Usually, every woman knows what menopause is, which is the period when a woman's menopausal cycle stops because of age. But ladies, do you know what perimenopause is?
Here is Fitie's review of the perimenopause period, let's find out and identify what perimenopause is so that we are ready when the perimenopause comes.
Perimenopause is...
Perimenopause is a period that indicates that a woman will enter menopause, usually, perimenopause is characterized by the instability of reproductive hormones.
Perimenopause usually takes 4 to 10 years for menopause to occur, and the onset of perimenopause does not occur at the same age for every woman. However, most women experience perimenopause at the age of 30-40 years.
Experiencing Symptoms During Perimenopause
There are different symptoms experienced entering perimenopause and the severity of symptoms experienced by each woman is usually different. Perimenopause symptoms are usually referred to as early menopause symptoms. The following are symptoms that are generally encountered when entering perimenopause;
- Irregular Menstrual Cycle
An irregular menstrual cycle that a woman experiences every month is usually the most common symptom of entering perimenopause.
Usually, ovulation occurs in the middle of the cycle, then menstruation can occur within 2 weeks of the ovulation phase and when women enter perimenopause, the menstrual cycles come more randomly than we usually experience.
- Urinary Tract Problems
Women who experience perimenopause will usually experience symptoms of urinary tract problems. These symptoms are characterized by difficulty urinating, increased urination to painful urination.
These symptoms happened because the bladder loses its elasticity when women enter perimenopause and there are even some women who experience infections during perimenopause.
- Hot flashes, hot sensations that suddenly come
Hot flashes are a condition where women suddenly feel hot/hot, these symptoms usually last quite a long time and interfere with our daily activities.
Hot flashes usually occur at night and make it difficult for women to sleep if they experience them.
Drinking cold water before bed and keeping our sleeping conditions comfortable is one way to reduce hot flashes that occur at night.
- Decreased sex drive
Usually, women entering perimenopause experience symptoms of decreased sexual desire. These symptoms are caused by the instability of reproductive hormones and vaginal dryness as they enter perimenopause.
Women usually feel pain in the vagina during sex when they experience these symptoms.
- Psychological changes.
Psychological changes and mood swings are common when women enter perimenopause, ranging from unpredictable moods or irritability, which are common when experiencing these symptoms.
Changes in the hormones estrogen and progesterone are the things that underlie the psychological changes in women as they enter perimenopause.
Learning meditation techniques is a gracious way to reduce these symptoms, as meditation can ease the mind and make us calmer.
So, after reading Fitie's review of perimenopause, now you know more about perimenopause, right?
The more we know, the better prepared we are to face perimenopause later on.
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