More than half our population (50.7 per cent) are born with ovaries and will experience perimenopause in midlife. This occurs as hormone levels decrease and ovaries slow their release of eggs. Perimenopause usually begins in the early to mid-40s. Some people even begin perimenopause earlier, due to premature ovarian insufficiency or medical treatments such as chemotherapy or surgical oophorectomy (ovary removal). Menopause is technically the single day 12 months after your last period.
It usually occurs five to ten years after perimenopause begins, between ages 45 and 55. Up to 80 per cent of people in perimenopause experience symptoms. But it's not just hot flushes — symptoms can be incredibly varied and range in severity. Oestrogen affects every system in the body and so too can perimenopause symptoms. These include: It's impossible to anticipate which, if any, symptoms you'll experience, or in what order they will begi
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