34 menopause symptoms? Really? It is a logical question to ask. After all, millions of women are experiencing one or more of
34 menopause symptoms right now! What is going on? We all remember a grandmother or older aunt, how they made transition into menopause. The so-called change will happen, but something tells us that experiencing many of symptoms of menopause as early as ages thirties or forties is not normal.First, here is a list of most common 34 menopause symptoms. Take a moment to consider each one, as some are subtle and at first glance may appear to have no relation to being menopause symptoms:
1 - Aching joints and muscles
2 - Allergy symptoms
3 - Breast tenderness
4 - Chronic fatigue and morning sluggishness
5 - Cold or tingling hands or feet
6 - Craving sweets, caffeine, carbohydrates and unstable blood sugar levels
7 - Depression, anxiety and mood swings
8 - Dizziness, lightheadedness
9 - Dry, thin or wrinkly skin
10 - Endometriosis
11 - Facial hair growth
12 - Fibrocystic breasts
13 - Hair loss, thinning hair
14 - Headaches, migraines
15 - Heart palpitations
16 - Heavy or light periods
17 - Hot flashes
18 - Incontinence
19 - Irregular periods
20 - Irritatibility, inability to handle stress
21 - Lack of concentration, foggy fuzzy thinking, memory lapses
22 - Leg cramps
23 - Low metabolism
24 - Lower sex drive, loss of sex drive
25 - PMS and menstrual cramping
26 - Night sweats
27 - Osteoporosis
28 - Ringing or buzzing in ears (tinnitus)
29 - Sleep disturbances, insomnia
30 - Spotting, light bleeding
31 - Symptoms of hypothyroidism with normal T3 and T4 levels
32 - Uninary tract and yeast infections
33 - Uterine fibroids
34 - Water retention and unexplained weight gain, especially in hips, waist and stomach
Menopause is a natural process for a woman, not an illness. As a woman ages, there will be an expected slowing and ultimately shutdown in reproductive cycle and system. This is normal. However, most of 34 menopause symptoms are indications of underlying hormonal imbalance or damage to body from poor eating habits, stress, obesity and other factors. Millions of women in industrialized countries experience one or more of these 34 menopause symptoms many years before normal age of menopause, which is about 51 years of age.
Why? There are several reasons. Women often put tremendous demands on their bodies, much more stress than it was designed to handle, and then do not give it support it needs. Women have demanding and stressful careers. There are family responsibilities. The relationship with spouse or partner may not be best. Aging parents can add to burden. All of these and other responsibilities are cumulative in toll they take on body and health of a woman.
And at same time, womans body may not be receiving support it needs to function as it was designed to do. Poor eating habits, lack of exercise, obesity, excess caffeine and alcohol add to problem instead of helping body cope with demands placed on it. This lack of balance between demands made versus support given contributes to many of 34 menopause symptoms.
