Anxieties about Menopause
There is literary English which deals about the stage of a woman where she won’t be able to produce egg cells anymore and they refer it as “mid-life crisis”. This is medically termed as menopause. What is menopause actually?
Menopause is the point in a woman’s life when menstruation stops permanently, signifying the end of her ability to have children. Known as the “change of life,” menopause is the last stage of a gradual biological process in which the ovaries reduce their production of female sex hormones–a process which begins about 3 to 5 years before the final menstrual period. This transitional phase is called the climacteric, or perimenopause. Menopause is considered complete when a woman has been without periods for 1 year. On average, this occurs at about age 50. But like the beginning of menstruation in adolescence, timing varies from person to person. Cigarette smokers tend to reach menopause earlier than nonsmokers.
Menopause is an individualized experience. Some women notice little difference in their bodies or moods, while others find the change extremely bothersome and disruptive. Estrogen and progesterone affect virtually all tissues in the body, but everyone is influenced by them differently.