Impact of menopause on the women's health

ABSTRACT

Menopause is a consequence of loss of ovarian function. Withdrawal of estrogen level cause various menopausal symptoms. Change in the estrogen level can affect large areas of body target, causing atrophy of tissues and metabolic modifications with psychological and sexual changes that are variably experienced by individual woman. Short-term consequences of estrogen deprivation include vasomotor symptoms and urogenital atrophy. Long-term consequences of estrogen deprivation include cardiovascular disease, bone loss and osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.