Hi, Anon, and thank you so much for your question.
Night sweats are usually a sign of perimenopause or menopause itself. Do you sometimes have hot flashes during the day as well?
By "sterilized" you mean you had your tubes tied, right? But you are still having periods and you haven't had a hysterectomy, is that right?
It sounds like you need an appointment with a gynecologist who can figure out whether you are experiencing perimenopause. Here is the Mayo Clinic's list of symptoms for these years before menopause -- do any of them sound familiar to you besides the night sweats?
It may be much easier to talk to an ob/gyn than it is to talk to your regular GP about this. You may have thought that since you were done having children that you didn't need an ob/gyn, but that's not true; our female bodies have a lot of things we want to keep tabs on in our forties and beyond! Your gynecologist can order blood tests and saliva tests to see what your levels of estrogen, progesterone and FSH are, and tell whether you are low. You can talk with her about whether some kind of natural hormone replacement would help with your symptoms.
Is this possible for you to do? If you need help finding a gynecologist, just let us know where you live and we'll see what we can find for you.
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Hi, Anon, and thank you so much for your question.
Night sweats are usually a sign of perimenopause or menopause itself. Do you sometimes have hot flashes during the day as well?
By "sterilized" you mean you had your tubes tied, right? But you are still having periods and you haven't had a hysterectomy, is that right?
It sounds like you need an appointment with a gynecologist who can figure out whether you are experiencing perimenopause. Here is the Mayo Clinic's list of symptoms for these years before menopause -- do any of them sound familiar to you besides the night sweats?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/perimenopause/DS00554/DSECTION=symptoms
It may be much easier to talk to an ob/gyn than it is to talk to your regular GP about this. You may have thought that since you were done having children that you didn't need an ob/gyn, but that's not true; our female bodies have a lot of things we want to keep tabs on in our forties and beyond! Your gynecologist can order blood tests and saliva tests to see what your levels of estrogen, progesterone and FSH are, and tell whether you are low. You can talk with her about whether some kind of natural hormone replacement would help with your symptoms.
Is this possible for you to do? If you need help finding a gynecologist, just let us know where you live and we'll see what we can find for you.
May 28, 2009 - 8:28amThis Comment
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