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Menopause is natural. But the physical symptoms, such as hot flashes, and emotional symptoms of menopause may disrupt sleep, lower energy or affect mood. There are many treatments, from lifestyle changes to hormone therapy.
You may notice signs of progression toward menopause, such as menstrual irregularity, sometime in your 40s. But some women notice changes as early as their mid-30s. The level of estrogen — the main female hormone — in your body rises and falls unevenly during perimenopause.
FSH goes up and estrogen goes down during menopause. Because hormones go up and down during perimenopause, it can be hard to tell from these tests whether you're in menopause. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Overactive thyroid, called hyperthyroidism, can cause symptoms like those of menopause.
Some will experience the signs and symptoms for just a year or two, while others will be in perimenopause for nearly 10 years before reaching menopause. Most often, women will remain in the perimenopause stage for 4 to 8 years.
Although the transition to menopause can be responsible for a wide range of body changes and sensations, other serious conditions can cause some of the same signs and symptoms — mouth pain, vision changes, bruising or joint pain, for example.
These fluctuations of estrogen can be more erratic, meaning higher highs and lower lows, than during a typical menstrual cycle. This is what’s behind hot flashes and night sweats, middle-of-the-night awakenings, and the moodiness, anxiety, and foggy thinking that are common in perimenopause.
Understand the signs, symptoms and treatment options. By Mayo Clinic Staff. Hormone changes are a natural part of aging. Unlike the more dramatic reproductive hormone plunge that occurs in women during menopause, however, sex hormone changes in men occur gradually. Here's what you need to know.
Hot flashes are the most common symptom of menopause. Learn about strategies for relief of hot flashes, including hormone therapy and natural remedies.
You take the medication to replace the estrogen that your body stops making during menopause. Hormone therapy is most often used to treat common menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes and vaginal discomfort. Hormone therapy has also been proved to prevent bone loss and reduce fracture in postmenopausal women.
Vaginal atrophy (atrophic vaginitis) is thinning, drying and inflammation of the vaginal walls that may occur when your body has less estrogen. Vaginal atrophy occurs most often after menopause. For many women, vaginal atrophy not only makes intercourse painful but also leads to distressing urinary symptoms.