A Study to assess the level of knowledge regarding menopause among pre–menopausal women

Mrs. Susan Mythily.A; Dr. Kanagavalli.P.

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A Study to assess the level of knowledge regarding menopause among pre–menopausal women

Mrs. Susan Mythily. A, Dr. Kanagavalli. P.

Abstract :

Menarche and menopause are the turning point in the life of a woman. �Menopause is a stage of life not a disease�. The menopause is the time of women�s life when reproductive capacity ceases. The pre–menopausal is a term used to denote the period during which menopausal changes are occurring. During the early menopausal transition, estrogen levels are generally normal or even slightly elevated; the level of follicle–stimulating hormone begins to increase but is generally in the normal range. The women, during the transition to menopause may experience vasomotor, urogenital, psychosomatic, psychological symptoms, physical symptoms like hot flushes and emotional changes such as mood swings, increased tendency to obesity, as well as sexual dysfunction. The prevalence of each of these symptoms related to menopause varies across ethnic, socio economic groups and between rural and urban women. These changes are due to a fall in the production of estrogen because the ovaries are no longer able to responds to pituitary gonadotrophins