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Menopause is a state which most of the middle age women start
dreading. At around 45-55, sometimes earlier, a woman's ovaries run
out of eggs. At the same time, the ovaries stop making the female
hormones - oestrogen and progesterone - which greatly influence a
woman's health and personality.
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Withdrawal symptoms are experienced. The most obvious is that
periods become irregular, and then stop.
- For 80 per cent of women, their temperature control system
goes on the brink, causing hot flushes and sweat.
- Feelings of listlessness, tiredness and irritability become
common.
- Feeling the various signs of ageing, including aches and
pains, sudden wrinkles, dry hair and so on, will also increase.
- Post-menopausal women are at greater risk of bad health in old
age.
- Osteoporosis (brittle bones), heart attacks and strokes are
all common problems.
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Premature
Menopause | Symptoms
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Coping With
Menopause | Common problems
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Osteoporosis |
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