How old is a woman after menopause?

Menopause is a profound physiological change for women. Before and after menopause, due to the change of estrogen level, it will produce symptoms that are difficult to adapt. Most women want the menopause to last shorter and last later. So, at what age do women usually go through menopause? Next, medical science will analyze it for you.

There is no uniform age for women's menopause, which may occur in their forties or fifties, but most women's menopause occurs between the ages of 44 and 54, with an average menopause age of about 49.5. Ladies can use this as a reference standard. If there is no menstrual cramp after the last menstruation 12 months, it means menopause. Before and after menopause, women will experience profound physiological changes. Among them, the typical symptom before menopause is menstrual disorder, but hot flashes have the greatest impact on women, which can occur several times or even dozens of times a day. Due to the increase of subjective discomfort, emotional changes are usually secondary, such as becoming irritable, and some women will also have psychological changes, such as anxiety and depression, which really bring many adverse effects to women's life and work. For these symptoms, drugs, such as estrogen, can be used to regulate menstruation and relieve hot flashes.

After menopause, women's subjective symptoms will be relieved to some extent, but the change of hormone level will still have a far-reaching impact on women. For example, postmenopausal osteoporosis will increase the risk of female fractures; The occurrence of postmenopausal atherosclerosis can increase the risk of cardiovascular events; The change of cognitive function after menopause can increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. The atrophy of vagina and urethra after menopause can increase the infection of vagina and urethra and reduce the quality of sexual life. For the treatment of some symptoms, estrogen can also be used, but it should be used after the relevant contraindications are excluded under the guidance of a specialist. At the same time, postmenopausal women should change their lifestyle, give priority to choosing a low-salt, low-fat and low-cholesterol diet, quit smoking and limit alcohol, and exercise properly, which will help reduce the risk of postmenopausal cardiovascular events.

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Let's talk about the causes of menopause first. Everyone knows that menstruation is a lonely tear in the uterus. That's true. Because there is no pregnancy, the layer prepared for the baby in the uterus will fall off, leading to menstruation. However, with the increase of age, fertility becomes worse, leading to slow menopause.

Every woman's constitution is different and her living environment is different. Of course, the aging of the appreciation system varies greatly, but most of them gradually go through menopause between the ages of 40 and 50.

Menopause directly reflects the degeneration of ovaries, but another main function of ovaries is to secrete estrogen, which is a particularly important hormone and directly related to women's psychology and physiology:

(1) Mental illness: The most common is menopausal syndrome. Because estrogen affects women's endocrine balance, sudden imbalance will cause insomnia, irritability and bad mood, so it is not their fault that women love to be angry, but the cause of hormones.

(2) Physiological diseases: According to the statistics of diseases, before menopause, men's comprehensive diseases were greater than women's, but after menopause, women's disease probability greatly increased, directly surpassing men's. The decrease of estrogen after menopause leads to many physiological diseases:

A) affecting the transport and absorption of calcium will lead to osteoporosis;

B) It will lead to high incidence of cervical cancer and ovarian cancer because it affects the level of immune system;

C) Because there is no cleaning effect of menstruation, the vagina is prone to gynecological diseases caused by various fungal infections;

D) Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases will increase due to the increase of vascular permeability;

E) It will lead to hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia due to the decrease of cholesterol-lowering ability.

Primary prevention is a variety of reactions caused by hormone supplementation. Eat more foods supplemented with estrogen, such as common soybean milk, royal jelly, flax seeds, cereals, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds.

Now it is necessary to strengthen physical examination, such as female breast color Doppler ultrasound and breast molybdenum target examination. Human papillomavirus screening, cervical screening, uterine ultrasound, etc.

Menopause is a necessary stage for every woman, and no woman can avoid it. "Menopause" means that the body is no longer young and there will be many changes. So many women hope that menopause can be as late as possible. In fact, is menopause really as late as possible? That's not true, so at what age is menopause normal?

It is understood that the menopausal age of most women in China is between 45 and 55. After this time period, it will be too early, and after this time period, it will be too late. You know, the time of menopause varies greatly with different physical conditions, which has a great relationship with our eating habits and living environment. So how to calculate the time of menopause? Generally speaking, the last period is menopause.

