Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when their reproductive cycle comes to an end and their ability to reproduce stops because of natural ageing. Research has found that menopause may worsen the experience of symptoms such as headaches, sleep problems and cognitive or mood changes among women after brain injury.
The number of people surviving brain injury is increasing over time, and that means that more women with brain injury are living to the age when menopause will typically begin.
Our new publication, Menopause after brain injury, discusses what menopause is, how it can affect women with brain injury uniquely, and how women with brain injury can cope with their menopausal symptoms.
The publication has kindly been reviewed by the British Menopause Society Medical Advisory Council, Dr Claire Kalpakjian at the University of Michigan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Dr Meghan Blaya, Associate Scientist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Department of Neurological Surgery.
Download Menopause after brain injury here, or visit our information library to browse Headway's full range of brain injury publications.
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