Friday, June 25, 2010

Early Menopause Symptoms Can Happen As Early As 15 Years Old

Menopause affects the lives of women no matter what age she has. The truth is it does not only affect women who are over 60 years old. It also affects women as young as 15 years old. It is more common than one would like to think.

It happens for a number of reasons but there are times when doctors are unable to find out what brings out the early menopause symptoms to a young woman. One thing is for sure there is an extreme dip in the estrogen levels which causes the symptoms to happen.

There are a variety of early menopause symptoms and they are body shape changes, night sweats, hot flashes, water retention and others. There are psychological symptoms too such as depression, emotional roller coaster ride, cravings, etc.

Do not be disheartened though because there are treatment options for women who have early menopause symptoms. There is hormone replacement therapy wherein one takes additional doses of estrogen through oral medication or estrogen patches.

However, you should also know that there are no cures for menopause so get a good support that will get you through these times.

You will definitely be caught in surprise when the early menopause symptoms occur so friends, family and other women who are undergoing through the same thing at any age will be able to help you out.

Having menopause is not the end of the world. In fact, there are certain advantages to it. You just need to have the right support.

By : Cheryl_Forbes

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