What are the premenopausal manifestations?

After understanding the golden age of menopause, let's look at the symptoms before menopause.

1. Irregular menstruation

Under normal circumstances, women's menstrual time every month is regular and very fixed, and there will be no big fluctuations. But if menopause is coming, the menstrual time will become irregular. Not only that, the duration will also fluctuate greatly, and it is possible that the menstrual period will last for more than ten days. The color of menstruation will also change, this time it is pink, and next time it may be light pink or black. Of course, if this symptom appears before menopause, it is not necessarily because menopause is coming, because emotional fluctuations or dietary changes may affect menstruation.

2. Emotional ups and downs.

When a woman is about to experience menopause, her body will undergo great changes, which will make her feel uncomfortable or uncomfortable. At this time, the mood will fluctuate greatly and it is very easy to get angry. Not only that, but also depression may occur. Therefore, if there are menopausal women at home, we should pay more attention to them and give them more love and tolerance.

3. Can't hold my urine

Under normal circumstances, when we want to pee, if we don't want to go to the toilet, we can not go, hold our urine and solve our physical problems when we are busy. However, it is very difficult for premenopausal women to hold their urine. If you feel like urinating, you will want to go to the toilet very much. Not only that, but also the amount of urination is not much. Why on earth is this? Because women who are about to enter menopause or have passed menopause have less estrogen, the bladder muscle elasticity is not as good as before, and it is difficult to hold their urine. Not only that, but also symptoms of sagging breasts may occur.

The arrival of menopause means that you are no longer young, which is what every woman who loves beauty does not want to see. However, this is a reality that they have to accept. In fact, as long as you keep fit and protect your body. Even in menopause, you can still bloom differently.

References:

Xiong Yu, Zhang Peiyu, Chen Lin, "On TCM Health Care and Perimenopausal Women's Health Care", journal of traditional chinese medicine, Guangxi 20 19 02.

The menopausal age of Chinese women is generally between 45 and 55 years old, with an average of about 49 years old. Menopause earlier than 45 years old can be defined as premature ovarian failure.

Now, on the one hand, with the improvement of people's living standards, the diet has also become better, and the age of menopause is pushing back. On the other hand, the pressure of modern women's work and life is increasing. Staying up late, working overtime and irregular living habits have affected the endocrine level, leading to a large increase in the number of menopausal women before the age of 40.

The age of menopause is also related to fertility: the older the first pregnancy, the earlier menopause; The less pregnancy, the earlier menopause; The shorter breastfeeding time, the earlier menopause. This is because the older the first pregnancy, the less pregnancy times, the less breastfeeding time and the more ovulation times, so the earlier menopause occurs.

What effect does menopause have on women?

Osteoporosis

Because of the decline of ovarian function and estrogen level, it affects the deposition of calcium in bones, so it is easy to lead to osteoporosis.

Infection of urogenital system

Because of the low level of estrogen, a series of degenerative and atrophic changes will occur in female genitourinary system. For example, the vaginal epithelium becomes thinner and the vaginal mucosa becomes thinner, which leads to low resistance and easy infection.

cardiovascular disease

Estrogen can improve the elasticity of blood vessels and make them hard to harden and block. Therefore, the decrease of estrogen level caused by menopause will cause abnormal blood lipid metabolism and prone to cardiovascular diseases.

Emotional abnormality

Due to the mutual influence of endocrine system, there will be the phenomenon of autonomic nerve dysfunction, which is also commonly known as menopausal syndrome. It is characterized by hot flashes, sweating, palpitations, dizziness, fatigue, inattention, depression, nervousness, emotional instability, excitability, dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, etc.

It is also wrong to deliberately postpone the menopause age, which is a high risk factor for breast cancer and cervical cancer. As long as it is within the normal menopausal age range, don't worry too much. The most important thing is to accept yourself and love yourself.

Female natural menopause refers to the cessation of menstruation due to the decline of ovarian function. Specifically, the follicle can no longer develop and secrete estrogen, so it can't stimulate the growth of endometrium.

