{"id":"2c7de1f2aa19","type":"article","url":"https://hartvaat.nl/2026/02/24/de-overgang-naar-de-menopauze-tien-klinische-vragen-beantwoord/","title":"De overgang naar de menopauze: tien klinische vragen beantwoord","title_en":"[Menopausal transition].","category":"algemeen","category_label":"Algemeen","professions":["huisarts","internist"],"tags":["bradycardie","vrouwen"],"journal":"Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde","doi":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41718673/","source_url":"https://doi.org/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41718673/","authors":["C A H Ineke Janssen","Anneloes A L Smits"],"significance":5,"published":"2026-02-24","source_date":"2026-02-24","image":"https://hartvaat.nl/global/img/0ef5024189ff.webp","kennis":[],"congress":"","summary_en":"This educational article in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde answers ten common clinical questions about the menopausal transition, covering aetiology, symptoms, laboratory evaluation, sexuality, contraception, and the risks and benefits of hormonal and non-hormonal treatments.","created":"2026-07-03T10:25:09Z","updated":"2026-07-03T13:24:36Z","licence":"Citeer vrij, met bronvermelding en een link naar hartvaat.nl (de url van het record). Samenvattingen zijn redactioneel werk van HartVaat; de oorspronkelijke publicaties blijven van hun uitgevers (doi). Geen medisch advies.","body_markdown":"In dit educatieve artikel worden tien veelvoorkomende medische vragen over de menopauzale transitie beantwoord, waaronder etiologie, symptomen, laboratoriumonderzoek, seksualiteit, anticonceptie, en de risico's en voordelen van hormonale en niet-hormonale behandelingen.","abstract_original":"In this educative article 10 medical questions related to the menopausal transition are answered. The questions are related to etiology, symptomatology, lab investigation, sexuality, need for contraception, hormonal and non-hormonal treatments and their risks and benefits. The purpose of this article is to assist the healthcare practitioner to understand the impact of the menopausal transition, to recognize the symptoms and to understand the risks and benefits of treatment. As women on average work and live longer, they are on average 30 percent of their lives postmenopausal. Attention should be paid to quality of life not only during menopausal transition, but also thereafter, with special awareness of the long term sequelae on women's health."}