The current generation of women is that more will undergo changes in role of recent decades.

-These changes have had an impact on the quality of its ageing, equating the man

-incorporation into working life, late motherhood, the acquisition of unhealthy life habits and the emotional burden of this change of roles, major factors

Madrid, March 2012.- the current generation of women is that more will suffer the role changes in the life of women in recent decades, as concludes Antonio de Dios, specialist in psychology of USP Hospital Marbella, because it is always the generation that makes the change that most suffer the consequences. It is hoped that within a few years the Division of roles is more shared and has a greater naturalness ” in the Division of roles. According to Antonio de Dios, in recent decades women has been taken progressively roles traditionally assigned to the man, while man has taken part of the roles assigned to women at the same pace. This has produced a overload ” in women, which can end up triggering a pathology.

In fact, the changes associated with this exchange of roles between men and women have had impact on aspects related to the health of women, which have led to a matching the quality of aging between men and women and a higher incidence of diseases as obesity, strokes or cancer.

For the DRA. Grace Lasheras, psychiatrist of USP Dexeus, in this change, women has gained financial autonomy – first and basic link in its freedom, but still continues to pay a very high price: assume the role of mother, homemaker and of worker can descompensar the balance of external demand (what the environment requires) versus domestic supply (what I am capable of giving), triggering the stress, which will result in symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, lack of concentration and insomnia ”.

Changes in the lives of women, particularly in the last 4 decades, has had impact on the quality of its ageing, equating it to the man, a trend noted over the past 30 years, especially by the acquisition of of living unhealthy habits such as smoking, sedentary – especially associated with their incorporation into working life – and changes in food. This has made the man life expectancy to shorten distances on the woman, which continues to improve, but does so more slowly.

The life expectancy of men and women, continues to positively evolve at a pace of a year of life for each period of five years, but in recent years, the difference has been shortened since the evolution of women’s life expectancy grows more slowly. Dr. Paul Asensio, specialist in internal medicine from the hospital USP Santa Teresa (A Coruña), points to the cause of this change lies in the fact that in recent decades women have adopted habits that were previously more own male, such as the consumption of tobacco, sedentary lifestyle, stress and poor nutrition ”, which has caused that women has equaled men in the prevalence of certain diseases determined by environmental factors, such as cardiovascular disease, strokes and cancer ”.

In addition, sedentary lifestyle and diet changes, linked to their incorporation into working life have resulted in a higher incidence of obesity in women than in men, such as Dr. Alfredo Alonso Poza, specialist in surgery of the obesity of the Hospital USP San Camilo (Madrid), an incidence than increases when the woman becomes a situation of unemployment ” by changes the new economic situation produce in the family shopping basket.

According to Dr. Asensio, these diseases can be prevented by following a few simple basic tips: perform 30 minutes of moderate daily physical activity, not smoking, controlling factors of risk (cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension), maintain a healthy diet and a BMI between 19 and 25, and avoidance of contraceptives in women smokers because it increases cardiovascular disease and thromboembolic ”.

Screening

However, not all changes are negative, the highest cultural level of women and the generalization of the screening and preventive medicine programs, also have impacted significantly on the health of women. Thus, screening programmes have significantly improved the prognosis of cancer of the breast and cervix which, despite its impact, have seen how grows their survival and mortality is reduced at a rate of 1-2% a year, thanks to early detection and improvements in treatment ”, such as the Dr. José María Román Santamaria, head of the breast unit USP San Camilo.

On the other hand, the incorporation of women into the labour market has been delayed the age of motherhood, a fact which in some respects benefits to the mother and the baby. Dr. José Luis Prieto, specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Hospital USP San José (Madrid), recalls that the age that today women often mothers previously considered of risk. Now, if they have no associated pathology, is not as such ”. Furthermore, stresses that they tend to be most desired babies, so the relationship is stronger and there is a lower rate of depression after delivery ” and concludes that seems to be that women who have been older mothers tend to age more slowly and live longer than other women ”.

For his part, Dr. Adolfo López, Chief of the service of obstetrics and Gynaecology of USP Sagrado Corazón (Sevilla) warns that older, the risk of gestational diabetes, hypertension and obesity associated with pregnancy is higher and recalls that at the stage of games, physically demanding will also be greater, but that the medical problems associated with maternal age in relation to pregnancy must be placed in the background ” that risks can be overcome by monitoring and birth control.

All these factors influence, according to the DRA. Mª Teresa Ubierna, specialist in orthopedic surgery and Traumatology of USP Dexeus, the women’s health and your system of bones, cartilage, joints, tendons and muscles throughout his life ” because ” can not neglect the fundamental pillars:, diet, physical exercise and bone quality ” and often does so in his quest by reconcile all the roles you have in life ”. When this does not take account, and add that women is different from man of irrefutable way in their hormonal Physiology, the result is that older women comes to consultation with signs of ageing of cartilage, arthrosis and osteoporosis ”.

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Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Madrid, USP hospital is the first hospital private group in the Spanish market. Currently, USP hospital boasts a network of 12 hospitals, 23 health centres and 4,000 doctors annually serving more than two million patients.