MENOPAUSE – NORMAL STAGE IN A WOMAN’S LIFE
The menopause or change of life is not a disease, but a normal stage in a woman’s life.
How well she masters this stage and the symptoms which might arise, often depend on her knowledge of, and attitudes to, her own body.
Both sexes go through the changes of puberty as men and women enter their reproductive lives.
But, for a woman, this reproductive phase of her life has a definite end. This is the menopause. For a man, there is no such dramatic change and he may continue reproductive ability into old age.
The female reproductive system is under the control of the pituitary gland, which lies at the base of the brain. This produces hormones or chemicals which act on the ovaries.
Each month, due to these hormones, an ovum or egg ripens in the ovary and oestrogen is formed. This hormone causes the endometrium, or lining of the womb, to build up.
When the egg is released, a further hormone is produced by the ovary and makes the regenerated endometrium soft and spongy, ready to receive the fertilised ovum, if conception has occurred.
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Posted: May 15th, 2009 under General health.
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