Are you in perimenopause, or premenopause? The “flash period”, a symptom could alert you. What is that ? Answers.
Perimenopause is the period that occurs before menopause. It can also be called premenopause and can last 2 to 4 years depending on the site of theHealth Insurance. How? ‘Or’ What recognize a period of perimenopause ? Several signs can put you on the voice, reminds the health insurance: “alternation of short and long cycles, periods are irregular, premenstrual syndrome, breasts are tense and mood is irritable, the first hot flashes and night sweats.”
“These symptoms usually appear around the age of 47 and are due to progesterone deficiency, one of the main female hormones. Estrogen secretion is preserved. according to AMELI. But another symptom can alert you: the flash period, or “flash rules” in French.
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The “flash period”, this pre-menopause symptom to spot
The flash period is simply a symptom of perimenopause. This is a bleeding that may occur, even when you think you are no longer having your period. This sudden bleeding does not necessarily mean that you can ovulate again.
So how can this phenomenon be explained? Dr. Lauren Streicher, director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause, told the Today magazine : “During perimenopause women usually don’t ovulate but there’s enough estrogen that you can get that buildup in the lining of the womb and then when it gets to a certain level you start bleeding and it’s completely unexpected.”
When can we consider that we are menopausal? “You can say that you are menopausal once you haven’t had a period for 12 months“Jennifer Lincoln, an obstetrics doctor in Portland, told the Today media.