clinical question for experienced practitioners

[Guest guest]

So, here's my question for practitioners after all this talk about

menopause.

 

When a patient comes in saying that they have issues relating to

menopause, we are trained to treat what we see. What we see varies

depending on the patient. One might have hot flashes with no sweat.

One might have night sweats without much heat. Another might have

excessive bleeding and insomnia. Another might have low libido and

vaginal dryness......All of these patients are about 50 and all are

relating their symptoms to menopausal changes to themselves. So, you

do your differential diagnosis and come up with a variety of patterns

- one includes kidney yin vacuity, another kidney yang vacuity and a

couple don't show any kidney signs but are more related to Qi

depression - let's say.

 

My question - is there anything about the fact that they are 50 and

around the age of menopause that effects your treatment? In other

words, if you took the fact that they are in the age arena of

menopause completely out of the picture and then treated what you

see, would your treatment be different than if this information was

in the picture?

 

Thanks!

 

Sharon

 

 

Sharon Weizenbaum

86 Henry Street

Amherst, MA 01002

413-549-4021

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www.whitepinehealingarts.com