What can induce or cause early or artificial menopause?
Your body has its own timeline for when menopause will start and how long it will last. In fact, it’s likely that your timeline will be much like your mother’s was. However: Some medical treatments or surgical interventions in which both the ovaries are permanently damaged (radiation therapy, chemotherapy or removal of the pituitary gland) or removed (oophorectomy) and some genetic or autoimmune diseases can cause your periods to stop before age 40 and trigger early menopause. When ovaries cease to function and periods stop prematurely, the condition is known as premature ovarian failure (POF). Sometimes various lifestyle factors such as diet, stress levels, intake of medication or even excessive exercising can cause the menstrual periods to stop. Lifestyle-induced stoppage of menstrual periods is usually temporary, with periods likely to resume normally once appropriate adjustments are made.
