Symptoms of the menopause

A medical definition of what is menopause is the cessation of the female person's reproductive capability.The age at which it starts can vary from 45-52 years of age .Some women experience menopause due to natural reasons while some experience it through surgery to the ovaries or through irradiation to the ovaries. When the female's menstrual cycle is ended, the female's hormonal system ceases to initiate the production of an egg in her reproductive organs. The signal to stop producing an egg in the reproductive system is called menopause. The emotional upswings that some women might have experienced during menstruation are now repressed since that particular feminine trait has been ended by the brain which causes the symptoms of the menopause. Although it is considered a natural evolution in the existence of the female, its effects are medically complicated and require careful attention to provide for the woman's total appreciation of herself as a person as well as a reproductive agent of nature's life cycle.

Menopause symptoms vary from excessive irregular bleeding around the time of onset to the development of ovarian masses which may be cancerous.This latter symptoms can also be due solely to the age of the woman. Treatment for these physical symptoms for menopause depend on the woman's doctor or her own choice of natural remedies often shared by other female friends and health proponents. For some women,the symptoms that menopause causes are predictable .These symptoms may be treatable with Hormone Replacement Therapy.Where women have issues with low libido,they can be treated with testosterone which is a male hormone injection. For some women male traits might be suddenly observed as a growth of hair on the face. The signs of the menopause shown by menopausal women are both psychological and physical. The signs or symptoms that pre or even post menopausal women cause physically go away in about 8 months following the quick ceasing of the female's reproductive brain initiated response to the female's ovarian functions. Some women's physical symptoms at the onset of menopausal origins are more severe than others. The results of the menopausal symptoms can be quite traumatic for the woman whose normal emotions are usually regulated by the menstrual cycle and hormones produced by the brain. What is interesting is that in some women, no observable change in either physical or psychological symptomatology can be seen. Nevertheless,the majority of women find that they have to deal with possible severe psychological symptoms such as low mood,low self esteem etc.They can get very emotional about it.


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Faye Finlay has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Sciences and works as a Health Resercher.
Her main area of interest is in Women's Health.
For more information on menopause ,please visit her website at
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