Causes of the menopause

Causes of the menopause

You feel hot, then you feel cold, you are tired, you have also missed your monthly cycle this month what could be going on, surely you cannot be pregnant at your age? 50 years of age is a grand age to be thinking about having another child isn’t it?  Note to self. Make an appointment at the doctor tomorrow.

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What actually causes the Menopause?

When a woman reaches that certain age, normally around late forties to fifty years of age, you will find that the normal process of aging in women will start – The menopause. The menopause is caused by the body of a woman reducing the amount of Oestrogen which is produced each month which is the female sex hormone. This in turn halts the ovulation process which in turn goes on to halt your periods. Thank the lord, some of us might think.

Although the menopause is not normally known to start before a woman reaches the age of 45, there are women who begin it earlier; this is sometimes known as premature ovarian failure. The worst thing about the early menopause is that it can start at any age. Your body does not hold any prejudice when it comes to early menopause, it does not matter whether you are 20, 30 or 40.

Needless to say, do not panic about the fact that due to the fact that you are going through early menopause you will never be able to have children. This is not the case as in some cases the ovaries continue to function albeit very intermittently. There is a chance that the ovaries still produce eggs but just not every month religiously like they did before, so there is still a chance that you can conceive and have a normal pregnancy and baby like every other woman.

There are a few possible known causes of early menopause:-

·         Surgery to move the womb such as a hysterectomy

·         Induced menopause – This is when the ovaries are removed for whatever reason, such as ovarian cancer.

·         Chemotherapy or radiotherapy

·         Some viruses such as Shingles and Chickenpox

·         Certain medical conditions such as Downs’s syndrome, Turners syndrome and Addison syndrome.

Menopause is said to appear gradually and will follow a pattern which consists of about three stages:-

1.      Perimenopause – This normally starts a good few years before the actual menopause begins, this is signified by a drop in oestrogen and less eggs being produced from the ovaries. (Looks like I have started this already). It is in the last two years of this period that the body of a woman actually stops producing eggs altogether and the symptoms of the main menopause will actually start to show themselves.

2.      Menopause – It has now been a year and you have not had a period, then this is it, the menopause has started. It starts when you have been period free for a year.

3.      Postmenopause – This is the final stage of the process. This is when the majority of the menopause symptoms start to go away and you can relax and start to enjoy yourself again. Needless to say, Mother Nature likes to twist the knife. When you have a lack of oestrogen as you do now that you do not produce any anymore, then you are more likely to suffer from illnesses which are related to a lack of oestrogen.