Menopause is the time when a woman stops having menstrual periods. It is considered fully established when a woman has not had a menstrual period for 12 months in a row.
The average age at which women enter menopause is 50 years (between 45 and 55). When the patient suffers from it before the age of 40, it is considered premature menopause, and when she is between 40 and 45, early menopause.
Symptoms of menopause
Menstruation does not disappear all at once, but around the age of 45, alterations are felt until the period ends. This period is known as premenopause, and usually lasts 5 years until menopause, although it may vary from woman to woman.
Not necessarily all women have symptoms that warn you of the arrival of menopause, but, according to experts, the most common are:
- Hot flashes or night sweats.
- Mood swings, sadness
- Insomnia or sleep disorders
- Dry skin and dehydration leading to the appearance of wrinkles.
- Vaginal dryness
- Loss of collagen: this leads to joint pain, skin laxity and flaccidity.
- Alopecia
- Osteoporosis: decrease in bone tissue density.
- Obesity
- Metabolic diseases: diabetes, metabolic syndrome, among others.
- Recurrent urinary tract infections and urinary incontinence
- Vaginitis
- Physical and psychological changes
The symptoms and intensity of these may vary in each woman.
Tips for menopause
Menopause is not a disease, but a stage of life that can be great if a woman learns to take advantage of the time to reinvent herself:
- General and hormone analysis
- Integrative diet
- Nutritional supplementation
- Dermo-aesthetic care: wrinkles, flaccidity, spots, alopecia, etc.
- Relaxation techniques: to control anxiety, irritability, insomnia, and to help control stress produced by work or family.
- Physical exercise: to prevent osteoporosis.
- Active sexuality