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The Early Signs Of Menopause

September 18th, 2011

It is a fact that all women will travel through this transitional time of life and have symptoms and signs of menopause. Although every woman will experience these signs at differing levels. While the female body goes through these normal changes in levels of natural hormones one or more of these signs will appear and will vary from female to female.

As women are well into there menopause age it is very normal to experience first menopause symptoms as dry skin, hot flashes and mood swings. It is also common to be tired which is a symptom described by women who use hormone replacement therapy and those who don’t. Some women have reported such psychological effects as depression, anxiety, irritability, mood changes, memory problems and lack of concentration. Several of these signs of menopause have been reported to decrease significantly or stop altogether once the menopause age has been transitioned.

The years leading up to the last period ever is referred to as premenopause. This describes the menopause age when the levels of reproductive hormones are already becoming lower and more erratic, and the signs of menopause and hormone withdrawal may be present.

Once signs of menopause begin the monthly cycles are usually very random and irregular, it can take several months or even up to a couple of years for this type of cycling to subside. We can only estimate but not give someone an exact menopause age.

Once a woman has gone one full year with no flow at all, not even any spotting, and she still has her uterus, she can be said to be postmenopausal. When a woman reaches that point, she is one year into postmenopause. This is the menopause age most women look forward to. A woman who has her ovaries removed she will immediately be in “surgical menopause”.

Postmenopause is described at the time that follows the point when a woman’s ovaries have become inactive. This menopause age or stage takes place after a woman’s final monthly cycle and most signs of menopause seem to have subsided.

Once a woman has gone one full year with no flow at all, not even any spotting, and she still has her uterus, she can be said to be postmenopausal. When a woman reaches that point, she is one year into postmenopause. This is the menopause age most women look forward to. A woman who has her ovaries removed will immediately be in “surgical menopause”.

Experiencing these signs of menopause are a common transition in the life of a female that is very natural, it is not an illness, disease or mental disorder. This can be a challenge for some women, but for others it may not be as difficult, but all will experience some signs of menopause.