Will You Experience Early Menopause Symptoms?

Will You Experience Early Menopause Symptoms?
Did you know early menopause typically means that a woman
experiences menopause symptoms before the average age of
47? Symptoms of early menopause may start as young as the
20's, 30's, or 40's.

This time leading up to actual menopause is called
perimenopause and is started by fluctuating hormone levels.
Typically perimenopause can start in the late 30's or
early 40's. Often when people talk about menopause,
they're actually talking about perimenopause since this is
the time they first begin noticing early menopause symptoms
such as hot flashes, sweats, irregular periods, and mood
swings.

The actual definition of full menopause is total cessation
of periods and an FSH hormone level in an elevated range.
The average age for women to have completed menopause is
age 51 which means, that if it starts or ends sooner, early
menopause has been encountered.

Conditions contributing to early menopause symptoms:
Anything that causes premature ovarian failure is a major
contributor to early menopause symptoms. The two major
factors are autoimmune disorder and chromosomal
irregularity. In the case of autoimmune disorder, the
body's immune system mistakenly attacks itself which, if
involve the ovaries, leads to missed periods and early
menopause symptoms. Chromosomal irregularities are of a
hereditary nature and caused by defects on the X chromosome.

Surgery also leads to early menopause symptoms

Typically, a total hysterectomy drives lower estrogen and
progesterone levels and immediate menopause is the result.
Removal of either or both ovaries due to cancer, cysts, or
tubal ligation also radically alters hormone levels which
can lead to early menopause symptoms.

Other factors leading to early menopause symptoms

Family history is a leading factor as women tend to go
through menopause at about the same time as their mothers
and sisters. Viral infections in the womb can cause the
child to be born with a lower number of eggs, which causes
symptoms of early menopause later in life.

Diseases leading to early menopause symptoms

Thyroid disease is a major disease leading to early
menopause as well as pituitary and/or hypothamic disorders.

Historically, physicians prescribed hormone replacement
therapy to offset the unpleasant side effects of menopause.
However, results from a National Institute of Health study
published on July 9, 2002 showed marked increases in breast
cancer, heart attacks, stroke, and blood clots in the test
group. The study, which made headlines around the world,
lead medical organizations and the food and drug
administration to revise their policies for hormone
replacement therapy.

Currently, the rage is the use of all-natural progesterone
creams, which provide the same symptomatic relief, but with
all-natural ingredients and without the side effects of
hormone replacement therapy.

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