ABSTRACT
Case study 9.1 A 46-year-old woman comes to see you with irregular periods and asks if she could be ‘on the change’.
What issues you should cover Age Usually the menopause happens between the ages of 48 and 54 years, but it may occur outside these ages. The median age of menopause is 51 years old. The menopause is the permanent stopping of menstruation resulting from loss of ovarian follicle activity. The natural menopause is defined as being after 12 months of no menstruation, so can only be decided after the event.
