Wiktionary
n. The physiological stage menstruating women go through when approaching menopause, when, due to hormonal changes, they progress from their usual pattern of menstruation through a phase of atypical menstruation, and finally cease menstruating. Perimenopause ends when a woman has not menstruated for a year.
Usage examples of "perimenopause".
In TLC 7, I help you understand the hormone fluctuations of perimenopause, a normal period of change leading up to menopause that usually lasts four to five years, as well as the decline of estrogen during menopause and how this can affect your physical and emotional state.
New research continues to point to soy foods high in phytoestrogens for reducing or erasing the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
For women in perimenopause, or just prior to menopause, the declining levels of the hormone estradiol may increase your chance of poor sleep.
For most of the perimenopause, normal and abnormal cycles tend to be intermixed.
The decline of estrogen and progesterone, which may happen before the perimenopause, signals the uterus to shed its endometrial lining prematurely.
Shorter cycles, irregular cycles, or both are often the first signs that the perimenopause has started.
It is thought that Asian women suffer less from the symptoms of menopause and perimenopause than Western women because of the extremely high soy content of their diet.
When estrogen levels begin to drop during perimenopause, testosterone appears to be able to pick up part of the slack.
I watched him walk up the brick walk with his long, relaxed stride, wearing a pale gray sports coat over a black silk T-shirt and black slacks, and my estrogen levels shot up so fast my perimenopause disappeared.