Paul Rodgers asked:


The hormonal changes associated with menopause actually begin prior to the last menstrual period, during a 3- to 5-year period called perimenopause. The ovaries begin producing lower amounts of estrogen and other steroid hormones prior to menopause during a phase called perimenopause. Perimenopause is heralded by the onset of irregular periods. 

Menopause is the end of the reproductive years rather than the beginning, and thus it is the opposite of menarche, nonetheless it can usefully be compared with that event: the menopause transition years are in many ways similar to puberty in that women experience hormonal fluctuations which usher in a new stage of life. 

Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation which occurs a considerable length of time before the end of the lifespan. Menopause is considered premature if it occurs before age 35. It is considered late if it occurs in a woman older than 55 years. Menopause is a natural biologic event that does not need to be prevented.

Menopause Symptoms

Symptoms related to menopause are caused by changing or dropping hormone levels and usually end 1 or 2 years after menopause. As menopause approaches, women often experience a number of physical and emotional symptoms including:

Irregular menstrual periods

Hot flashes and night sweats

Disturbed sleep patterns, insomnia

Anxiety

Significant mood changes

Depression

Dry skinIrritability

Vaginal dryness and pain with sexual intercourse

Difficulty concentrating

Trouble remembering things

Diminished interest in sex

Frequent urination or leaking of urine

Headaches

Achy joints

Fatigue

Early morning awakening.

Symptoms may last from 6 months to about 10 years.

Understanding the natural progression of age in a woman\’s body and becoming acquainted with the therapies available, allows women today to manage their symptoms, however hideous and to be proactive in maintaining their health for their later years.

Women of different ethnicities report significantly different types of menopausal \”symptoms\”. One major study found Caucasian women most likely to report what are sometimes described as psychosomatic symptoms, while African-american women were more likely to report vasomotor symptoms. 

Herbal Treatments For Monepause

It is a personal choice for women who desire menopause relief, and this choice should be made after much consideration about the possible side effects of the treatments.  Some women concerned about the risks of hormone therapy choose alternative therapies, including homeopathy, herbal treatments, and Chinese medicine. Now that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) no longer commands the primary focus since its reputation has been tarnished, an abundance of prescription drugs are primed to fill the void and sell us treatments for osteoporosis, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, and heart disease. 

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Menopause Gum is the relief of menopausal symptoms, naturally and without a prescription.  The Gum is unique in it\’s form of delivering the needed help for sufferers of menopausal symptoms, in a much more appealing form. Menopause Gum is ingested without water through the membranes of the mouth, so more of the essential supplement is delivered to and retained in your body.

Menopause Gum is safe and effective thanks to a scientific blend of old-world herbs. While all four of these ingredients – dong quai root, black cohosh root  extract, damina leaf, mexican wild yam root - are in common use and available in health-food stores nationwide. Zoft Menopause Gum is the only herbal supplement to combine all four of these powerful herbal ingredients. 

Conclusion

A natural or physiological menopause is that which occurs as a part of a woman\’s normal aging process. Rather than a single point in time, menopause is a process or transitional period when women move away from the phase of life where reproduction is possible. 

Learn what menopause is, the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, and the treatments for menopause from traditional hormone replacement therapy or HRT to natural and bioidentical treatments for menopause. Women need to remember menopause is simply another stage of life, not a disease.



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John Howard asked:


Menopause comes with its own problems for women. Some of the symptoms of menopause include, slowing down and then total cessation of menstruation, elimination of child bearing hormones and decrease in the breast size. Women also complain of other uncomfortable symptoms including, insomnia, night sweats, erratic moods and vaginal dryness as menopause sets on. Fortunately though there are many natural menopause products available in the market that can help them provide relief. You can find many such products being extensively advertised over the internet too. Along with valuable information you can also shop for such products over the internet, what with the wide variety on offer online.

