Early Menopause – Signs and Symptoms of Early Menopause

Average age of menopause in the US is 51. In some cases women get their menopause early. Menopause before the age of 45 is generally considered early menopause and a menopause before the age of 40 is generally considered premature menopause.

Symptoms of Early menopause are very similar to normal menopause. Except for the age at which early menopause occurs there is no other significant difference.

One of the signs and symptom of early menopause is confusion. It is not expected to happen at the age. It can take some women by surprise and then lead to confusion. Is it menopause or some thing else?

The first symptom of early menopause is of course the irregularities in the menstrual cycle. This may not ring the bell because irregular periods can happen due some other problems as well.

If the irregularity of menstrual cycles follows with bouts of hot flashes then these be predictable symptoms of early menopause. However, every woman may not get hot flashes so confusion may continue.

Other menopausal symptoms also begin to appear one by one. For example mood swings and menstrual irregularity. Even mood swings are not sure signs of menopause because this can happen due to so many other reasons including mental and physical stresses.

But a combination of all these symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and weight gain etc. along with irregular periods should alert a woman to investigate and then get ready to accept the onset of early menopause.

Finally when the 12 consecutive periods are missed, it confirms the early menopause.

So as we see that there are no difference in the signs and symptoms of early menopause and the normal menopause. The only difference is the age at which it happens defines it as early menopause.

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