By Tom Nuckels
 Menopause is a natural part of life and does not necessarily require treatment. You need to be informed of your options. Symptoms and health risks associated with low estrogen can be treated, often, in natural ways that don't include drug related risks.
Definition
When a woman's menstrual period ceases, and the ovaries permanently stop releasing eggs, a woman has entered the time in life called menopause. It is considered complete when a woman has been without her period for a full year. Menopause can occur anytime between the ages of 40-58, however, the average age is 51 years old.
The Cause
Menopause is a natural part of life and is a gradual process. The ovaries begin producing lower amounts of hormones prior to menopause during a phase called perimenopause.
If menopause occurs before the age of 40 it is called premature menopause. Premature menopause can occur naturally but can also be the result of several conditions, including:
* Family history of premature menopause
* Autoimmune diseases
* X-chromosome abnormalities
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By Keith Londrie
 Many women when facing the menopause have to go through the suffering of sleeplessness or insomnia. Most people believe that insomnia is when you can't sleep and this is true, but it is also not being able to stay asleep.
Waking up one or more times every night then finding it almost impossible to get back to the land of nod is also a very normal factor of insomnia. A common symptom of the menopause are sudden hot flashes, or night sweats and this obviously breaks women's sleep completely.
Normal sleeping habits usually get back into sync when these night sweats disappear or are controlled. Some women develop chronic insomnia when these symptoms refuse to disappear or, after so many nights of waking up, they condition themselves to continue the bad habit.
Most doctors point out that if you have to put up with the inability to sleep every night or most nights for about a month then you probably have chronic insomnia. At first you could blame the hot flushes but if they |
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