopause symptoms, but it is possible that some participants have experienced additional symptoms.
“In fact, it has reported that there can be 30+ symptoms that women can experience when transitioning in menopause,” Ismail said. “Although we have included the category of” other symptoms “, this may not fully reflect the range of experiences.”
The study also did not distinguish different types and formulations of hormone therapy.
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“Future studies They will be able to explore if they have certain types of HTs of different effects on brain health, “Ismail said.
“Menopausal brain scans reveal real structural and metabolic changes, and this research increases that these symptoms cannot only be removed as” normal aging. “
Tamsen Fadal, a New York menopause expert and the author of the upcoming book “How menopause: Download your health, regain your life and feel even better than before,” she said she was not surprised by the study results.
“The research has been pointing to that relationship for some time,” she told Fox News Digital. “Menopausal brain scans reveal real structural and metabolic changes, and this study strengthens that these symptoms cannot only be denied as ‘Normal aging.’“
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“For too long, women have experienced the brain of fog, memory and change of mood, and many of us have been discarded,” Fadal continued.
“This research only enhances that menopause is neurological shift as hormonal.”
