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Overview
Menopause occurs naturally or can be induced, Induced menopause happens as a result of bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, a complication of tubal ligation, complications of treatment, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, autoimmune diseases such as thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, Turner’s syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, premature ovarian insufficiency.
Several risk factors accelerate happen early menopause such as undiagnosed and untreated coeliac disease, family history and Cigarette smoking has been found to decrease the age at menopause by as much as one year and women who smoke have early menopause before non-smoking women.[1][2]
causes
- Age:
As women age, physiological menopause happened is the result of the eventual atresia of almost all oocytes in the ovaries and deficiency of estrogen and progesterone hormone production.
- Certain health conditions:
- Autoimmune diseases, such as thyroid disease and rheumatoid arthritis the body’s immune system, attack the ovaries, and keep them from making hormones.
- Chronic fatigue syndrome, Women with chronic fatigue syndrome are more likely to have early or premature menopause.
- HIV and AIDS, Women with HIV whose infection is not well controlled with medicine may experience early menopause.4 Women with HIV may also have more severe hot flashes than women without HIV.
- Missing chromosomes or fragile X syndrome gene, such as Turner’s syndrome, women are born without all or part of one X chromosome, so their ovaries do not form normally at birth and their menstrual cycles, including the time around menopause, may not be normal.
- Premature ovarian insufficiency.
- Polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Chemotherapy or radiotherapy:.
These cancer treatments can damage your ovaries and cause your periods to stop forever or just for a while.
- Surgical causes:
- Bilateral oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, periods will stop after this surgery, and hormone levels will drop quickly with strong menopausal symptoms.
- Hysterectomy, removal of the uterus, hysterectomy, does not itself cause menopause, although pelvic surgery can sometimes precipitate somewhat earlier menopause, perhaps because of compromised blood supply to the ovaries. Women who have undergone hysterectomy with ovary conservation go through menopause 3.7 years earlier than average.
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