What is Menopause?

what is menopause

There is a wealth of information on menopause at the moment and I often meet women who feel overwhelmed with it all and cannot see how to best help themselves. My advice is to share the responsibility with your health professional and arm yourself with a symptom tracker, your hormonal and family history and get individualised care that is best tailored to you.

Menopause and Differences with Ethnicity

Many cultures perceive this as a relief and wave goodbye to menstruation. However, the menopause does not pass silently, and most women will have short-term and long-term consequences.

What is the Menopause?

The menopause is a life transition during which your ovaries run out of eggs and hence stop being active and producing hormones oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone