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Frequently Asked Questions
Menopause
and Related Issues
It is sometimes surprising how much misconception still surrounds something as natural as menopause. With the wide use of prescriptive HRTs (hormone replacement therapy), it appears that some interests would have us believe menopause is a disease. It, of course, is not. Included below are some of the common questions surrounding menopause and a few nutritional/herbal considerations that may be helpful in symptom management.
Who goes through
menopause?
All
women experience menopause if they live long enough.
Menopause
almost always results from the natural aging process, affecting most women at
an average age of 51 years. But menopause may also result from unnatural causes,
like surgery, complete hysterectomy, use of certain chemicals, and other methods
of induction. About 0.3 percent of all women experience premature menopause.
Despite
a small percentage of unnatural causes, all women will eventually experience
the usually natural process of menopause if they live long enough.
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