HEALTH RESEARCH

Menopause Quiz

By Floria, Barbara 
 | 
December 04, 2019

How Much Do You Know About Menopause?

Test your knowledge of menopause by taking this quiz.

1. At about what age does menopause typically begin?
2. A woman is considered to be in menopause after she has missed how many menstrual cycles?
3. What factors can cause premature menopause?
4. Hot flashes are symptoms of the perimenopausal stage. How many perimenopausal women have them?
5. A blood test can help confirm if a woman is beginning menopause. The test measures the level of which of these?
6. What is the most serious adverse effect of menopause?
7. How much bone loss does a woman have in the first 5 years of menopause?
8. Hormone therapy eases some of the negative effects of menopause. Which of these hormones is used?
10. If a woman experiences menopause after age 50, how long should she continue using some form of birth control?

Updated:  

December 04, 2019

Sources:  

Treatment of menopausal symptoms with hormone therapy. UpToDate.

Reviewed By:  

Daniel N Sacks MD,Donna Freeborn PhD CNM FNP,Heather Trevino