What to expect when you menopause at 43 years?

Answer 1

Symptoms are common among perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Some symptoms and problems are due to hormonal changes of the menopausal transition, while others result from the aging process and adverse lifestyle factors.

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Well yes, we ALL know this already, so could you please answer the question????

I recently read that women who go through early menopause have a much lower life expectancy (60-70 yrs. as opposed to 70 - 80+) but I can't seem to recall or find it on the web now.....

Can someone please answer the asker's question?

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Well, to quote a study done by the Mayo Clinic, "Premature menopause or early menopause may be either spontaneous or induced. Women who experience premature menopause (before age 40 years) or early menopause (between ages 40 and 45 years) experience an increased risk of overall mortality, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, psychiatric diseases, osteoporosis, and other sequelae. The risk of adverse outcomes increases with earlier age at the time of menopause. Some of the adverse outcomes may be prevented by estrogen treatment initiated after the onset of menopause. However, estrogen alone does not prevent all long-term consequences and other hormonal mechanisms are likely involved."

It's important though to know the DANGERS of estrogen treatment - specifically HRT (traditional... Premarin, Prempro... the ones that use synthetic estrogens derived from the urine of pregnant horses. No kidding - look it up). Because the NIH did a study as part of the "Women's Health Initiative" and found that HRT used long term had some extremely dangerous potential side effects, namely heart attackes, strokes, blood clots and Breast cancer. They actually had to halt the study because the outcome was so bad.

What I would suggest for you (whether you're in perimenopause or full-blown menopause) is to do a combination of a safe, herbal menopause support product (you can find a Free Report on the herbs to look for at my site... I think if you click my name it'll show you my contact info) AND I'd also start to educate yourself on bio-identical hormones... entirely different than traditional HRT. You can learn more about those in Suzanne Somer's book "Ageless" and also at Dr. Mercola's site (just Google him).

But definitely look into a combo of the herbal menopause symptom relief as well as possibly bio-identical hormones which you may need down the line. Hope that better answers your question. Best of luck!

Answer 2

Yes they can.

There are many reasons for early menopause, these include smoking, medical procedures and certain medicine:

If you're experiencing menopausal symptoms naturally then you're probably going through Premature Ovarian Failure. See the related link.

After a diagnosis of POF has been made, it is important to discuss hormonal replacement therapy to prevent osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases, POF sufferers are at a higher risk for both. Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is recommended as treatment to alleviate 'menopausal' symptoms and protect against these risks.

Answer 3

mood swings, cold swets, loss of sex drive, no monthly blood flow, crave comfort foods. weight gain possibility