Menopause help is possible for menopause signs symptoms when you understand the main underlying causes for symptoms of menopause. Menopause help IS available online since millions of women experience menopause signs symptoms each year.
First, here are the most common symptoms of menopause:
* Anxiety and depression
* Endometriosis
* Fibroid tumors
* Foggy, fuzzy thinking and memory lapses
* Hot flashes and night sweats
* Inability to handle stress
* Irregular menstrual cycles
* Light or heavy menstrual flow
* Lumpy or tender breasts
* Mood swings
* PMS
* Sleep problems
* Vaginal dryness
* Water retention and bloating
* Weight gain
To obtain menopause help for menopause signs symptoms, understand female hormones, the menstrual cycle and how hormone imbalance happens. In a healthy menstruating woman, estrogen is the main hormone produced for the first 10-12 days following the previous menstrual flow. Ovulation then signals the female body to produce progesterone, which occurs for the next 12 or so days. Progesterone and estrogen levels will drop at around day 28 if there's no pregnancy, and menstruation begins.
However, if there is no ovulation, progesterone cannot be produced that month. This is called an 'annovulatory cycle' and is a typical occurance today for women in their 30's and 40's. Without ovulation and progesterone production, the woman then has an excess of estrogen, a deficiency of progesterone and definitely needs menopause help.
And once ovulation no longer happens at menopause and after, progesterone levels fall to virtually zero. At the same time, estrogen is still being produced, leading to hormone imbalance, menopause signs symptoms and the need for menopause help. If the woman has had a hysterectomy, surgical menopause means the woman no longer produces progesterone. Besides the problems created by missed ovulations or hysterectomy, excess estrogen is also obtained from other sources such as birth control pills, household chemicals and pesticides, foods that have been sprayed and construction materials used in homes.
Physicians refer to the hormone imbalance condition of excess estrogen in the body as "estrogen dominance". Symptoms of estrogen dominance include low sex drive, bloating and weight gain, headaches, mood swings, irregular periods and excessive menstrual bleeding. If unopposed estrogen in the female adult increases beyond what is desirable and healthy, you will definitely experience menopause signs symptoms. On the other hand, when your hormones are balanced, you will no longer need menopause help since you feel alert, energetic and ready to take on the challenges of everyday life. How can a woman tell if the menopause signs symptoms being experienced are because of hormone imbalance? An easy way is to take the online test provided by a leading womens health clinic for menopause signs symptoms. It takes just a few minutes and is free. Learn more about your health, premenopause and menopause symptoms, what the symptoms are telling you and what to do about it based on your answers to important questions. Read more about menopause help, hormone imbalance and physician-recommended natural treatments for eliminating menopause signs symptoms.
Olinda Rola is President of InfoSearch Publishing and webmaster of http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com - a website of natural health articles and information.
Comment #1
(Posted by Carole Heath) Rating
I think this article regarding the menopause is very good, the menopause is for many women a very difficult time, there are many aspects to the menopause which some women do not really understand or know much about and this article seems to cover all aspects of it. I myself can comment on my knowledge of this time in a woman's life with a candid view. I do not take HRT as I prefer not to, I use a menopausal supplement each day and an Evening of Primrose oil plus a multivitamin tablet also each day. I am not saying I don't get any symptoms I do, I get migraine which my doctor said was menopausal but that seems much better now than it was in the past. I do try to keep active I walk for at least half an hour each day, and I go swimming once a week, which does help me to feel better I find. And I think to keep an active mind also helps hobbies and interests etc, The way to look at the menopause I think is that you now haven't got the problem of monthly etc and you are now in a new phase of your life. I am 62 years old now and I imagine my menopause is coming to an end or maybe has ended, But some of the previous symptoms still happen from time to time.
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