You don’t have to be in full-blown menopause to experience symptoms. You could be in perimenopause. Perimenopause can start in your 30s and begin as many as 10 years before actual menopause starts. You aren’t technically in full menopause until you haven’t had a period for twelve months in a row. The symptoms of perimenopause could be very mild or at times be very bothersome. Your doctor can do blood tests to check your hormone levels, but you can also go through the following list of symptoms and see if they apply to you.
So how do you know if you’re in perimenopause? There are certain changes your body begins to go through that cause symptoms that can vary in intensity. Those can be found in more detail in this report, but you can read below and see if any of them sound familiar.
1) Irregular periods. Your periods may become lighter, heavier, shorter, longer or you may even skip one. The above article states that you are probably in perimenopause if there is a change that lasts more than seven days in your menstrual cycle.
2) Hot flashes.
3) Interrupted sleep.
4) Mood swings.
5) Increase in vaginal dryness or an increase in urinary tract or bladder infections.
6) Decreased sex drive.
7) Loss of bone density and an increase in cholesterol levels.
If you are experiencing a few of these symptoms of perimenopause you may want to consult your doctor. If the symptoms are severe enough to cause health concerns or disrupt your daily life, you also may want to find out about options that could help reduce the symptoms.
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