Meno means bleeding, Pause means interruption. Menopause and cessation of bleeding, it means.There is no such period as the menopause period. Menopause is a point in a long process between the period of sexual maturity and Decrepitude. That is, there is a before and an after. We say that for him there is a pre-menopausal and a post-menopausal period.
What is the Age of Menopause in Turkey?
The age of menopause in Turkey is 47, but it can extend up to 51 years, and the pre-menopausal period is 40?it starts at the age of li.
There are three types of menopause.
Natural menopause; a woman’s normal, spontaneous menopause.
Surgical menopause; for any reason, no matter what age, even if the uterus stops, a woman who has lost her ovary enters menopause
Early menopause; entering menopause before the age of 40
Early and Long-Term Symptoms of Menopause
Menopause is a physiological event. In other words, it is not a state of illness. The increase in human life expectancy, the average increase of the 70s in Turkey to the upper 80s in America, causes us to experience symptoms caused by the absence of the hormone estrogen, which is the cause of menopause, for a longer period of time.
There are menopausal complaints that all our women know about, which continue for 3-5 years immediately before menopause and immediately after menopause.
The first complaints seen are: hot flashes, sudden sweats, irritability, irritability, crying attacks, forgetfulness, insomnia. This psychological depressive state is observed in 75% of women. In other words, it creates a psychologically depressive state in a woman, and this is seen in 75% of women. In 25%, it passes as mild. it lasts for about 3-5 years, then disappears. In 10%, it extends up to 10 years. After that, late symptoms begin. The most important thing is the risk of infarction, which occurs with skin disorders and heart attacks. During menopause, infarction shows a 10-fold increase, an infarction that is normally a male disease becomes a female disease. Today, the causes of death due to a heart attack in the world are almost twice as many as all deaths, including cancers. In addition, osteoporosis occurs, which begins with menopause and is characterized by insidious bone loss. The biggest negative is the fractures. Hip fractures, vertebral fractures are very important. At the same time, humping occurs. As a result of collapse fractures in the vertebrae, strokes can occur.
Diagnosis of Early Menopause
Early menopause occurs before the age of 40. It is possible to easily diagnose the findings with a hormone test. If a woman has normal menstruation, she does not have menopause complaints anyway, but if there is a menstrual disorder, whether there is a risk of early menopause can be determined very easily by a simple hormone analysis taken from the blood.