Behavior that Supports Presence of Early Menopause

Menopause is a natural process that can not be prevented. The term menopause is defined as the last time a woman is menstruating. It usually occurs around age 50 years or age range 45 to 55 years.

However, make no mistake, menopause can happen to a woman at age before 40 years. This condition is called premature menopause. According to Prof Dr Med Ali Baziad SpOG (K) of the RSCM, premature menopause usually occurs in the age range of 35, or 38 years to 40 years. "Based on the daily practice of early menopause numbers continue to grow," he said.

Approximately six months prior to menopause, commonly known as the premenopausal period, women will experience a sudden decline in estrogen levels. And, a woman called into the postmenopausal period when not menstruating for 12 consecutive months. This is marked by a sharp decline in ovarian function resulting in decreased production of sex hormones significantly, especially estrogen.

Excessive

Early menopause occurs because of several factors. One is the use of slimming drugs or excessive weight loss. If you eat only one kind of slimming drug and regularly and not mixed with other type, may not be problematic. But usually they consume more than three types of slimming drug. "This will damage the ovaries. Obatobat it will suppress the production of hormones in the brain so that eggs can not tum mon in the brain so that the egg can not grow," said Baziad.

This was justified by dr Frizar Irmansyah, SpOG of RSPP, Jakarta. According to him, slimming drugs will make the ovaries damaged. The effect was seen when women spend a lot of urine and make the blood circulation is reduced so that the damaged ovary. The drugs that make women could premature menopause, according to Frizar, are drugs that are not usually prescribed by doctors. In fact, the use of slimming drugs should be under the supervision of a physician.

In addition to slimming drug factors, early menopause can also be caused by factors of unhealthy foods. According Baziad, is very important since young women eat soy, bangkuang, papaya, and red beans. Another factor is the presence of infectious diseases such as cancer of the ovaries and radiation on the ovaries.

Irregular menstruation

Every woman should be wary if at a young age already had experienced symptoms such as menstrual irregularities, hot flushes, difficulty sleeping, wrinkly skin, palpitations, dizziness, easy fainting, decreased libido, and intkontinensial or can not withhold urination. "This is the symptoms of menopause," said Baziad.
Menopausal women will usually experience a variety of complaints, both short and long term. Short-term complaints of hot flushes or hot blast in the face, incontinence or difficulty holding urine, and fear when her husband wanted to make the marital relationship. In fact, until there is an intention of ending his life.

As for the long-term complaints, because menopause is a result of estrogen deficiency, potentially menopausal women have osteoporosis, bone fractures, and even cardiovascular disease / heart and blood vessels. "Bone density decreased by three percent after 12 months do not menstruate," says Baziad. Osteoporosis occurs because there is decreased bone mass or bone density so that the bones brittle and easily cracked.

In Indonesia, osteoporosis is a major cause of fractures (hip, spine) and joint pain (knee and others) in menopausal women. "But, most women consider osteoporosis as a health problem due to aging is not because of menopause," said Baziad.

In addition, women entering menopause stage significantly increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) due to decreased estrogen. Blood pressure in women over 60 years increased more dramatically than men. "High blood pressure is continuous and independent risk factor of coronary heart strong," said Baziad.
Menopause also increases significantly the risk of hypertension, especially systolic BP. If not treated, complications arising from hypertension would be very dangerous, often lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, blood vessel diseases or kidney failure.