Med. praxi. 2011;8(7):326-329
Climacteric medicine is a multidisciplinary branch of medicine, contains prevention and treatment of the wide scale of health complaints
by women and men, in connection to the aging. Most of these complaints in women develops on the basis of estrogen deficiency and
primarily needs estrogen therapy. In early postmenopause in age 50-59 years estrogens are a prevention of the coronary heart disease
and postmenopausal osteoporosis. General practitioner should play the main role in prevention and treatment of health problems of
the climacteric medicine, just besides in addition to gynecologist.
Published: August 1, 2011 Show citation