Menopause

WHAT IS MENOPAUSE?

• Menopause - also known as the "Change of life" or "Climacteric" - is a stage of a womans reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop producing estrogen, causing the reproductive system to gradually shut down.

• Technically, menopause refers to a point in time when your periods stop permanently.

• Whereas the gradual process through which this occurs, which typically takes a year but may last as little as six months or more than five years, is known as climacteric. Popular use, however, replaces climacteric with menopause.

• Menopause can either be natural or surgically induced. A natural or physiological menopause refers to the ceasing of menses that is a part of a woman's normal ageing process. However, a surgically induced menopause refers to the ceasing of menses for reasons such as because the woman has had a previous hysterectomy.
  

WHEN DOES MENOPAUSE OCCUR?

• The average onset of menopause is 50.5 years, but some women enter menopause at a younger age, especially if they have suffered from cancer or another serious illness and undergone chemotherapy.

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