Discarding philosophical reasoning and prejudice, we will consider how to recognize the onset of menopause in order to help your body in time and reduce the risk of possible consequences.
How to determine the onset of menopause?
This question is asked, almost every woman, barely overstepping the forty-year boundary. What is not surprising, because the onset of menopause and the appearance of characteristic symptoms can not be foreseen: it is a genetic feature inherent in the birth.
Perhaps the first messenger of approaching menopause can be considered a violation of the menstrual cycle. After a certain period of time (the figure can vary from a few months to ten years), other symptoms of the onset of menopause in women will be added to the irregular cycle.
These include:
- all known, annoying at the most inopportune moment, tides . Feeling of heat, which is accompanied by excessive sweating, reddening of the skin of the face, night awakening - this is one of the most striking and unpleasant signs of the onset of menopause;
- mood swings. Many women react very sensitively to hormonal reorganization, so much so that the usual premenstrual syndrome to them and others seems like nonsense;
- dryness of the mucous membranes, including the vagina. As a result, sexual desire and quality of sex decrease;
- headaches, pressure changes, nausea, tinnitus;
- pain in the lower back, in the muscles and joints, by the way, these are not just the next symptoms of the onset of menopause, but, and possibly, signs of a woman developing osteoporosis or arthritis;
- shortness of breath, heart palpitations and heart pains, also a good reason to consult a doctor;
- and, finally, a complete cessation of menstruation.