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Menopause, which comes from the Greek mens, meaning monthly, and pausa, meaning stop, is the time when a woman’s monthly menstrual period comes to a halt. When we speak about menopause, we are talking about the changes that occur in a woman after she stops menstruating.
Menopause can last anywhere from one year to several years, varying from one woman to another. It is the time when a woman may experience the well-known change-of-life symptoms such as hot flashes, hot flushes, dry skin, backaches, and other problems associated with declining estrogen levels. Some women, particularly women who have no obvious symptoms of menopause, might never know when menopause begins and ends because they are able to pass through this phase with little or only minimal discomfort.
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Endometriosis, just like menstrual cramps, may exist alone or in combination with premenstrual syndrome, or there is a third alternative—some women have endometriosis, menstrual cramps, and premenstrual syndrome together during every menstrual cycle. These women suffer terribly.
Endometriosis is a disease in which the tissue that forms the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, spreads to the organs outside the womb. During the last half of a woman’s menstrual cycle—the two weeks that begin with ovulation and end in menstruation—the lining of the uterus grows rich in glandular tissue and blood vessels. Steadily, naturally, an emerging vascular layer turns the endometrium into a soft, spongy nest, a bed for a fertilized egg.
At this point, the endometrium exists to nurture fertilization, so if an egg is not fertilized, the body has no reason to keep this enriched lining. The cycle comes to an end. A woman’s uterus begins rhythmic contractions that disturb the blood supply to the uterine lining and cause the unused endometrium to detach from the womb and leave the body as menstrual blood.
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A woman may suffer premenstrual syndrome in combination with menstrual cramps, or she may experience either condition alone. However, she should try not to confuse the two because, first of all, they spring from different sources.
Scientists recently discovered that cramp-causing, hormone-like substances called prostaglandins, which are produced in many tissues of the body, are significantly present in the lining of the uterus. Women who have excruciating menstrual cramps have been found to have more prostaglandins than women who were less bothered. PMS, on the other hand, is never mentioned in connection with prostaglandins. Premenstrual syndrome had been linked to hormonal imbalances and changes in interactions between brain hormones and the body’s neuroendocrine system.
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