Menopause
Also called: Change of life
National Institutes of Health
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Menopause is the time in a woman's life when her period stops. It usually occurs naturally, most often after age 45. Menopause happens because the woman's ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
A woman has reached menopause when she has not had a period for one year. Changes and symptoms can start several years earlier. They include
- A change in periods - shorter or longer, lighter or heavier, with more or less time in between
- Hot flashes and/or night sweats
- Trouble sleeping
- Vaginal dryness
- Mood swings
- Trouble focusing
- Less hair on head, more on face
Some symptoms require treatment. Talk to your doctor about how to best manage menopause. Make sure the doctor knows your medical history and your family medical history. This includes whether you are at risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, or breast cancer.
Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health
- Fitful Sleep May Take Toll on Older Women's Hearts (10/06/2016, HealthDay)
- Early Menopause Linked to Higher Heart Disease, Death Risks (09/15/2016, HealthDay)
- Heart Risk Factors Rise Before Menopause (08/03/2016, HealthDay)
- More News on Menopause
- What Are the Symptoms of Menopause?
(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)Also in Spanish
- Estrogen Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- FSH (Follicle-Stimulating Hormone) Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Hot Flashes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Signs of the Menopausal Transition (National Institute on Aging)
- Vaginal Atrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Alternative Medicine for Menopause (Hormone Health Network)
- Bioidentical Hormones and Menopause (Hormone Health Network)
- Black Cohosh (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Is it Safe to Take Hormones to Treat Menopause Symptoms? (National Center for Farmworker Health, Consumers Union of U.S.) - PDFAlso in Spanish
- MedlinePlus: Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Library of Medicine)Also in Spanish
- Menopausal Symptoms and Complementary Health Practices (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Menopause
(Food and Drug Administration) - Menopause: Medicines to Help You (Food and Drug Administration)
- Menopause: Symptom Relief and Treatments (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
- Soy (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Time to Talk: 4 Things to Know about Menopausal Symptoms and Complementary Health Practices (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- What Are the Treatments for Other Symptoms of Menopause? (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)Also in Spanish
- What Can You Do for Hot Flashes and Other Menopausal Symptoms (National Institute on Aging)
- Exercising after Menopause (American Osteopathic Association)
- Menopause and Mental Health (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
- Staying Healthy (National Institute on Aging)
- Burning Mouth Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Diabetes and Menopause: A Twin Challenge (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Menopause and Bone Loss (Hormone Health Network) - PDFAlso in Spanish
- Menopause and Heart Disease (American Heart Association)
- Menopause and High Blood Pressure: What's the Connection? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Menopause Weight Gain: Stop the Middle Age Spread (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Perimenopausal Bleeding and Bleeding After Menopause (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)Also in Spanish
- What You Should Know about Your Reproductive Time Span (North American Menopause Society) - PDF
- Early Menopause (Premature Menopause) (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
- Perimenopause (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Postmenopausal Health Concerns (National Institute on Aging)
- Postmenopause (Hormone Health Network)
- Menopause Map (Hormone Health Network)
- Menopause (Hormone Health Network)
- Menopausal Symptoms and Complementary Health Practices: What the Science Says (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Mystified by Menopause? A Major Life Transition (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hot Flashes (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Premenopause (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Menopause (National Institutes of Health)
- Article: Health-Related Quality of Life During the Menopausal Transition: Testing a...
- Article: Use of Plant-Based Therapies and Menopausal Symptoms: A Systematic Review...
- Article: Genitourinary Syndrome Of Menopause and Vaginal Estrogen Use.
- Menopause -- see more articles
- Premature menopause -- see more articles
- Find an Endocrinologist (Hormone Health Network)
- Hormone Health Network
- National Institute on Aging Also in Spanish
- womenshealth.gov (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)Also in Spanish
- Cancer treatment -- early menopause Also in Spanish
- Deciding about hormone therapy Also in Spanish
- Menopause Also in Spanish
- Menopause (National Institute on Aging) - PDF
- Types of hormone therapy Also in Spanish
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