Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Age of Onset of Menopause

The age of onset of menopause varies between a range of 45 ? 55 years, with an average age of 51 years. It depends on a number of factors:





Genetics



It has been observed that mothers and daughters tend to get their menopause at more or less the same age. This is because all women are born

with a finite number of follicles that are determined genetically. Menopause occurs when this stock of follicles are exhausted at the end of the reproductive life.



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