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What Happens When You Hit Menopause Early
Aug 4, 2020
Here's what women need to know about early menopause, which occurs between ages 40 and 45, and premature menopause, which occurs before age 40.
For Leslie Mac, it started with irregular menstrual periods. Mac, a digital strategist and organizer, didn't think much of it, but once she started going months without menstruating, she decided to see her doctor. "Something must be wrong,” she remembered thinking.
She was not expecting to hear that, at 28, she had already entered perimenopause , the transition to menopause .
"I didn't even know it was possible to start the process so early," Mac explained. By 34, she received a diagnosis of menopause, which is officially diagnosed when a woman goes a year without a menstrual period.
Menopause is a normal part of a woman's life and signals the end of the reproductive years. In the U.S., this typically occurs around age 51, but 5% of women have early menopause, which occurs between ages 40 and 45, and 1% experience premature menopause , which occurs before age 40.
While age of diagnosis may differ, premature and early menopause follow the same process as usual menopause. As women age, the levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone in their body begin to decline. In premenopausal women, the ovaries produce these hormones in a regular cycle, and they're important for both reproductive and overall health.
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