Early menopause - a dangerous signal

Scientists from the Netherlands found that early onset of menopause may be associated with the future of early onset dementia (dementia). This relationship is clearly visible in the example of women with Down syndrome who have menopause occurs much earlier than usual. The earlier menopause, the greater the risk of premature death, according to experts.

Tony Koppus from the medical center at the University of Erasmus MC Erasmus studied a group of women, suffering from Down's syndrome . He emphasizes that the findings may well be applied to the rest the fair sex.

"Women with Down syndrome   beginning in early Menopause   ill   dementia   long before the "srednestasticheskogo" for this disease age - says Koppus. - Additionally, I can inform you that according to my calculations, these women and die earlier than usual. "

It is known that by itself Dementia shortens life expectancy, but Koppus take into account this fact and made an appropriate amendment in its calculations. However, even after this adjustment, the scientist was forced to recognize the link between the onset of early menopause and premature death.

The results of the work of scientists published in the journal Journal of Alzheimer Disease. They are part of a larger study, which is conducted since 2000. Doctors monitor the health status of more than 500 people suffering from Down's syndrome . Their ages range from 45 years and older.

Koppus argues that the development of the health status of people with Down syndrome was correlated with how to develop health and other people, with the exception of specific abnormalities caused by the disease itself.

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