One of the most popular of all natural menopause products is the herb, Sage. This Mediterranean herb is known for its varied medicinal properties and is known to have been used for centuries together by the Egyptians, Romans and Greeks. The herb is known to contain several useful medicinal ingredients including, camphor, flavonoids, tannins, borneol, cineole and beta-thujone. The medicinal properties of this herb include being, anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. This herb also acts as an astringent, apart from being a good perspiration inhibitor. Clinical studies have clearly shown the efficacy of Sage when it comes to reducing the occurrence of excessive sweating during menopausal hot flashes.

Another one of the important natural menopause products is a Chinese herb called Dong Quai. This herb is also used in to treat other women’s health issues including menstrual cramps. Soy Isoflavones is a by product of soy beans and has been found useful as a natural remedy for relief from menopause symptoms. The soy acts as a very mild estrogen. This helps women to avoid using any prescription hormone replacement in many cases. There are many naturopaths who often recommend women who have just attained menopause or who are witnessing the symptoms of attaining menopause to eat soy containing food for this reason

Black cohosh root is another natural menopause product that is used by women in many parts of the world. This herb gives relief from symptoms such as headaches, vaginal dryness, relieves hot flashes, insomnia and headaches. Since it is a natural herb there are virtually no chances of any negative side effects. In fact this is one reason for the wide spread popularity of this natural remedy. You can always choose the right natural menopause products for your needs from this extensive list. It is always preferable that you talk to your doctor, even if you were to take natural menopause products.



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Yehudiit asked:


I feel kinda silly asking this.. but

If a girl starts her period at a young age.. will she go through menopause at a younger age than a girl who began her period later?

Or will the opposite occur?

thanks so much!

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ladeda asked:


This is a little embarrassing..
I started my periods when I was nine years old. Does this mean I will go through the menopause earlier?
If its to do with family..
My mum is 47 and hasn’t gone through the menopause yet.
Im just worried.
Thanks x
Im only 15 btw.

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Exploremore asked:


I studied the menstrual cycle at school already… but I failed to understand some key concepts..

Does a woman have a period every month of her life until menopause? If she does, how come I’ve never seen my mom’s bed sheets with blood?
Now this other question is a serious question… when in porn movies, they sometimes don’t use protective gear like condoms. Doesn’t the female get pregnant when sperm is injected into her vagina?
What’s a tampon and how is it used?

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Groshan Fabiola asked:


Menopause is a normal period in a woman’s life beginning in most of the cases after reaching 45 years. It’s a natural phenomenon that can not be considered a disease despite its’ symptoms. A low level of estrogen is believed to be the main cause of unwanted symptoms like vaginal dryness, hot flashes, memory loss or insomnia, specific in this period of a woman’s life, but also the cause of more dangerous consequences like osteoporosis or even heart attacks. That’s why a special treatment and care from a medical staff is needed.

Many so called treatments can fight against those unpleasant symptoms. Hormone therapy is one of the most used treatments at menopause. It fights especially against bone weakness or memory loss, but because it includes the hormone called estrogen it helps in almost every case. This kind of treatment is not recommended without a doctor’s order because it can lead to side-effects.

Phytoestrogens are also a helpful treatment for women who have reached menopause. Containing phytoestrogens, soy and other herbs like wild yam or valerian root can have a benefic effect over menopause symptoms.

Calcium and vitamin treatment is very important for menopausal women, but a healthy diet can also help preventing osteoporosis or heart attacks. Giving up smoking or lack of alcohol reduce the risk of premature menopause. As a conclusion we may say that a healthy and active life prevents early menopause and reduces the risks of osteoporosis and heart attacks or other specific symptoms of this period.

Managing stress also means a problem for menopausal women. A treatment is not recommended but a massage or a warm bath and even quiet music can relax women.

For one of the most painful symptoms of menopause, vaginal dryness, moisturizers and lubricants are indicated.

Even though menopause symptoms are not general, each symptom represents a problem for women.

Menopause main symptoms are hot flashes, vaginal dryness, depression and memory loss. For each one of these doctors give women some indications. For example to get rid of hot flashes, wearing cotton clothes could be a solution. Less alcohol and tobacco is recommended as much as unseasoned food.

