Abstract

BARCIA, Javier Maure. Vasomotor symptoms in climateric woman. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.4, pp. 577-592. ISSN 0138-600X.

Introduction: the more precocious and characteristic symptoms of climateric period are the vasomotor symptoms, which are produced due to the intermittent loss of vasomotor control by lack of a negative feedback of estradiol on the hypothalamus. Objective: to provide an updated knowledge on the physiopathologic features of vasomotor symptomatology in climateric woman. Methods: authors carried out an updated bibliographic review on above mentioned symptomatology related to climateric syndrome, as well as texts, journals and monographs. Results: summarized pictures and schemes of the physiopathologic features of symptoms, as well as a proposal of algorithm for management of vasomotor symptoms in the Health Primary Care. Conclusions: the perimenopause modifications may to begin during the fifth decade of life. In this period the earlier symptoms include: suffocations and sweatings involving the 75-85% of women.

Keywords : climateric; vasomotor symptoms; stifling.

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