"Early menopause are increasingly common," said Nick Panay, head of the British Menopause Society. First, early menopause affects approximately 1 percent of women. But a study by researchers from Imperial College London was conducted revealed that 6 percent (1 of 16) experiences of women.
One of them is Amanda Warne. At age 21, begins that exercising women is aware of his coming irregular menstruation. Doctors blame stress and excessive exercise as a regulator also delayed.
A few years later, Amanda came to see the doctor more often with a variety of ailments, such as emotional instability and depression. Physicians then perform a blood test to see the levels of hormones. Finally, a doctor diagnosed him suffering from early menopause.
"I do not know how I enjoyed my college years and serious relationship with a man," he said.
Amanda then began a variety of symptoms of all women after the menopause, such as hot flashes, depression and fatigue easily suffered to experience.
Cause
The experts explain premature menopause or premature ovarian failure (POF), occurs when the ovaries stop working before 40-year-old woman, although there are also experts who mentioned the number 45 years.
Not really clear what causes the condition. Some experts blame the trigger lifestyle. University Imprial experts have linked smoking and early menopause.
Another study published in 2011 showed a link between early menopause with PFCs, chemicals in non-stick pans and food packaging found. High levels of estrogen in the blood PFC connected to low levels of the hormone.
Genetic factors have a role to play. If a woman is experiencing menopause earlier, mostly descendants experience the same thing. Distinction of drugs and also decrease also shown that the production of estrogen and to prevent damage to the ovaries.
Panay also explains the causes of chemotherapy and radiation in children with cancer may have an influence on the occurrence of early in the menopause.
Health risks
Instead of estrogen during menopause causes a variety of problems such as hot flashes, insomnia, palpitations, dizziness, decreased lib*do occurred up long-term diseases include osteoporosis, increased risk of cardiovascular forgave and high blood pressure.
U.S. experts recently revealed that early menopause is also prone to stroke due to rupture of cerebral blood vessels.
Challenges in the treatment of menopause is to address the lack of estrogen. One of the efforts is replaced by hormone therapy with estrogen or combined estrogen and progesterone natural progesterone.
"Estrogen plays an important role in maintaining the overall health of the body, including the blood vessels, skin, tendons and bone," said Dr. Kevin Harrington, gynecologists Bupa Cromwell Hospital in London.
Hormone therapy works to replace the missing estrogen hormones during menopause, so you can overcome the temporary symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, palpitations, and can not resist. Can also prevent osteoporosis, the. Transition from the long-term
