MENOPAUSE: HOW TO PREPARE YOUR BODY FOR IT

AUTHOR DR JAYASHREE NAGARAJ BHASGI, SENIOR CONSULTANT, OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY, FORTIS HOSPITAL, RICHMOND ROAD, BENGALURU

Menopause is a Greek word “mens” meaning monthly and “pause” meaning cessation..so it’s the end of menstruation and reproductive life due to loss of ovarian activity and is a natural ageing process in a women. The age of menopause varies between 45 years to 55 years average being 50 years of age.

There is decline in ovarian function is the transition phase before menopause which begins in most women at around 45 years of age and this is when women experience infrequent menstrual cycles ,hot flashes ,night sweats, troubled sleep, exhaustion,, mood swings, low sex drive, vaginal dryness urinary bladder  problems ,  weight gain and decline in bone density. Different women go through menopause with different symptoms so it’s not the same with everyone 

Ovarian hormones play an important role in a woman’s health apart from reproductive function.