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Test Your Knowledge About Menopause

Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions. Then read the responses to find out how much you know about menopause.

  1. Every woman who reaches menopause will experience some unwanted symptoms.
    True    False
  2. The average age at which a woman experiences menopause in the western part of the world is 51.
    True    False
  3. Hot flashes are the most common symptom associated with menopause.
    True    False
  4. Menopause is not the result of declining hormone production.
    True    False
  5. After menopause, a deficiency of estrogen can lead to the development of osteoporosis.
    True    False
  6. Estrogen helps protect women from heart disease before menopause, but the protection is only temporary since a woman's risk of heart disease increases after menopause.
    True    False
  7. Hormone therapy can help combat the undesirable consequences of menopause.
    True    False
  8. Intermittent vaginal bleeding following menopause is normal.
    True    False
  9. Once a woman reaches menopause, she can stop getting yearly gynecological examinations.
    True    False
  10. Menopause can result in changes to the tissues located inside of the vagina, causing the vaginal walls to become thinner, dryer and less elastic.
    True    False

Sources:

  • American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women's Health 1996 by Random House. Inc.
  • National Institutes of Health, National Institutes on Aging, Publication No. 01-3886, Menopause, February 2001.

  • This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.

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