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Menozac
- Menopause Symptoms Relief
Menozac is a botanical alternative medicine formulation which contains a blend of all natural herbal extracts developed to ease the transition and provide effective Menopause Symptoms Relief from the onset and duration of typical menopausal symptoms.
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What is menopause?
Menopause is the time in a woman's life when the function
of the ovaries ceases. The ovary, or female gonad, is one of a pair of
reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis, one on each side
of the uterus. Each ovary is about the size and shape of an almond. The ovaries
produce eggs (ova) and female hormones such as estrogen. During each monthly
menstrual cycle, an egg is released from one ovary. The egg travels from the
ovary through a fallopian tube to the uterus.
The ovaries are the main source of female hormones, which control the
development of female body characteristics such as the breasts, body shape, and
body hair. The hormones also regulate the menstrual cycle and pregnancy.
Estrogens also protect the bone. Therefore a woman can develop osteoporosis
(thinning of bone) later in life when her ovaries do not produce adequate
estrogen.
Menopause does not occur overnight, but rather is a gradual process of
transition. This transition period (known as perimenopause) is different for
each woman. Scientists are still trying to identify all the factors that
initiate and influence this transition. Women in perimenopause transition
typically experience abnormal vaginal bleeding such as
erratic periods or
abnormal bleeding patterns. Eventually a woman's periods will completely stop
as she completes this transition into menopause.
The average age of onset of menopause process is 51 years old. But there is
no single method to predict when a woman will enter menopause. The age at which
a woman starts having menstrual periods is also not related to the age of
menopause onset. As a rough "rule of thumb" women tend to undergo menopause
at an age similar to that of their mothers.
When does a woman know she is in menopause?
A woman is in menopause if she has had no menstrual periods (menses) for 12
months and has no other medical reason for her menses to stop. That means she
has to be evaluated by her doctor to exclude other medical causes of missed
menses.
Are hormone levels or other blood tests helpful in detecting menopause?
Because hormone levels may fluctuate greatly in an individual woman, even
from one day to the next, hormone levels are not a reliable indicator for
diagnosing menopause. Even if levels are low one day, they may be high the next
day in the same woman. There is no single blood test that reliably predicts when
a woman is going through menopause, or menopausal transition. Therefore there is
currently no proven role for blood testing regarding menopause except for tests
to exclude medical causes of erratic menstrual periods other than menopause. The
only way to diagnose menopause is to observe lack of menstrual periods for 12
months in a woman in the expected age range.
What are the medical words that are used to describe the stages of menopause?
Menopause is defined as absence of menstrual periods for 12 months. The
menopause transition starts with varying menstrual cycle length and ends with
the last menstrual period. Perimenopause means “around the time of menopause.”
It is not officially a medical term, but is sometimes used to explain certain
aspects of the menopause transition in lay terms. Postmenopause encompasses the
entire period of time that comes after the last menstrual period.
What are the symptoms of menopause?
The symptoms of the menopause transition can be divided into early and late
onset symptoms. Early symptoms include irregular vaginal bleeding, hot flashes,
and night sweats. Late symptoms include vaginal dryness and irritation and
osteoporosis. These symptoms are discussed in detail below.
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