When do women start to go through menopause ?? What age?

Question

And how do you know? Thank you!

Answer 1

Here are signs of Menopause. Don't worry though because most women don't have all of these!
Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling
Irregular heart beat
Irritability
Mood swings, sudden tears
Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles
Loss of libido (see note)
Dry vagina (see note)
Crashing fatigue
Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)
Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
Disturbing memory lapses
Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)
Itchy, crawly skin (see note)
Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)
Increased tension in muscles
Breast tenderness
Headache change: increase or decrease
Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea
Sudden bouts of bloat
Depression (see note)
Exacerbation of existing conditions
Increase in allergies
Weight gain (see note)
Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair
Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
Changes in body odor
Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note)
Tingling in the extremities (see note)
Gum problems, increased bleeding
Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in breath odor
Osteoporosis (after several years)
Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing,' buzzing etc. (see note)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes, as said by the others above, it can vary with age.

I'm 44 and started going through Perimenopause (body changes before Menopause) in April 2006. In about 9 years I will hit Menopause. My mom had Menopause at 53 - that's what I am going by.

Answer 4

Well, typically from age 45-55, the average age being 51 years old. However, there are some women who go through the menopause early, i.e. before 40, but this is known as premature ovarian failure.

HTH : )

Answer 5

It can be anytime from age 40-55.
The symptoms vary:
night sweats
hot flashes
chnge in menstrual cycles
and many others
You are not considered to be through menopause until you don't have a period for at least a year.

Answer 6

Anytime from 35-60. There are medical causes for earlier menopause such as chemotherapy, hormones....
My mother was 60 when she went through "the change" , I'm 55 and it hasn't hit me yet. There is a test that you can buy over the counter at the drug store to tell you if you are starting to go through menopause.
this might help:
http://www.menopause.org/consumers

Answer 7

Most women start menopause in their 40's but it can start as early as your 30's. You know if your periods become less frequent or if you have changes in them. Sometimes you will get hot flashes. Talk to your Gynecologist.

Answer 8

It varies with each women but can start in your 40's. Many times the periods change and get very erratic or a heavier flow or lighter flow. Night sweats are common and so are the hot flashes you have heard about. If you think you might be starting perimenopause and want to know for sure just ask your doc to check your hormones.

Answer 9

Women generally start going through metopause around the age of 48 -55

Answer 10

From age mid-forties to early fifties. Their period stops or becomes very spaced out to where they have one period every few months. They have hot flashes, night sweats. Sometimes they just feel "out of sorts".