Q2. What age do you start the menopause?

A2. This varies from one woman to another. One woman may start the menopause in her mid forties whereas another will not start until she reaches her fifties or later.

There are a percentage of women who start the menopause in their twenties and thirties but this is usually due to surgery such as hysterectomy or as a result of chemotherapy treatment for cancer.

The average age of the menopause is 52. Most women will start the menopause anywhere between the ages of 45 to 55.

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Menopause FAQs

1. What is the menopause?
2. What age do you start the menopause?
3. What is a ‘premature menopause?’
4. What is the ‘perimenopause?’
5. What is the ‘premenopause?’
6. What are symptoms of the menopause?
7. Can you become pregnant whilst going through the menopause?
8. Why do you put on weight during the menopause?
9. What are hot flushes?
10. My mother started the menopause at the age of 46, will I do the same?

11. What are mood swings?
12. Why do women lose interest in sex during the menopause?
13. Can you still be sexually active after the menopause?
14. Why do women fear the menopause?
15. What is HRT?
16. Why is there so much controversy around HRT?
17. What treatment is available for the menopause?
18. How likely am I to develop osteoporosis?
19. How long does the menopause last?
20. What is the ‘postmenopause?’

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