1.4 Menopause: the final goodbye to your period

Menopause is the time when you have your final menstrual period. You can only know that you have reached menopause in hindsight, when you have had no period for one year.

The average age of menopause is 52 years. During this time, the oestrogen level in the body declines. This can also have some positive effects, for example a remission of fibroids (benign nodules in the uterine muscle) or endometriosis (a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other places outside the uterus) after menopause.