Symptom Navigator - Second Spring

Each one of us is different and has navigated unique life situations. So as we add years, our bodies change. Women's bodies are governed by hormones and its fluctuating hormones that give rise to certain symptoms much before menopause sets in. Symptoms can start showing up as early as late thirties given our hustling lives!

There are as many as 48 symptoms that women experience in menopausal years. Most common symptoms are sleep disturbances, feeling of emptiness, anxiety, weight gain, loss in bone density and body aches.

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Menopausal Symptoms Explained

Are you between 40-52 years of age?

What are your monthly periods like? Have they

Are there any medical reasons which have

Than menopause that can cause periods to stop.

Are you suddenly feeling hot and flushed? Do you get up in night sweating profusely?

Hot flushes are a typical sign of menopause and about 80% of all women experience it. While the duration and severity varies they start in perimenopausal stages, 1 to 2 years before menopause and can continue for up to 5 years in postmenopausal stages.

Do you find it difficult to fall asleep or cant sleep after waking up at night?

During the menopause, there is fall in the levels of estrogen and progesterone. Falling estrogen activity disrupts restful deep sleep leading to sleep related issues.

Are you experiencing breast tenderness or pain?

When estrogen and progesterone are out of balance, there is tendency to retain water and these deposits may cause breast tenderness and pain during the menopause.

Have you suddenly started complaining about heart problems like heart palpitations, rapid heartbeat, buzzing sound in heart?

More than 50% of women aged between 45 and 54 suffer from heart problems. The severe rapid heartbeat usually accompanies hot flushes.

Do you see the scales of weighing machine going higher? Are you are constantly gaining weight despite eating the same food?

Hormonal shifts lead to increase in weight during menopause. Besides a host of other factors like reduced metabolism, less physical activity and water retention issues adds to the the problem. Weight gain may also be due to lifestyle and genetic reasons.

Have you lately been having depressive moods, empty feeling and sudden mood changes? Are you experiencing feeling of sorrow, despair and uneasiness.

Depressive moods and crying spells happen to menopausal women.
There are changes in life situations, parental support is not there and children get busy with their careers. In addition to this the body is changing too, all these add up to create such moods.

Are you more aggressive than before? Is everyday stress making you irritable?

During menopause handling stress can become too overwhelming. Even a daily packed schedule makes women irritable.

Have you suddenly become nervous about things and anything off routine makes you nervous?

Hormonal changes and restless sleep can trigger anxiety and nervousness.
Feelings of anxiety about how future life developments also play a major role during this phase. If these are more frequent then one should sleep well and try relaxation techniques to calm down the body.

Have the headaches or migraines become often?

A possible increase in headaches during the menopause are also attributed by experts to the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone, which may trigger pressure changes in the head considered to cause the headache.

Techniques that promote relaxation such as meditation, targeted relaxation and breaks can provide additional help. It is also important to take enough fluids (best in the form of still mineral water).

Has your skin texture become more elastic and its dry?

This is due to reducing collagen levels. After all, it's the "cushion of our skin" I During the vears around the menopause, the body produces much less skin-firming collagen, causing wrinkles to increase and become more visible Toning and oiling help to an extent

Are you experiencing hair fall?

This is known as androgenous alopecia, i.e. a normonal hair loss affecting many women during the menopause. Due to the hormonal transformation, estrogen production drops and hair growth becomes weaker as a result. An resulting excess of androgens causes an imbalance at the hair roots. The hair cycle therefore runs more quickly and the growth phases also becomes shorter.

Has your sex life changed and you do not seek physical intimacy any more?

During the menopause, some woman find they are less interested in sex due to a drop in the testosterone hormone, which is responsible for sex drive. In actual fact, testosterone levels can fall by up to 50%.

Are you experiencing painful joints and muscles?

A lot of women suffer from muscle and joint pain with the shoulders, legs or even the finger affected. The falling estrogen level are reasons for this issue.

Have you recently been experiencing urinary tract complaints as in infections, more frequent urge to urinate and incontinence?

Incontinence can have a whole range of different causes and is, of course, not solely a "menopause problem". Increase in infections too can be due to host of other issues apart from organ lining becoming thin and becoming more susceptible to infections.

Are you experiencing vaginal dryness and/or burning in the vagina during sex?

Falling Estrogen levels lead to weaker blood circulation in vagina and vulva leading to dry vagina. This can lead to itching and burning and also pain during sex.