Recognize Some Menopause Signs And Symptoms

Menopause is a normal part of the aging process for all women, in fact for a few cases, menopause symptoms can occur at a young age. Medically, the word menopause refers to the date of the last menstrual period. Symptoms of menopause occurring before and after menopause is actually called the climacteric. Many of the symptoms that can be seen in menopause, among others, can be insomnia (difficulty sleeping), hot flashes, constipation, sweating, depression, memory loss, difficulty resisting the urge to urinate (urinary incontinence) and so on. Due to the nature of the symptoms vary depending on each person's, so it's good if you record your menstrual dates as well as the symptoms of "unusual" that may occur, once you reach or exceed the age of 40 years.

What is menopause?

Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advanced age women. A woman who experienced natural menopause did not know whether certain menstrual really the last menstrual until a year has passed. Menopause is sometimes referred to as change of life. This condition is also found in some other species, such as rhesus monkeys and some cetaceans.

Menopause phases

Menopause has two phases, namely Perimenopause and Postmenopausal. 

1. Perimenopause: At this stage you will begin to experience the signs and symptoms of menopause even though you still menstruate. Your hormones will rise and fall unevenly, and you may experience symptoms of menopause. 
2. Postmenopausal: When 12 months have passed since your last menstrual period, you have experienced menopause. The ovaries produce less estrogen and no progesterone.

Recognize Menopause Symptoms

Menopause is not an event that occurs suddenly, but rather a process that lasts a long time, there are certain people can even last for 10 years. So the signs and symptoms of menopause can actually be felt by most women since the 40s. The process of menstruation actually stops occur in a woman when entering the age range between 48 years to 52 years.

Approximately 75% of women experience symptoms that are very disruptive during the phase of menopause, although the severity is different for every individual. Recognizing the symptoms of menopause will help women to know himself, before menopause misinterpreted as pregnancy or other disease. Below are some of menopause symptoms that may occur for some peoples:

1. Menstrual conditions change, be it the cycle, the amount and duration of menstrual period. 
2. Hot flashes around the neck and face, sense is usually of short duration and occur at the time began to decrease menstrual blood during menstruation and lasts until completely stopped. The taste can be overcome with attention to nutritional foods and do regular exercise.
3. Sweating in the middle of the night, drying the vaginal area, began to appear wrinkles, wrinkles, shrink breast size, and mood changes. 
4. Constipation is also often experienced by some people at the time of the menstrual period, after and before menstruation. 
5. The occurrence of bone disorders, this happens due to the cessation of estrogen production by the ovaries will affect the balance of calcium in bone metabolism. If not anticipated early, there will be a deficiency of calcium can lead to bone loss known as osteoporosis.
6. Headaches will often occur in some women, because the blood vessels to the brain and head expand or even contract, this also will happen to the nerve. Swelling as well as in women who are pregnant, these events also occur frequently in postmenopausal women. To avoid these symptoms should limit salt intake.
7. Pain and tenderness are also common in menopausal age. In order to overcome this is to multiply enough rest and sleep in a day. 
8. Dryness in the vaginal area of the bladder sexual problems that cause pain, dry skin, sleep disturbance, and emotional volatile.

Symptom severity 

Each woman will have a different menopause experience, some of which may not experience symptoms that interfere. On the other hand, some women experience severe symptoms, such as hot flashes and insomnia. Research conducted by the North American Menopause Society suggests that 80 percent of menopausal women surveyed did not experience a decrease in quality of life.