Receive this name length of the life of a woman who is no longer fertile and have menstruation. It is a natural process that usually occurs around age 50.

This is a stage full of changes for women that will cause physical and physiological symptoms of varying severity depending on each case.

Perimenopausia

Before we actually occurring menopause, there is an earlier stage in which the woman begins to feel symptoms premenopáusicos.

At this stage tend to occur in the alterations such as irregular menstruation cycles or longer periods. This is called pre-menopause or perimenopause.

Symptoms of menopause

Women suffer from many disorders as a result of menopause. In the run-up already starting to feel some, but the biggest annoyances are located in the early years of menopause:

·  Headaches usual.

·  Flush.

·  Irritability and mood swings.

·  Dry and vaginal discomfort in sexual relationships.

·  Emergence of spots on the skin.

Diseases related to menopause

The disease most associated with menopause is osteoporosis, which is the decrease in bone density and thus increasing the fragility of the same.

It occurs as a result of the high amount of calcium lost in the early years of menopause. The risk of suffering from various fractures increases in large numbers.

Treatment

In some cases specialists recommend hormone treatments to women in order to reduce the symptoms of menopause derivatives. It consists of administering estrogen or combinations of estrogen and progesterone.

In many instances these hormones are applied through skin patches. The skin is responsible for absorbing hormones. Not all specialists are in favor of these treatments for their possible side effects.