Patient's question:
I am 49 years old this year, and my period hasn't come for the past month. I want to ask if this is normal menopause? I'm still quite worried.Doctor's answer:
The menopausal age is between 45 and 55, with an average age of 49.5. It is a unique physiological period for women. Recurrence of symptoms before and after menopause is often caused by insufficient secretion of gonadotropins, insufficient secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone, insufficient secretion of thyroid-stimulating hormone, endocrine disorders of ovarian function, pituitary tumors, and other hormone level imbalances. Some Chinese herbal medicines that nourish yin and tonify the kidneys can be taken to regulate and alleviate menopausal symptoms. At the same time, attention should be paid to adjusting one's own mentality, maintaining a light diet, and eating more soy products, which have the effect of digesting estrogen. The main symptoms include decreased libido, breast atrophy, infertility, fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, fainting, aversion to cold, pale and dry skin, and slow heart rate.