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April 25, 2009 - 1:12pm
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Pre menopause symptoms can begin as early as 37 or 38 in (Western) cultures. Usually menopause normally begins at ages 40 or older. However the signs of menopause is also called pre menopause. Officially menopause actually begins when your period stops for good, researchers can’t determine the exact age when menopause really begins, because everybody’s body functions differently.
Ovulation in irregular menstrual cycles, normally a woman would start off with primordial follicle. These are ovum surrounded by layers of cells. Ovum is released from the ovaries every month in the menstrual cycle. A primary follicle is occur when about 6 to 12 primordial follicles with ovum inside starts growing.
There are two hormones that produces anterior pituitary gland, Follicle Simulating Hormone (FSH) and (LH) Luteinizing Hormone. These two hormones plays a very important role in pre menopause in women. Overall throughout a women life, there are about three to four hundred are reliable to develop and ovulate will occur in every women life at any point of time. My mom told me that she experiences hot flashes every now and then. I was watching the news one day and there was a woman who lived in England age 56 and she was pregnant, can this happen? Can women conceive even though they have already gone through menopause? In some cases a young teenage girl at age 14 haven’t started seeing her first menstrual cycle yet and she can got pregnant. My question is do men go through menopause too?
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Hi Anon and thank you for your post!
Absolutely a woman in her 50s can get pregnant - the average age of a woman to start menopause in America is about 52 although obviously some start earlier or later than that.
With regard to a child getting pregnant, they can - as early as age 8. Even if she has not had her period yet, she may ovulate and get pregnant before she has a chance to have her first period.
Do men go through menopause?
They do, (often called "andropause") although their symptoms are not as pronounced and most can still father a child into old age, unlike women who become infertile. But their testosterone levels drop (up to 50% by the time they are 50), they can go through depression and erectile dysfunction can be a problem. They can also suffer stiffness in the joints and muscles although this can also be symptomatic of just getting older.
Just like women have Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as an option to combat menopause, men also have Testosterone Replacement Therapy as an option to combat andropause and there are many medications out there that deal with erectile dysfunction.
Men are actually less inclined to talk about andropause because the symptoms are less obvious in men and they often have difficulty talking about issues like a decrease in testosterone levels, loss of sex drive, depression and erectile dysfunction.
But male menopause is a fact.
Do you know of someone who may be going through male menopause? What are the signs you are seeing?
April 25, 2009 - 4:46pmThis Comment