Hot flashes and sleep disturbances are typical characters for the Menopause. In General, women are around 50 years old, if you come into the menopause.
But you can be much faster to issue than expected: Approximately one percent of the women in Germany are affected by a premature Menopause.
This can occur ten to 15 years earlier than usual.
The menopause and its symptoms
Typically start the menopause at around 50 to 51 years – the average menopause age. They are accompanied by complaints such as hot flushes, sleep disorders, mental instability, joint pain, reduced Libido, vaginal dryness, and other discomfort.
The Menopause occurs when the ovaries slowly become inactive. Then the body slows the production of the hormone Estrogen and the distances between the month, bleeding, getting bigger and bigger, until you expose it to finally complete.
The last natural menstrual period in a woman’s life is called the Menopause.
Signs of premature menopause
From “premature menopause” is called, if the function of the ovaries before the age of 40. Age wears off and a woman has no menstrual bleeding more. If women are not able to be under the age of 40 to get pregnant and symptoms of Menopause are suspected premature menopause.
Are affected approximately one percent of the women, 0.3 percent, even before the age of 35. Years of age.
In addition to the typical menopausal symptoms can have an impact in addition, the early appearance of hormone deficiency negative:
Scientific studies show that women early in the menopause and no concomitant hormone replacement therapy could be at an increased risk for osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and dementia.
The causes for early Menopause
The causes of premature menopause can be exactly determined. Many factors are involved. A particularly large role in the inheritance, that is, the genetic factor plays.
It is assumed that the Menopause is 40 to 85 percent is genetically determined. Often, many generations of women in a family of early or late menopause are affected.
Since the Eizellvorrat is already created in the female Embryo also plays a role, which the mother was exposed to influences during pregnancy. She has to get strong medication? She has smoked?
Also, women who have an Operation in the area of the uterus or of the ovaries or of the fallopian tubes behind, in the cutting a little earlier in the menopause.
Blood test with the Ob-GYN provides information
Who suffers from the above symptoms and fears that he’ll be premature in menopause, you should consult a gynecologist.
In the first days of the cycle, a blood test enlightenment. The values of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and Estrogen measured, and thus checks whether the change occurred or not.
Sources
- Muka, T. et al. (2016): Association of Age at Onset of Menopause and Time Since Onset of Menopause With Cardiovascular Outcomes, Intermediate Vascular Traits, and All-Cause Mortality. Archived from the original on 22.11.2019: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2551981
- Ryan, J. et al. (2014): Impact of a premature menopause on cognitive function in later life. Archived from the original on 22.11.2019 https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.&/1471-0528.12828
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