How Do You See If Its Premature Menopause?
Menopause is actually a single day. The long journey to that day is called perimenopause. Menopause is the actual day when you’ve gone 12 months without a period. It is when your ovaries have stopped putting out estrogen and your childbearing years cease. It comes from the Greek words “meno” which means month and “pausis” which means cessation. The more well known menopause symptoms are as follows: hot flashes, hot flushes, night sweats, sleep disturbances, itching, vaginal dryness, bleeding, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary incontinence, osteoporosis, joint pain, muscle pain, back pain, breast atrophy, skin thinning, decreased skin elasticity, mood disturbances, irritability, fatigue, memory loss, depression, decreased libido, problems reaching orgasm, and dyspareunia (painful feelings with sexual intercourse). Other lesser known symptoms can be cold flashes, headaches, and some experience “electricity” like feelings in their skin and head. Menopause has an average age of o
