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By Jodie Philips
Normally, women experience the first symptoms of menopause
during their late thirties and early forties. Menopause is a
natural occurrence and a gradual transition occurring in every
woman. Menopause is not any disease or illness but a total
cessation of menstrual cycles for twelve months or more. Some
women experience first symptoms of menopause earlier than
other
women do.
Early development of first symptoms of menopause could be due
to higher stress levels, unhealthy lifestyle, lack of regular
exercise, irregular eating patterns, insufficient consumption
of healthy foods, etc. The most prominent first symptoms of
menopause are irregular menstrual cycles. Menstrual flow
during
such period could be very high or extremely low.
While you experience the first symptoms of menopause, your
menstrual cycles could occur frequently within a fortnight or
sometimes, you miss your periods for over a full month too.
There could be widening gap between menstrual periods
overtime.
There is also no set limit over the menstrual flow, sometimes
it could be for three to five days while sometimes it could
continue for more than a week. The first symptoms of menopause
could lead to total disruption in your regular and systematic
menstrual cycles.
Other common first symptoms of menopause include tenderness in
breasts, inability to handle stress, lapse of memory and other
nervous problems like depression, anxiety, confusing thoughts,
mood swings, etc. It is common to note the setting in of the
first symptoms of menopause with a gain in your body weight.
Your body tends to retain more water and you seem to bloat.
Changes in hormone levels in your body indicate the first
symptoms of menopause. Such hormonal changes are often the
cause for your low energy levels and a lower drive to face the
challenges in life. In other words, you seem to lack
sufficient
interest in life. These hormonal changes are also the cause
behind your sudden hot flashes, which are the most common
first
symptoms of menopause.
You experience such sudden hot flashes at any time, more often
at night. There is no method to predict occurrence of these
first symptoms of menopause. More than forty percent of women
having regular menstrual cycles also experience such hot
flashes in their forties. These are therefore a prelude to the
first symptoms of menopause.
There is no particular time limit for occurrence of such hot
flashes. Around eighty percent of women experience hot flashes
for around five years while around ten percent of women
experience it for ten years too. Although there is nothing to
predict their occurrence or lapse, these first symptoms of
menopause definitely decrease overtime.
About The Author: Jodie Phillips is the owner of several
Women's Health-related websites at
nail-fungus.gaodr.com/ and she shares her knowledge and
research on Women's Health in a series of articles.
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