Most women enter menopause between the ages of 48 and 51, but this is not a rule and a woman can begin to experience the hot flashes typical of menopause at 42.
After the onset of symptoms, menopause can take up to 5 years to set in. During this period called climacteric, symptoms such as sudden heat, difficulty sleeping, headache and irregular menstruation may appear with greater or lesser intensity.
When a woman begins to experience these symptoms before the age of 42, a somewhat less common situation, it is said to be an early menopause. Basically, the sooner the first symptoms appear, the sooner the woman will enter menopause.
Difference Between Pre-menopause and Early Menopause
The only difference between Pre-menopause and Early Menopause is the age a woman is when the first symptoms appear. All women will go through the pre-menopause period, also called climacteric, however, only women who show the first symptoms before the age of 42 will be in the early menopause.
Early menopause can be related to health problems involving hormonal changes or ovarian disease that causes these organs to fail. So they stop producing hormones, the woman stops ovulating and consequently is no longer able to get pregnant. But as this process is usually slow, some women become pregnant during this period.
Symptoms of menopause
Symptoms characteristic of menopause are:
- Heat waves that appear suddenly and get the body to sweat; Dry vagina 1 and decreased libido, which decreases the interest in intimate contact; Skin and hair lose shine and elasticity and become drier; Irregular menstruation.
Sometimes the woman presents a symptom in one month and sometimes the following month, until over time they intensify and become more present. The gynecologist comes to the conclusion that the woman is in menopause after 12 months of menstrual absence.
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Treatment for menopause can be done with hormone replacement therapy, using synthetic hormones, but it can also be done naturally with the use of soy lecithin, for example. The gynecologist will be able to indicate all the therapeutic options to relieve the discomfort of menopause, but there are natural strategies that contribute to the woman's well-being. Check out the video below:
