A condition where a women’s eggs are near the end of their life cycle (final menstrual periods) due to a lack of hormone oestrogen in their blood.
If one has a lack of period and/or have lighter and/or less frequent periods then this condition should be considered.
Some women have menopause before 40 years (premature ovarian failure) or have conditions causing menopause such as injury to ovaries.
One’s ovaries don’t slow their function in a predictable way (some months one may have strong symptoms of menopause while others one does not) and is known as the perimenopause phase
This phase can be a period of two to five years.
Menopause is not reversible, once your ovaries have stopped producing hormones, one will no longer have a period.
Menopause is defined as when a woman has ceased having periods for 12 months.
Defined as a time period preceding cessation of menstruation. Perimenopause lasts for 7 years on average but can have a duration of up to 14 years.
During perimenopause, many women experience symptoms associated with corresponding changes in hormone levels.
The perimenopausal stage may involve a range of symptoms. Some of these symptoms may continue or change when a woman reaches menopause. The most common and well-recognized symptom of perimenopause is a change in menstrual pattern, which may include irregular periods, lighter periods, shorter periods, longer periods, or heavier periods.
Additionally, some patients may experience menstrual bleeding for 1-2 days between their periods, with the period lasting for 3-5 days.
Wellspring (helps clarify menopause guidelines from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) while fostering shared decision-making with evidence-based data)
Woman experience dryness and itching in vagina making sexual intercourse painful (walls of vagina lose moisture and become thinner leading to vaginal discomfort, painful sex and/or vaginal infections)?
Increase thirst, heavy sweating and need to urinate frequently?
Hot flushes/ flushed face (hot flash lasts anywhere from one to five minutes, and most women will have at least one per day)?
Unusual neurological experiences like “creepy crawly” feelings in the skin, tingling, numbness, itching, “electric shocks”
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Leukoplakia
Some women may develop leukoplakia on the outside of their genitals in the vulva area as well as inside the vagina. This is usually seen in menopausal women.
It’s a benign condition.
If there is concern about anything more serious, you should contact your doctor.
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
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