Menopause
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Explore overview, symptoms, causes, treatment, diagnosis, prevention, and FAQ articles for this condition.
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FAQ about Menopause
This FAQ explains the most common questions people ask about menopause, including what it is, why it happens, how it is recognized, what symptoms it causes, how it is managed, and what changes may continue over time. Menopause is best understood…
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Prevention of Menopause
Natural menopause cannot be fully prevented because it is a normal biological stage caused by the eventual depletion of ovarian follicular reserve. The ovaries are born with a finite supply of follicles, and over time that reserve declines until regular ovulation…
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Treatment for Menopause
Treatments for menopause are used to relieve symptoms caused by falling ovarian hormone levels and to reduce or manage longer-term physiological consequences of the postmenopausal state. Menopause itself is a normal biological transition rather than a disease that must be reversed,…
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Diagnosis of Menopause
Menopause is usually diagnosed by combining age, menstrual history, symptom pattern, and, in selected situations, laboratory testing. In most cases, especially when a person is over the typical menopausal age range and has gone a prolonged time without periods, diagnosis is…
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Causes of Menopause
Menopause is caused by the natural or induced loss of ovarian follicular activity, which leads to a sustained decline in estrogen and progesterone production and ultimately ends menstrual cycling. In biological terms, menopause develops when the ovaries no longer contain enough…
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Symptoms of Menopause
The symptoms of menopause arise from the decline and fluctuation of ovarian hormone production, especially estradiol, together with the end of regular ovulation and menstrual cycling. The most recognized symptoms include changes in periods, hot flashes, night sweats, sleep disturbance, vaginal…