Please share an interesting fact about menopause.

Women: Women can lose 40% of their spongy bone mass 10 years after menopause.

AMH: Amh may be best measure of the number of eggs in ovaries and time of menopause.

Fertility: Fertility ends about 7-10 years before menses stop (menopause) which is about age 51.

Menapause: Menopause does not guarantee a loss in sex drive. Embrace the change and enjoy your love life.

Myth:: Your sex life does not end with menopause. For many women, their sex drive increases.

Gout: Post menopausal women can get gout. In fact, menopausal women lose their protection against gout.

Women: Women cannot have a good sex life after menopause! myth. For some, even better!

Hormone: Hormone replacement is not always harmful. In selected individuals it can be an asset.

The: The average age of menopause is 51.

Menopausal: Menopausal symptoms are much more rare in countries with mainly plant based diets.

If: If you are interested and have a loving partner, intimacy is healing.

Intimacy: Myth: intimacy is only going to get worse after menopause.

The: The average of menopause onset is 51 with a normal range of 38 to 56.

Not: Not truly associated with mood swings. But anyone can be grouchy when they are uncomfortable.

A: A lack of periods does not change your ability to have an orgasm.

Once: Once women reach menopause they develop heart disease at same rate as male counterparts.

Women: Women live twice as long after menopause than they did just two generations ago.

Diet and exercise: If you are in menopause at 36, lack of estrogen is associated with increased cardiac problems later.

51: The average ago of menopause is 51 years.

Some: Some women get post menopausal symptoms at early age due to premature failure of ovaries.

Just: Just a hysterectomy will not cause post menopausal symptoms, as long as the ovaries are spared.

If: If your bleeding is much heavier and irregular, it is not just normal menopause. See your doctor.

The: The average age of menopause (50.5) is the same as in 1910. Now we just live longer! go! go!

Vaginal: Vaginal dryness is a common complaint. Many options are available to treat it. Discuss with your dr.

Before: Before menopause, bone loss is ~1%/yr; afterwards ~3-5%/yr!

Decrease: Decrease in estrogen causes aging, dryness of skin, mucosa, mood changes.

Menopause: Menopause is the permanent end of menstruation.

Hormone: Hormone replacement therapy in not recommended for women with a history of stroke.

Menopause: Menopause can cause bladder symptoms which will respond to estrogen.

Women: Women w more education and higher incomes have a better overall health and fewer sxs of menopause.

Classic: Classic symptoms are: hot flushes, night sweats, sleeplessness, no libido, vag dryness, irreg cycles.

MYTH: Myth (not true !) : menopause is a sudden change that takes a year at most.

MYTH: Myth : not true: irregular bleeding is always a sign of cancer.

MYTH:: Myth: hormones are the only option for dealing with hot flushes and night sweats (not true!).

MYTH:: Myth: menopause can never happen before age 50 (not true!).

Many: Many types of hormone therapy are natural and made from plants.

Benefits: Benefits of hormone therapy include significant improvement in hot flushes and night sweats.

The: The risk of developing a blood clot in persons using hormone therapy is 2-3 persons per 10, 000 users.

Women: Women who have had a hysterectomy (removal of uterus) are not at risk of getting endometrial cancer.

Hormone: Hormone therapy has benefits and risks...It may significantly improve quality of life.

Menopause: Menopause is not a phase! it is a permanent condition that results due to death of the ovaries.

Women's: Women's hormones decline to deficient levels years faster than men's hormones --due to menopause.

Studies: Studies show happiness contributes to longer life, reducing heart disease & more. Cultivate yours!

The: The menopause process starts about age 35 and continues to about age 55.

Women: Women generally experience menopause at about the same age that their mother did.

Ignore: Hot flashes and night sweats are usually the most disturbing symptoms.

Ignore: Menopause is not the end of a women's sexual life!

Ignore: Menopause is not only for female, but is also for male. The testosterone decreases slow with changes.

Ignore: Learn what triggers your hot flashes and what to avoid. For many alcohol and caffeine are triggers.

Ignore: The average age of menopause in the USA is 51.3 years.

Ignore: Arthralgias can be one of the first symptoms of estrogen deficiency.

Ignore: Menopause was unknown 200 years ago because woman rarely lived long enough to enter their 50s.