Following are the more common symptoms of menopause:

Changes in the menstrual cycle: This is often the first symptom of menopause. Longer or shorter periods, heavier or lighter periods, or missed periods start happening.

Hot flashes and Night Sweats: A hot flash is a sensation of a sudden feeling of heat, often accompanied by sweating. When they occur during sleep they are called night sweats. Hot flashes are the menopause symptoms mentioned by many menopausal women.

Vaginal Dryness & Urinary Problems: Less availability of estrogen makes the walls of the bladder, urethra and vagina drier and less flexible. This makes the tissue more easily damaged and more prone to infections, leading to painful sex.

Mood Swings: The decline in estrogen and progesterone leads to women becoming more emotionally charged. Such hormonal anomaly leads to women feeling radical emotions like sadness and anger

Heart Palpitations: Menopausal women may feel occasional heart palpitations or irregular beats during this time.

Decreased Libido: Women may feel reduced sexual desire due to hormonal shifts.

Sleep Deprivation: Menopausal women have a tendency to be wakeful. This may be due night sweats or heart palpitation.

Cognitive and Memory Changes: Many women experience forgetfulness, problems with concentration or loss of short term memory.

Headaches: Migraine headaches may increase during menopause as they are vascular in nature. The vascular system is more unstable during menopause; therefore migraines can become more frequent and difficult to manage.

Weight Gain: Gaining weight is common during menopause. Build-up of body fat around the waist can occur.

Fatigue: Many women experience a profound fatigue during the menopause. This is temporary because the body adjusts itself to lower levels of estrogen.

Other symptoms: These may include dizziness, indigestion, hair loss, mouth odor, asthma, aching joints and muscles, ringing in the ears, itching and feeling of creepy insects crawling on the body.

Doctor’s Call: Below are listed some circumstances where a menopausal woman should consult a relevant medical specialist. They are:

-       A heavy period may not be good for a woman’s health. Heavy bleeding can be a sign of fibroid tumors, uterine cancer or uterine polyps.

-       A continuous high blood pressure may lead to a heart stroke or indicative of a major heart disease.

-       Very frequent palpitations accompanied with nausea, breathing problem, anxiety or chest pain could be a sign of heart disease.

-       Suicidal thoughts that arise due to too much depression must also be deterred with professional medical help.

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