For vaginal dryness lubricant is a solution. Exercising and drinking a lot of liquids is recommended for these cases.

An easy form of depression is seen at some women, during their menopause. As a solution open talk is the recommendation.

Many other problems occur during menopause. Memory loss is one of them. It’s recommended for women to write things and try to use note books or reminders. Another problem that affects not only the body form but also the moral is weight gain. Weight gain can be stopped with the help of exercises and with a decrease of food rate.

For more resources about menopause symptoms or even about early menopause symptoms please review http://www.menopause-info-guide.com



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Ruben Knisely asked:


Menopause is the border that appears in a woman’s life between the reproductive part and the non-reproductive part. Usually, this transition appears around the age of 50 but it is never exact. For some women, the change can come earlier while for others can come later. It depends on the biological clock of every woman.

Perimenopause is the part of a woman’s life ranging 2-8 years before the actual menopause, caused by the beginning of hormone levels to change going up and down, creating fluctuations in the menstrual cycles. This stage usually appears in a woman’s life between the ages of 40 and 50. The menstrual changes may appear in some cases in the late 30’s once the hormones levels start dropping and the fertility naturally declines, while for others, those signs appear only in the late 40’s.

Post menopause represents the part of life that starts one year after the last menstrual period, when the hormones levels remain low and stop fluctuating, and symptoms usually subside. From this point on, a woman can enjoy a life free of menstrual bleeding and birth control concerns.

Causes of menopause

Together with body aging, the egg supply of a woman ages too. So the ovulations are rarer, causing variations in the hormones production. Eventually, there won’t be enough progesterone and estrogens in the body for the menstruation, so it will stop. This is the natural cause for menopause.

Menopause may also have unnatural causes like: oophorectomy (surgical removal of the ovaries), radiation therapy in the abdominal area or chemotherapy.

The symptoms of menopause

Along with the perimenopause, irregular menstrual cycles appear and can cause heavy menstrual bleeding. Among the symptoms of the menopause we encounter hot flashes, insomnia, cloudy thinking, headaches, heart palpitations, mood swings, irritability, depression, and anxiety. The symptoms may appear even before the menopause and last a while after the transition is completed. Also the symptoms do not appear to all women with the same intensity, for some women it may be a difficult challenge while others can pass through it without noticing many changes.

Most of the symptoms of the menopause are caused by the variation of the hormones released in the body or by their low levels. Yet, if the main cause is the fluctuation, the symptoms will improve or disappear after the settlement of the levels. In some cases the symptoms like hot flashes can last a longer time after the menopause is reached. If the symptoms are caused by the lack of the needed quantity of hormones, as in the case of vaginal dryness, they can be easily treated.

The recognition of the actual stages of the menopause

The perimenopause and menopause don’t need tests to be recognized. A woman and her doctor can tell when the perimenopause has begun by the variation of the physical and emotional symptoms and the irregularity of the menstrual cycles.

Women aging around 40 years are most probably at perimenopause if there are variations of the menstrual cycles, and irregular bleedings. Yet, a specialist should be consulted because in some cases there is the possibility for those symptoms to caused by other factors as pregnancy complications or infections.

If the menstruation has been missing for one year, a woman has reached menopause.

Is treatment required?

Because menopause is a natural process encountered in every woman, it doesn’t require medication. The consequences of the menopause, as well as those of aging, will affect a woman’s body and will make necessary some slight changes in the lifestyle, like: changing the diet into a more appropriate one - healthier - make physical and mental exercises on a regular basis, reduce the factors of stress, reduce caffeine, alcohol and tobacco use.

If a woman considers that a lifestyle change is not enough help for relieving the menopause symptoms, she can turn to therapy: hormone therapy, hormone replace therapy, blood pressure medicine, antidepressants or alternative supplements. In this case, it is best for every woman that turns to this kind of treatments that there are always possible risks and side effects. Therapies based on hormones can cause health problems like cancer, heart conditions or blood pressure. The chances for a woman on therapy to develop complications are not known and cannot be found out from statistics. Before starting a treatment, any woman must consult a specialist.



