Many people are always terrified at the mention of menopause either been told that they have reached menopause age, why to others it may be a good news as they will be free from the stress of menstrual problems . At menopause age you are no longer fertile as you cannot get pregnant again because your menstrual cycle have ceased. At these stage you have nothing to worry about as all ladies have their average age for Menopause . Menopause is not a sickness neither is a disease as some people think but, it is a normal occurrence in the life of every woman. If you want to know more about your menstrual health and about your  menopause health  you need to read on as we will take you  along, you are going to learn more about your menstrual health and menopause .

   Menstruation starts at different rates between girls of the same ages, it mostly starts between the age of 11 and 14,although in girls who are below average height and weight, it may not start until later when they are fully developed. Once period starts it may be irregular for some periods of time, but with time it will be normal and regular mostly at the teenage age. Menstrual cycle varies in length among individual women from as little as 24 days between periods to about 35 days. Menstruation is a series of events  occurring regularly in female every 26 to 30 days throughout the child bearing periods of about 36 years .


            Major causes of absence of periods in a lady

     Pregnancy .

  The menstrual cycle may cease when a woman is pregnant.  There will be no menstrual cycle once a lady is pregnant, as the blood that would have been used to form eggs for fertilisation has already been fertilised. There is a popular myth that if you have sex with a pregnant woman, she may likely get pregnant again, which is false as a pregnant woman does not menstruate nor ovulate.

       Stress.

  If you are always overworked  this will cause irregular menstrual cycle flow, this can also cause cease of menstruation . 

  Illness 

    Some illness may delay or stop your menstrual cycle from flowing as usual . 
    Finally the major and permanent cause of absent of menstrual cycle is Menopause  which we are going to explain.
     Menopause is the time menstrual cycle ceased, the  lady stops seeing her menses  it usually occurs between the age of 45 and 55. The ovaries stops responding to follicles stimulating hormone and produces less of the female sex hormone oestrogen and progesterone . This will permanently cease your menstrual and ovulation periods, thereby making the lady unable to conceive as she is no more fertile.  In the years just before and after the menopause, hormone changes produce symptoms such as mind  swing, hot flushes, vaginas dryness and night sweat . The menopause may also result in long term physical changes such as osteoporosis .

      Osteoporotic bone.

    The sex hormone oestrogen is needed to give bone strength, low oestrogen level after the menopause can result in osteoporosis, a condition in which the bone loose density and may become thin and brittle . 

            Maintaining a healthy menopause     

   As earlier stated, menopause is the stage in a ladys life, when her monthly periods stops  as the ovaries no longer produce eggs and sex hormone decline. You have to maintain a healthy life so as to extend your menopause years and also live a sickness free old age.
   

     Be physically fit

  Lights exercise such as skipping and joggling can help to prevent osteoporosis after menopause. 

         

        Practice a healthy living . 

     Consume lot of bone building food such as calcium, as this will also help prevent osteoporosis, Stop smoking and avoid too much alcohol intake. When depressed consult your family member and friends to help you control your mood swing. 
 

    Drugs treatment

  Consult your doctor for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) . This medication helps to relief many of the symptoms associated with menopause, it should not be use over a long period of time, only for a short term .

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    The menopause usually occurs between the age of 45 and 55 years, marking the end of the child bearing periods . It may occur suddenly or over a period of years, some time as long as 10 years,and is caused by changes in sex hormone levels .
    

           Some symptoms associated with menopause . 

   1) Shrinkage of the breast . 
    
    2)axillary and public hairs becomes sparse .
    
    3)gradual thinning of the skin . 

     4)slow increase in blood cholesterol levels that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women to that in males of the same age. 

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