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Menopause age in Indian women: Menopause is the situation in which a woman does not have periods for 12 months. With increasing age, every woman has to go through these situations. By the way, all women get menopause for about 55 years. It is also called reproductive and fertility year end because children cannot be born after menopause. The thing to note is that the time of menopause is different for every woman. If someone gets menopause at the age of 40, no one has even after the age of 5 years.
Hormonal changes in women’s lives are a major stop- menopause. But it does not come in a day. It is a process that is divided into three stages: perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause. Each stage has its own identity, needs different symptoms and different care. The biggest cause of menopause is two major female hormone estrogen and progesterone decrease in the body. These hormones make ovaries and as they increase age, their volume decreases, which stops ovulation and stops periods.
Pre-menopause age and symptoms
Dr. Saloni Chadha in Women’s Disease Department at Safdarjung Hospital She says that the woman does not have menopause at the age of 40. Someone gets menopause even at the age of 35. Before the common age, menopause is called pre-menopause. However, only 10 percent of such women have. In this stage, ovaries gradually start making low hormones (estrogen, progesterone), periods become irregular. Fertility starts decreasing, the body starts feeling hormonal changes.
Symptoms of pre-menopause-
At the age of pre-menopause, the cycle of periods starts changing like sometimes coming very quickly or too late. Sometimes sudden heat starts to heat up, which is also called hot flashes. Signs such as night sweating, mood swings, irritability, sleep problems, lack of sexual desire, hair loss or dry skin are also visible.
Post-menopause age and symptoms
By the age of 55, if the woman has not come any periods for 12 months, then menopause has been done. After this, the situation is called post-manopause. In India, it occurs in women aged 50 to 55 years. In this stage, ovaries stop making eggs. Estrogen and progesterone hormones are almost completely closed. Woman can no longer conceive.
Post-menopause symptoms
Hot flashes and night sweat may be intensified, vagina gets dried, mood fluctuations, fatigue and weak feeling, difficult to focus, joint pain. Such problems can occur for a year.
What to do? Care is necessary in every stage
- Eat calcium and vitamin D
- Include exercise and yoga in the routine
- Drink plenty of water and take a balanced diet
- Get the doctor examined from time to time
- Reduce stress, take sleep