Symptoms of Perimenopause, Menopause, and Postmenopause?

Perimenopause refers to the phase before the actual menopause occurs to women. Perimenopause generally occurs between the ages of 35 to 45 in most of the women. It should also be noticed that the time for perimenopause differ from woman to woman. Now, we know about perimenopause, we can talk about its symptoms. In perimenopause phase, a woman may experience hot flashes, sleeping problems and coldness. Women may get very moody, irritable, anxious and suffer from depression in some cases. In perimenopausal phase, the sexual desire of a woman declines. Skin may get dry and hairs may be lost in excess due to perimenopause. Dryness in vagina is another symptom of perimenopause. Incontinence, heart palpitation and irregularity in periods are some other symptoms of perimenopause.

Menopause indicates stoppage of menstrual cycle of a woman. Once a woman reaches the phase of menopause, she becomes infertile. There are a large number of symptoms of menopause. Most of the symptoms of menopause are similar to the symptoms of perimenopause. Menopausal women feel no urge for sex. Sudden tears and severe mood changes are two other symptoms of menopause. Women who reach menopause phase gets tired very easily. Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of menopause. Menopausal women may also suffer from lack of concentration and mental confusion. Many women also put on weight due to menopause. Rapid heartbeat, panic disorders, headaches are some other symptoms of menopause.



If we talk about the symptoms of postmenopause then they are experienced by women usually between forty five to fifty five years of age. Most of the symptoms of postmenopause are same as the symptoms of menopause. Postmenopausal women may experience mood swings, sleeping problems, anxiety, loss of hair, increased irritability etc. If we discuss longer effects of postmenopause on health then it may include heart problems due to increased level of cholesterol in body of postmenopausal women. Bone loss may also occur to women who are in their postmenopausal phase.

Role Of Nutrients In Hair Growth

Hormones and Vitamins play an important role in the Hair growth. Hair consists of a pigment called “Melanin” which also occurs in the skin of human beings. This pigment is responsible for the dark nature of the skin and hair. In Young people, hair has large number of melanin pigments which leads to Dark nature of the hair and with the increase of the age, the no. of melanin pigments decreases, leading to whitening of the hair in old People. In older people, the follicles produce thin and long hair, and also sometimes also do not produce any hair. This is the cause for the Baldness in old people.

Alcohol effects hair growth, i.e. Alcoholics have poor hair growth or they experience hair loss due to malnutrition.

The Essential mineral for the growth hair is – Zinc (Zn) which is responsible for hair growth and also prevents hair from becoming Greyish in nature. Hormones and vitamins also have an essential role in hair growth – Androgens are helpful in hair growth and also helps in Strengthening of Hair Shaft but are present in different ratio in men and women.

The Female hormones called Oestrogens decreases the growth of hair during the growth of the individual. During Pregnancy there is difference in hair growth as blood cntains more amount of Oestrogens at that time.

The effect of Androgens in male is different in many people, that is the reason some people do not get beard and hair on the chest upto a certain age of above 25 and a few get at an age of near 20.
Vitamin B – Panthenol Helps in maintaining the growth of hair and also contributes to the elastic nature and strength of the hair. Steroids taken by Asthma patients through inhalation does not effect the hair growth, but if taken orally, will slow down the hair growth.

Finally, Hormones are genetically produced and are determined and they help in growth of the hair.