Ovaries na organ wey dey bring center-stage energy for decades of woman life: e dey govern fertility and interact with organs from brain to heart, from skeleton to immune system. Because of dat, e don attract plenty scientific research.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Scientists don dey turn one old belief about one important reproductive organ, di ovaries, upside down. One Oklahoma scientist dey front line to change how we think about di ovaries after menopause.
For long time, people believe say di ovaries go dormant after menopause. But Dr. Michael Stout tok say, ‘We dey change di dogma.’
Di ovaries na female reproductive organs wey dey house and release eggs, and dem still dey produce hormones. Dr. Stout dey study aging and metabolism at di Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. He dey spearhead how di medical community dey see di ovaries.
Stout tok say after di ovaries finish dia reproductive role, dem still dey active, but di function don change. ‘Di newest data suggest say e dey release pro-inflammatory mediators wey fit come out from di ovary, enter circulation, and go out to different parts of di body,’ Stout tok.
Na dat inflammation dem don link to conditions like cardiovascular disease, plus other chronic diseases and disorders.
Stout add say now more than ever, women dey live longer after menopause. While dat na good thing, Stout tok say e fit also lead to more inflammation. ‘As a woman continues to age, dat fit become worse over time,’ Dr. Stout tok.
Stout add say dis no mean say post-menopausal women need to remove dia ovaries. He stress say plenty more research still need to happen. For now, how we think about di post-menopausal organ must change. ‘We need to start thinking about dis as an active organ, despite say e don lose its reproductive function,’ Stout tok.
