Menopause is a stage in the life of every woman who is a natural and necessary part of our body to maturity. This entails the withdrawal of menstruation, which leads to reproductive age.
Although they may affect the health of women, causing changes in your body, the withdrawal period cannot be considered a disease. However, there are women who, for various reasons, see how they come to an unusually early age. We talked about early menopause, a condition that occurs when the ovaries stop working soon.
Early menopause, as indicated by Javier Ferrer, president of the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (EMEA), is “the disappearance of menstruation and ovarian function in women under 40 or 45 years.” This fact makes these females lose reproductive ability early and suffer some symptoms of certain diseases that are specific to older ages.
The specialist said that this disease has a very diverse etiology, ranging from “genetic abnormalities such hereditary factors that make some families to accumulate in people who suffer.” However, there are also cases that occur because of the incidence of “some drugs and treatments of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which can affect ovarian cells,” says Ferrer. This makes it fairly common in cancer patients.
Moreover, the expert notes as agents that can cause premature menopause some autoimmune diseases “that make the cells are destroyed by antibodies.” Finally, there are a number of cases for which there is an explanation and is considered idopático type.
Women, who are affected by this syndrome, go to your gynecologist scared because they have stopped menstruating. This is the first sign that something is not working properly, a diagnosis that is completed with “an analytical study showing a drop in estrogen if you suffer from the disease,” said the expert. This analysis is essential to begin monitoring the patient and even “should be repeated several times, because sometimes ovarian failure is not final,” says Javier Ferrer.
Although this disorder is, unfortunately, virtually impossible to prevent, since they are not familiar with the etiology, the doctor refers to certain aspects that could be considered as, for example, “the snuff is shown that it can advance the age of menopause about two years.” Following this, you should also try to “protect the area and ovarian radiation in patients with cancer, trying to use alternative therapies to chemotherapy and radiotherapy or administered in lower doses.”
Despite what most upsets those affected by this early menopause is the fact of losing their fertility, symptoms that can be derived from it can be very dangerous and, although we cannot cure the disease, you should strive to improve quality of life of these women.
The early absence of ovarian activity does not produce enough estrogen for the body to function properly. Therefore, to alleviate this deficit “are to restore hormone levels through hormonal replacement therapy to compensate for this loss until the normal age at which menopause should appear,” advises the specialist.
This reflects the need for medical monitoring to help prevent “diseases occur involution typical of women such as osteoporosis, certain other cardiovascular conditions that are more common in old age,” explains Ferrer. So if you detect any defect or delay in menstruation, it is best to go to a gynecologist as soon as possible so he can make the proper diagnosis.
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