Menopause can be one of the most challenging phases of your life, a time during which radical emotional and physical changes occur, ranging from mood swings to hot flashes. menopause isn't a horrible condition or dramatic disease, it's an event, a passage, a perosnal evolution.
As women reach middle age, their world isn't neatly defined by their aging reproductive functions. Learn all the changes that surround the menopausal experience to help you broaden your perspective of the challenges.
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Menopause Fact - What Menopause Is And Isn't


Menopause can be one of the most challenging phases of your life, a time during which radical emotional and physical changes occur, ranging from mood swings to hot flashes. menopause isn't a horrible condition or dramatic disease, it's an event, a passage, a perosnal evolution.

According to the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS), menopause is "The permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from the loss of ovarian follicular activity". In a simple term, after you have your last period, you enter menopause. When you are approaching your menopause, your periods may become les regular and occur at greater intervals.

Natural Versus Induced Menopause

In fact, there are multiple types of menopause, the common one is called "Natural Menopause", and other forms of menopause which brought by other factors. Often, these types of menopause occur much earlier than a natural menopause. Some women even describe them as an "instant menopause," because there is no real transition period into them. This type of menopause occurs when a woman has changes in her estrogen levels that are unrelated to the normal changes of aging. It is often called premature menopause because it tends to occur earlier than usual, sometimes even in young adulthood.

Surgical menopause occurs when a woman has her ovaries surgically removed for some kind of medical reason. Typical medical causes can include ovarian cancer or endometriosis, a chronic inflammation of the female sex organs. This type of menopause is also called "induced menopause." It might also occur if the ovaries were damaged by chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Some estimates indicate that one in four women enters an induced or premature menopause. Because the onset of induced menopause is so abrupt those women have no gradual adjustment period to prepare for postmenopausal changes. Women who have had both ovaries surgically removed, for example, may experience dramatic, abrupt menopausal symptoms, such as severe hot flashes or vaginal dryness.

What Menopause Means

In menopause, your body undergoes changes that causes your fluctuating hormones deplete your body's calcium which resulting in bone loss. AS you age, you may become more susceptible to heart disease, diabetes, and other illness. In other term, menopause means you need to learn new ways to remain healthy, strong and vital. But, at the same time, menopause also means that you have an opportunity to enjoy new levels of freedom and self-awareness. You may find that you don't miss the experience of menstruation at all. You do not need to worry about become pregnant anymore, so your sex life can take on new depths of pleasure.


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