Obesity and clinical psychosomatic women’s health

15.1 Introduction

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The concept “clinical psychosomatic” brings together and emphasises the connection between mind and body as being relevant to clinical medicine when evaluating diseases that affect both physical and mental health concomitantly.
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It accounts for the fact that the body and mind are not disparate entities. Rather, they are anatomically and physiologically linked via the neuroendocrine system, with their interplay influencing the maintenance of overall health and the generation of clinical psychosomatic disease conditions.
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Obesity is often associated with diseases due to clinical psychosomatic interactions that can affect women’s reproductive health, such as menstrual problems, metabolic disorders, infertility, gender-related violence, and cancer.
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Both physical and mental illnesses in such despondent patients can lead to overeating and obesity. Early recognition and appropriate attention to relentless weight gain, often due to burgeoning psychosomatic issues, would likely prevent many cases of obesity.

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Normal menstrual bleeding lasts for about 5 days, accompanied by cramping abdominal pains that radiate to the thighs, hips, and lower back, though pains may start before menstruation begins.
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These features are considered as normal by many who obtain symptomatic relief by rest, distractions, local heat, or analgesics (NSAIDs).
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Irregular menstrual cycles may occur at menarche and when the pattern for a while changes to shorter premenopausal cycles associated with oligoovulation.
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These phases can be associated with painful/heavy menstrual bleeding that affects psychosomatic welfare, more so in the obese.

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