Most Common Menopause Signs

Listed below are the most common menopause signs.

Feeling Hot

It’s a fleeting yet unannounced feeling that induces extreme warmth around the body. A decrease in the female hormone induces hot flushes and it is ordinary for women on the verge of menopause to experience that.

Severe Headache

This symptom is usually characterized by highly intense nausea bouts. Mostly lasting 7 hours or up to 3 days or so, migraines induce nausea and can cause increased sensitivity to light and sound. This is caused by the fluctuations of the menstrual cycle or hormonal fluctuations during transition towards menopause. Night Sweats

This symptom is a direct consequence of excessive stress in menopausal women. This experience would usually cause unrest and sleeplessness to women.

Irregular Menstrual Period

Women who are in their forties are generally experience this. Irregular menstrual cycle may come more frequently from the usual 28 days to just 18 to 24 days

Being Moody

Women who experience this goes through an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes, women with menopause are happy but they also fall into frustration quickly. Women undergo negative feelings such as annoyance, confusion, nervousness and extreme cases like hopelessness.

Drying of the Vagina

This is the loss of the usual moistness or softness of the vaginal lining which could usually cause itching and irritation. This physical sensation happens to women that has low estrogen levels where the vaginal tissues start to dry out.

Extreme Tiredness

Extreme tiredness and failing strength are one of the menopause signs that a woman will go through once they are approaching the pre-menopausal stage. Sleep deficiency is the cause of this especially women nearing menopause.

Lack of Sleep 

Insomnia is when women never get a good night’s sleep which is one of the common symptoms of pre-menopause. About 70% of all women entering menopause will experience this symptom.

Increased Weight

During pre-menopause, women experience a lot of hormonal changes, and one side effect of these hormonal changes would be that women’s metabolism becomes slower. The hormonal changes in menopausal women could slower metabolism which could contribute to faster weight gain. Also the redistribution of fat is directly affected by the changing hormones.

Swelling Feeling

Another one of the menopause signs is feeling bloated that can last for a few minutes to longer than an hour. When you know how it feels to be lactose intolerant, that is how exactly it feels for women who feel bloated. Women undergoing pre-menopause and post-menopause produce lesser and lesser lactase causing the discomforting feeling.