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Muna wa Wanjiru asked:


Menopause is a natural process in women’s life cycle. Most of the women experience many signs before and during menopause. Such signs are painful and make them uncomfortable. But the signs of menopause are not a prolonged disease. It will be normally disappeared after the menopause. The normal age of menopause is 45 to 52. Yet the symptoms require some treatments because thee are very unpleasant and painful.

The normal and initial sign of menopause is irregular periods. You may get your periods too frequently or too long. One month you may have heavy bleeding and in the next month you may feel light bleeding. These changes are due to hormone imbalances. Most of the women all over the world face hot flashes as the sign of menopause. It is warm prickly feeling in the back.

Another common sign is the dryness in vagina and uterine. You may feel less elasticity and lubricant in your vagina. This will be more uncomfortable and require some treatment. Some women face urine and vaginal infection due to the dryness. Some change in the life style and food habits will provide you relief. Drinking plenty of water and taking melon and citrus fruits will reduce your problem.

Some women experience some physical changes like over weight in waist and abdomen, tenderness in breast, hair loss, unwanted hair growth in chin, upper lip etc.These changes will generally upset women and some of them develop stress and depression due to such changes. Care and affection from the family members can minimize the problem.

Night sweat is another common sign of menopause. You will feel excessive sweating during nights and so you may not get sound sleep. Some women also feel excessive coldness during nights.

As you get older you may also have joint pains, muscular pains etc. You also face severe head ache before and during menopause. Bladder control problem is another sign of menopause. You may feel passing urine frequently and most urgently. But remember it may be due to diabetes also.

Some women face the problem of irregular heart beat. Some others face the changes in body odors and breathe. Some may feel bitterness or burning sense in tongue. Some face gum problems and changes in the finger nails. Indigestion and gastrointestinal problems are also the signs of menopause.

There are some emotional signs also. Many women face the problem of memory loss, lack of concentration, mood fluctuations, sudden anger, anxiety etc. These are the signs of menopause. Stress and depression may also occur. Most of the women feel deserted during menopause. Family responsibilities, child caring, occupational problems etc may worse the signs of menopause. But an understanding life partner can help to minimize the problems of menopause.



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Janet Martin asked:


Although there are many signs of perimenopause, majority of women are still unaware that they have reached this stage. This is true especially for those who are taking pills. In fact, quite a number realize that they have undergone The Change, which is what many women call menopause, only when they no longer have their monthly period for about a year.

If you think that you are experiencing the changes brought about by this phase in a woman’s life but are unsure, read on to learn more about the clues to watch out for regarding menopause.

Clue # 1: Irregular Periods

During perimenopause, the transition phase to menopause, your sex hormone levels become irregular. As a result of this imbalance, your monthly period becomes irregular too. Women who are taking birth control pills might think that the changes and delays in their menstrual cycle may be due to oral contraceptive so they do not realize immediately that they are already experiencing The Change.

If you suspect that you are already going through the signs of menopause, you may want to ditch the pill. However, you can still use other contraceptives. Although your sex hormones may fluctuate, you still have eggs in your ovaries and can still become pregnant during perimenopause. So be careful. Besides, using pills does not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Clue # 2: Hot Flashes And Other Symptoms

If you are having changes in your menstrual period plus you are also going through mood changes, night sweating, hot flashes, insomnia, unexplainable depression, water retention, weight gain and other symptoms that are linked to menopause, then probably your body is already preparing to enter the menopausal stage. At this time, your body is estrogen deprived so there would be a lot changes that you will have to go through because of this hormonal deficiency. Headaches are also common because you no longer have the soothing effect of estrogen. However, you may not readily notice these symptoms because they can be mild or unpredictable.

