Women who have not had a menstrual cycle for a year are considered post-menopausal. At birth there are about one million eggs in a woman's ovaries.
That number drops to about three to four hundred thousand at puberty, but only about four hundred of these eggs will actually mature during her reproductive years.
With each menstrual cycle, hundreds of egg will be lost. When a woman no longer has any eggs left in her ovaries, she then stops menstruating and goes into menopause.
For majority of women, menopause occurs at about fifty years of age. It can occur as early as thirty-five or forty and may occur as late fify-five or sixty years of age.
The period of time before menopause is known as the perimenopause period, and the period of time after menopause is known as the post-menopausal period.
The following symptoms are associated with menopause.
1. Hot flashes which occurs about the head and neck.
2. Frequent virginal infections.
3. Night sweat.
4. Fatigue.
5. Headaches.
6. Decreased sex drive.
7. Breast tenderness.
8. Drying of the skin.
9. Virginal itching.
10. Bladder infections.
Your menstrual cycle is dependent upon these two hormones, estrogen, and progesterone. During menopause, the body begins to produce less and less of the estrogens that you need.
Phytoestrogens are available in plants to supplement your body's supply of needed estrogens. We have progesterone cream; Triple estrogen and biestrogen, all of these can be found in all Heath food stores.
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