It is normal for women to be young after menopause, generally between 45 and 55 years old, mostly around 50 years old, and of course some years earlier or one or two years later. Moreover, according to medical research, menopausal age is also related to childbearing age and the number of pregnancies.

Due to the decrease of estrogen secretion in female menopause, it is easy to cause a series of diseases, such as love sweating (hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms of perimenopausal women), irregular menstruation, upset insomnia, chest tightness, shortness of breath, irritability, excitability and anxiety. Therefore, in this period, women should pay attention to the adjustment of their emotions, do more outdoor sports, listen to more music, talk to people about happy things and so on.

In addition, we should pay attention to diet aftercare, such as eating more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, eating more soy products appropriately, and ensuring high-quality protein and calcium supplementation, because women in this period are prone to osteoporosis. And this will help improve immunity and maintain ovaries.

At this stage, women should also pay attention to avoiding cold stimulation and not eating cold food.

The menopausal age of women is usually between 54 and 55 years old, but there are great differences among individuals. According to the survey, the earliest menopausal age of women is 28, and the latest is 6 1 year, with an average of 48.1year. At present, it is generally called "early menopause", that is, "premature ovarian failure", and menopause later than 55 years old is called "late menopause". If the ovaries are removed due to a certain disease, or the ovaries lose their function due to radiation and chemical drugs, it is called "artificial menopause".

The difference of menopausal age is generally influenced by the following factors:

Race, family and personal physique.

The level of living standards: women with high living standards are well-nourished and menopause is late; On the contrary, it was earlier.

Age of menarche: the earlier menarche, the later menopause; On the contrary, it was earlier. It has been suggested before that women experience 30 years of life, with early menarche and early menopause. Now, this statement is not in line with reality. Early menarche indicates that ovarian function is vigorous, and of course menopause is also late.

Menstrual cycle and menstrual flow: women with short cycle and large menstrual flow have a late menopause; On the contrary, it was earlier.

Marital status and childbearing: married women go through menopause later than unmarried women; The menopause age of fertile women is later than that of infertile women.

Some gynecological diseases, such as hysteromyoma, cervical cancer, breast cancer, uterine body cancer and so on. May be accompanied by delayed menopause age.

Living habits: Women who smoke enter menopause five years earlier than women who don't smoke. For women who smoke passively because of their husbands, menopause is also 1~2 years earlier. This is because harmful substances in cigarettes will destroy egg cells and damage ovarian function. Alcohol can directly harm gonads, leading to ovarian atrophy and decreased sexual desire. Relevant scholars also found that brain damage caused by alcohol can affect the secretion of gonadotropin in pituitary gland. In addition, alcohol damages the liver, which weakens the inactivation function of liver cells on estrogen and androgen, and the estrogen and androgen lose balance, thus accelerating aging. Some women prefer high-fat and high-sugar foods for a long time, which leads them to be too obese, and the follicles in the ovaries are rich in fat and have poor function.

Drugs: Some women often take a lot of aspirin because of dysmenorrhea or toothache. Studies have shown that high concentration of analgesic drugs can inhibit cell oxidative phosphatase, resulting in insufficient supply of adenosine triphosphate, and germ cells can die due to lack of energy. It has also been found that analgesic drugs can selectively act on the urinary and reproductive systems, thus increasing the risk of cancer.

Bad hygiene habits: Recurrent retrograde bacterial infections will affect the function of ovaries and lead to early menopause.

At present, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the average life expectancy is obviously prolonged, so the average menopause age of women is also delayed. However, if a woman is over 59 years old and has not stopped menstruating, she should go to the hospital to check whether there are other abnormalities.

"Menopause" means aging, and early menopause is not good for your health. Everyone knows this, so why is the late menopause not good? Because there is no menopause beyond the age, it means that the endometrium falls off frequently and the hormone level will be high, which also increases your chances of developing endometrial cancer and breast cancer, so the later menopause, the better. The best menopause age for women is about 50 years old. If you are menopausal at the age of 50, congratulations, your uterus is well maintained and your body is healthy.