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What is Menopause?

What is Menopause?. The end of a woman’s menstrual cycle. What is Menopause?. Menopause is the transition period in a woman's life when the ovaries stop producing eggs, menstrual cycle ceases and the body decreases the production of the female hormones, estrogen, and progesterone. .

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What is Menopause?

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  1. What is Menopause? • The end of a woman’s menstrual cycle.

  2. What is Menopause? • Menopause is the transition period in a woman's life when the ovaries stop producing eggs, menstrual cycle ceases and the body decreases the production of the female hormones, estrogen, and progesterone.

  3. Ovaries stop making estrogen • Between the ages 45 and 60 • Ovaries surgically removed • Ovaries stop functioning

  4. What is estrogen? • Female hormone • Vital hormone • With progesterone estrogen regulates the changes in the menstrual cycle. • Made by ovaries • Fat cells

  5. Estrogen Dominance

  6. What is progesterone? • Second most female hormone. • Made by ovaries and adrenal glands. • Stimulates the growth of a cushiony lining in the uterus. • Milk • Pregnancy

  7. Symptoms of menopause • Hot flashes • Vaginal atrophy (vagina becomes thinner) • Irregular bleeding • Vaginal thinning

  8. Hot Flashes • Intense heat over the body followed by a chill. • Heart beating rapidly and hard. • Last a few seconds or minutes. • Usually happens in the first two years of menopause. • Affect social life and disrupt sleep.

  9. Vaginal Thinning • Vagina and surrounding tissues weaken and shrink • Urine infection and painful urination • Vaginal dryness and painful intercourse

  10. Irregular Bleeding • Occur more 21 days • Period last 8 days • Occur after 6 months

  11. Brain • Important in memory • Estrogen replacement therapy • Depression

  12. Osteoporosis • Thinning of the bones • Heart disease rise considerably

  13. Why is menopause important in ecology? • Natural Selection • The change in birth rates and death rates

  14. References • The Foundation for better health care 1997-2001 • http://fbhc.org/patients/beeterhealth/menopause/home.html • Yahoo health (menopause) • Google image (menopause)

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