The Link Between Female Menopause and Late-Life Dementia: A Study’s Findings

[Voce della speranza, 26 aprile 2024](edited by: Guo Qiang) Female menopause is actually related to late-life dementia! “CNN” reported a study that if women go through menopause before age 40 without removing their ovaries and uterus, their risk of developing dementia increases by 35%.

Women who enter menopause before age 40 have a 35% increased risk of dementia (Pixabay)

According to “CNN,” the study surveyed more than 153,000 women from the British Biobank and found that women who entered menopause before age 45 were more likely to be diagnosed with early-stage dementia at age 65 even on risk of entering menopause before the age of 40 reaches 35%. But autoimmune diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, chemotherapy, removal of the ovaries and uterus, and smoking are all linked to early menopause.

The researchers pointed out that women generally enter menopause around age 52. Functional menopause caused by surgery has a lower risk of dementia than early-onset biological menopause, because biological menopause occurs earlier and means other tissues age more rapidly. Additionally, long-term lack of estrogen will increase oxidative reactions, aging the brain and causing cognitive impairment. If you have a smoking habit or are long-term exposed to environmental hormones, pesticides, dyes and air pollution, the impact will be significant; more evident. The study will be published at an American Heart Association (AHA) research meeting.

Researchers say that if women experience premature menopause, doing more exercise in daily life, not smoking, not drinking and maintaining a healthy weight can help prevent dementia.

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