Patient's question:
My husband's sister has recently felt like she's entering menopause and has experienced continuous menstruation. After a thorough examination at the hospital, the doctor diagnosed her with menopausal dysfunctional uterine bleeding and prescribed many Western medicines. However, with too many Western medicines, her sister's stomach couldn't handle it, and the stomach pain made her unable to eat. The sister's husband wants to stop taking Western medicines and switch to dietary therapy. What should be eaten for menopausal dysfunctional uterine bleeding?Doctor's answer:
You women enter menopause when the ovarian function has begun to decline. The hormone levels of the ovaries lose feedback to the hypothalamus and pituitary, causing the pituitary to secrete varying levels of gonadotropins. Although the remaining follicles in the ovaries may also grow and develop, they do not ovulate. The endometrial glands, under the long-term effect of estrogen, exhibit persistent fibrosis. They can again develop mild fibrosis, hyperplasia with cystic changes, or hyperplasia with adenomatous changes. When estrogen levels fluctuate significantly again, the endometrium is incomplete and sheds, leading to irregular uterine bleeding.