34 Menopause Symptoms - Are You Suffering From One Or More Of These?

34 Menopause Symptoms - Are You Suffering From One Or More Of These?
by: Olinda Rola
34 menopause symptoms? Really? It is a logical question to ask. After all, millions of women are experiencing one or more of the 34 menopause symptoms right now! What is going on? We all remember a grandmother or older aunt, how they made the transition into menopause. The so-called change will happen, but something tells us that experiencing many of the symptoms of menopause as early as ages thirties or forties is not normal. First, here is a list of the most common 34 menopause symptoms. Take a moment to consider each one, as some are subtle and at first glance may appear to have no relation to being menopause symptoms: 1 - Aching joints and muscles 2 - Allergy symptoms 3 - Breast tenderness 4 - Chronic fatigue and morning sluggishness 5 - Cold or tingling hands or feet 6 - Craving sweets, caffeine, carbohydrates and unstable blood sugar levels 7 - Depression, anxiety and mood swings 8 - Dizziness, lightheadedness 9 - Dry, thin or wrinkly skin 10 - Endometriosis 11 - Facial hair growth 12 - Fibrocystic breasts 13 - Hair loss, thinning hair 14 - Headaches, migraines 15 - Heart palpitations 16 - Heavy or light periods 17 - Hot flashes 18 - Incontinence 19 - Irregular periods 20 - Irritatibility, inability to handle stress 21 - Lack of concentration, foggy fuzzy thinking, memory lapses 22 - Leg cramps 23 - Low metabolism 24 - Lower sex drive, loss of sex drive 25 - PMS and menstrual cramping 26 - Night sweats 27 - Osteoporosis 28 - Ringing or buzzing in ears (tinnitus) 29 - Sleep disturbances, insomnia 30 - Spotting, light bleeding 31 - Symptoms of hypothyroidism with normal T3 and T4 levels 32 - Uninary tract and yeast infections 33 - Uterine fibroids 34 - Water retention and unexplained weight gain, especially in hips, waist and stomach Menopause is a natural process for a woman, not an illness. As a woman ages, there will be an expected slowing and ultimately shutdown in the reproductive cycle and system. This is normal. However, most of the 34 menopause symptoms are indications of underlying hormonal imbalance or damage to the body from poor eating habits, stress, obesity and other factors. Millions of women in the industrialized countries experience one or more of these 34 menopause symptoms many years before the normal age of menopause, which is about 51 years of age.