Clue # 3: Age

Menopause is something that many women dread about. So even if they are in their late 40’s or early 50’s they wouldn’t want to accept the fact that the changes that they may be feeling are due to menopause. Since the average age of women in the United States who undergo menopause is 51, you can assume that the changes you are feeling may be due to your fluctuating hormones when you are around this age.

Clue # 4: Ask Your Mother

Unless your mother had a hysterectomy or have her ovaries removed, you should ask her about the time she had her menopause because you will probably experience The Change at just about the same age.  However, if you are a smoker, menopause will probably come to you a year or two earlier.

If you suspect that you are already going through menopause, you should visit your doctor. You can also confirm that you already reached menopause if you do not have your menses for 12 consecutive months. You can also ask your doctor to check your FSH, or follicle-stimulating hormone. However, the doctor might need to check FSH level in your blood for several times just to be sure.

Once you are sure that you have menopause, you can now concentrate on dealing with your symptoms. You can get a Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to ease common menopausal symptoms. But if you are afraid of side effects that the HRT might bring, you can always try natural supplements such as Menersa. For more details about this product, simply visit http://www.menersa.com/.



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Nathalie Fiset asked:


Symptoms of Early menopause

Forewarned is forearmed.

This is one of life’s adages that women should live by especially when dealing with menopause.

Menopause is a period that all women will go through eventually. It is inevitable. It happens when the ovaries run out of eggs and when levels of secretion of female hormones estrogen, progesterone and androgen go down. Menopause marks the end of a woman’s child-bearing days. This often occurs in their mid-50s. Usually, women who began their menstrual period early will also menopause early.

In addition to the end of one’s fertile days, menopause also brings several changes in the body. Because of the decreased levels of the female hormones, women will experience a lot of changes. In fact, these changes can actually be observed even before the actual menopause period.

Delayed again!

One of the earliest signs and symptoms of Menopause is menstrual irregularities. The effect may be varied depending on the person. There are some who will have decreased flow while others will skip their periods in some months. So don’t be surprised if you suddenly miss your monthly flow for four consecutive months.

This is quite ordinary when menopause is about to happen. This is due to the decreasing secretions of progesterone. Of course, you also have to make sure that you are not pregnant because that may be the case.

Is it warm in here?

Women who are nearing their menopausal days may also find themselves perspiring even when the temperature is already way low. Some will even start bringing battery-operated fans because they just can’t stand the heat even when inside an air-conditioned office room. What they are experiencing are hot flashes.

Hot flashes are characterized feelings of warmth and sweating even when it is actually cold brought on by the abrupt change in body temperature. About a quarter of women go through this phenomena, making it the most common indicator of menopause .

Can’t sleep

As if hot flashes and irregular monthly flow is not enough, women may also find it hard to sleep without any reason. Some also experience night sweats.

Unpredictable as the weather

Mood swings is perhaps one of the most popular symptoms of those nearing menopause. Women will be more susceptible to depression and feelings of lowliness and loneliness. They also get easily irritated more than usual and may suffer from see-saw of emotions. Happy-sad-happy-sad.

It’s in the vagina

When levels of estrogen drops, the lubrication and elasticity of the vaginal tissues may suffer. This makes intercourse more painful than before. This is the reason why some people say that sex drive goes on the a nosedive before and during menopause. Those nearing menopause are also more susceptible to urinary infections as well as vaginal problems. Urinary incontinence is also not uncommon.

Bone problems

Declining levels of the female hormone estrogen may result in bone problems especially when there is not enough calcium deposits in the body. Women will find it harder to do some work.

They will also lose some of their flexibility. Their bones become more fragile and easily broken. In fact, women who are nearing their menopausal period are advised to take lots of calcium-rich foods because the risk for osteoporosis increases. Bone loss is one of the effects of menopause that women should not take for granted.

Fats reign

Unfortunately, changes in the estrogen levels may increase the levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. Often called the bad cholesterol, this increases one’s risk of heart disease.

As an added blow, the levels of the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol or what is called the good cholesterol also decrease as one grows old.



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