What causes early onset menopause symptoms?
Menopause, and the symptoms that accompany it, will affect all women at some point. However, certain factors will cause some women to experience the hot flashes, mood swings, insomnia and other tell-tale signs of menopause earlier than others.Premature vs. Early Onset MenopauseOn average, a woman enters menopause around the age of 51. Women who have symptoms of menopause before the age of 40 are considered to have premature menopause, while those experiencing symptoms before the age of 45 are considered to have early onset menopause.Genetics/EggsIf your mother experienced menopause at an early age, you are more likely to do the same. Additionally, you are born with a finite number of eggs; if you were born with a lower than normal number of eggs, you may enter menopause earlier than the average age.Cancer TreatmentsIf you must undergo chemotherapy and/or radiation, you may enter menopause early due to the damaging effects of the anti-cancer drugs. The early onset of menopause due to th
