Early Menopause Symptoms - How Early Symptoms of
Menopause Can Occur
David Lee Buster
For early menopause symptoms, are you wondering if early symptoms of
menopause are what you are experiencing? Certain early menopause
symptoms can be considered normal while others indicate underlying
health problems.
First, keep in mind that menopause is a natural process for women and
not some illness. Menopause is actually a specific date, the day that
the end of menstrual cycles has occurred for twelve consecutive months.
At some point in life as a woman ages, it is normal that the
reproductive cycle slows and eventually ceases functioning.
However, the thirties and early forties are usually premature for early
symptoms of menopause to be experienced unless there are health
problems or unless there has been a hysterectomy. So what is going on?
Often, women are asking so much of their bodies. Today's woman probably
has a demanding career along with family responsibilities. A stressful
lifestyle likely exists with little time to attend to her own needs.
There is no time to exercise and unwind from the stress of the work
day. Over the months and years, the result is a toll taken on the
health and well-being of a woman and early menopause symptoms.
Along with the demands required of her body, she may not be providing
her body with the support needed to perform as it was designed. For
example, excess caffeine and/or alcohol consumption drain the body of
valuable nutrients. With little time to exercise, she may have low
energy and at the same time be putting on unwanted pounds which adds to
the problem instead of helping. Her eating choices may not be the best,
which further depletes her body of the nutrients it requires.
This demanding lifestyle along with inadequate support can lead to
experiencing one or more of the early menopause symptoms.
Common early symptoms of menopause for women are:
* Endometriosis
* Hot flashes, night sweats
* Irregular menstrual cycles
* Light or heavy menstrual flow
* Mood swings
* PMS
* Problems with sleep
* Tender or lumpy breasts
* Uterine fibroid tumors
* Vaginal dryness
* Weight gain, especially around the waist and hips
One or more of these early menopause symptoms for women may begin as
early as her late twenties or thirties. And a common cause of symptoms
of early menopause is hormone imbalance or the incorrect levels of her
two primary hormones, estrogen and progesterone.
In a healthy woman having normal menstrual cycles, estrogen is produced
for the first ten to twelve days after the previous menstrual flow. If
ovulation occurs, the female body then produces progesterone for the
next twelve days or so. If pregnancy does not happen, levels of both
progesterone and estrogen will drop at around day 28 and menstruation
begins.
However, if there is no ovulation, there will be no progesterone
production that cycle since ovulation is needed for progesterone to be
made in the ovaries. The result is a deficiency of the hormone
progesterone and an excess of estrogen, creating hormone imbalance and
early menopause symptoms. And with menopause and no ovulation,
progesterone levels are reduced to zero.
All the while, estrogen is still being produced, creating more hormone
imbalance and early symptoms of menopause. Besides continued estrogen
production, estrogen is usually obtained from other sources. Exposure
to household chemicals and cleaners, birth control pills, foods sprayed
with pesticides and new construction materials and furnishings in homes
are examples of sources of estrogen that leads to excess estrogen
accumulation in the body.
This condition of too much estrogen in the body is called estrogen
dominance. If estrogen levels in the woman's body increase beyond what
is healthy, early menopause symptoms will be experienced.
How can a woman tell if she is experiencing hormone imbalance symptoms?
Learn more about additional early signs of menopause and symptoms of
hormone imbalance. Understand as much as you can about your health,
your specific symptoms, what those symptoms may be telling you and
physician-recommended natural treatments.
Copyright 2007 InfoSearch Publishing
Read more about hormone imbalance at
http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/hormoneimbalance.html and natural treatment. David Lee Buster is VP of InfoSearch
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