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'''Psychological:''' Approximately 45% of women experience psychogenic symptoms'''.'''  
'''Psychological:''' Approximately 45% of women experience psychogenic symptoms'''.'''  


*Mood disturbance
*[[Mood disturbances|Mood disturbance]]
*Sleep disturbance
*[[Sleep disturbance]]
*Irritability
*[[Irritability]]
*Anxiety
*[[Anxiety Disorder|Anxiety]]
*Poor Memory: "In a recent study, memory problems were linked to depression and loss of sleep but not to levels of the hormone estrogen"'''.'''  
*Poor [[Memory]]: as a result of depression and loss of sleep but not due to deficiency of estrogen hormone'''.'''
*Depression
*[[Depression]]
*Loss of concentration
*Loss of [[concentration]]
* Loss of self-confidence
* Loss of self-confidence



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Overview

The most common symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, headach, palpitations, dyspareunia, stress incontinence, urgency, frequency, dysuria, anxiety, sleep disturbance, depression. In addition to some less common symptoms of menopause include loss of concentration, and loss of self confidence.

Symptoms of perimenopause

The perimenopausal symptoms are caused by an overall drop in the levels of estrogens, progestin. Some of these symptoms may be associated with the hormonal withdrawal process and as the body adapts to the changing levels of natural hormones, the menopausal symptoms appear. Most of the symptoms happen in the menopausal transition period, together with these symptoms, the woman may also have increasingly erratic menstrual periods.

Vasomotor symptoms: "Approximately, 75% of women experience vasomotor symptoms"[1]

  • Hot flashes are a sudden feeling of heat in face and neck may with red blotches on the chest, back, and arm[2] that are happened three to four minutes,[3] associated with sweating. Hot flashes are the most common symptom and most women have hot flashes for 6 months to 2 years, but some women may experience them for 10 years or longer.[4]
  • night sweats
  • palpitations
  • migraines

Urogenital symptoms: "Approximately 60% of women experience urogenital symptoms"[5] include vaginal symptoms because of vaginal atrophy and urinary symptoms because of urethral atrophy as well as sexual dysfunction symptom.

  • Vaginal symptoms
  1. Pruritus
  2. Dryness
  3. Irregular bleeding
  4. Dyspareunia (painful intercourse)
  • Urinary symptoms
  1. Polyuria
  2. Urgency
  3. Stress incontinence
  4. Dysuria
  • Sexual dysfunction symptom
  1. Decreased libido
  2. Problems reaching orgasm

Skeletal

Skin, soft tissue

  • Breast atrophy
  • Skin thinning
  • Decreased elasticity
  • Formication, a sensation of pins and needles, or ants crawling on or under the skin

Psychological: Approximately 45% of women experience psychogenic symptoms.

A cohort study found that menopause was associated with hot flushes; joint pain and muscle pain; and depressed mood.[6] Menopause was not associated with poor sleep, decreased libido, and vaginal dryness.[6]

References

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507826/#!po=10.0000
  2. https://www.womenshealth.gov/menopause/menopause-symptoms-and-relief
  3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507826/#!po=10.0000
  4. http://www.menopause.org/docs/default-source/2014/nams-recomm-for-clinical-care.pdf
  5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507826/#!po=10.0000
  6. 6.0 6.1 Freeman EW, Sammel MD, Lin H; et al. (2007). "Symptoms associated with menopausal transition and reproductive hormones in midlife women". Obstetrics and gynecology. 110 (2 Pt 1): 230–40. doi:10.1097/01.AOG.0000270153.59102.40. PMID 17666595.


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