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Menopause causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
menopause is caused by the increased age of women. But the common causes of premature menopause include Premature ovarian failure, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy and bilateral oophorectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, and hysterectomy. Less common causes include Autoimmune diseases, diabetes mellitus, Thyroid disease. chronic fatigue syndrome. Genetic causes include Fragile X Syndrome and Turner’s syndrome
Causes
Causes
Natural menopause is caused by age, but premature menopause is caused by several causes include
Common causes
- Premature ovarian failure/Primary ovarian insufficiency[1]
- Complication of Chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
- Surgical causes: bilateral oophorectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, and hysterectomy.[2]
Less common causes
Certain health conditions include:
Genetic causes
References
References
- ↑ Hernández-Angeles C, Castelo-Branco C (2016). “Early menopause: A hazard to a woman’s health”. Indian J Med Res. 143 (4): 420–7. doi:10.4103/0971-5916.184283. PMC 4928547. PMID 27377497.
- ↑ SecoÈ™an C, Balint O, Pirtea L, GrigoraÈ™ D, Bălulescu L, Ilina R (2019). “Surgically Induced Menopause-A Practical Review of Literature”. Medicina (Kaunas). 55 (8). doi:10.3390/medicina55080482. PMC 6722518 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 31416275. - ↑ Okeke T, Anyaehie U, Ezenyeaku C (2013). “Premature menopause”. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 3 (1): 90–5. PMC 3634232.
- ↑ Santoro N (2003). “Mechanisms of premature ovarian failure”. Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 64 (2): 87–92. PMID 12773939.
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