World Menopause Day
World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing.
We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing. World Menopause Day social media posts. The theme for World Menopause Day 2021 is Bone Health.
World Perimenopause Day
This is an annual awareness day that takes place on 11th October – one week before World Menopause Day. World Perimenopause Day 2021 aims to raise awareness around the lesser known stage prior to menopause, where hormone levels fluctuate and as a result, women experience an array of menopause symptoms while still having periods.
There are more than 30 recognised symptoms of menopause, and on average, women will experience nine of these.
The top 9 symptoms of perimenopause are:
Period changes
Hot flushes and night sweats
Stress and anxiety
Sleeping problems
Brain fog and poor concentration
Skin and hair changes
Mood changes
Low energy
Joint and muscle aches
For many women, Perimenopause and Menopause can be a life changing and isolating experience. But by raising awareness and education we hope to support women in joining the dots as they understand the connection between their symptoms and midlife hormone fluctuations.
Male Menopause
“Male menopause” is the more common term for andropause. It describes age-related changes in male hormone levels. The same group of symptoms is also known as testosterone deficiency, androgen deficiency, and late-onset hypogonadism.
Male menopause involves a drop in testosterone production in men who are age 50 or older. Male menopause differs from female menopause in several ways. For one thing, not all men experience it. For another, it doesn’t involve a complete shutdown of your reproductive organs. However, sexual complications may arise as a result of your lowered hormone levels.
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