What's Your Menopause IQ?

 What’s Your Menopause IQ?

Are you able to correctly identify symptoms of menopause in comparison to symptoms that occur as a result of aging? Get out your pencil and work through this quiz, courtesy of KuhlCare meonpause relief, and see if you can correctly identify which of the following symptoms are symptoms of menopause and which are more commonly attributed to aging. Choose ‘Caused by both’ if you believe the symptom listed is a function of both aging and menopause. When you are finished you can compare your answers to a national survey and see how you stack up. No peeking!


1. Night sweats are caused by menopause.
True False Caused by both

2. Mood swings are caused by menopause.
True False Caused by both

3. Menopause is a greater risk for breast cancer than aging.
True False Caused by both

4. Vaginal dryness is caused by menopause.
True False Caused by both

5. Hair changes (loss or growth) are caused by menopause.
True False Caused by both

6. Urinary stress incontinence (leakage of urine when sneezing, coughing or lifting) is caused by
aging.
True False Caused by both

7. Weight gain is caused by aging.
True False Caused by both

8. Weak bones occur as a result of aging.
True False Caused by both

9. Urinary urge incontinence (sudden and overwhelming need to urinate) is caused by aging.
True False Caused by both

10. Forgetfulness is caused by menopause.
True False Caused by both



Answers
1. True- night sweats are caused by menopause (99.4% of the respondents answered correctly)

2. True- mood swings are caused by menopause (96.5% of the respondents answered correctly)

3. False- aging is a greater risk for breast cancer than menopause (52.5% of the respondents
answered correctly)

4. Caused by both- vaginal dryness is caused by both aging and menopause (84.3% of the
respondents blamed vaginal dryness solely on menopause)

5. Caused by both- changes in hair (growth or loss) is caused by both aging and menopause
(76.9% of the respondents blamed changes in hair solely on menopause)

6. Caused by both- urinary stress incontinence is caused by both aging and menopause (72.6%
of the respondents blamed urinary stress incontinence solely on menopause)

7. Caused by both- weight gain is caused by both aging and menopause (59.9 of the
respondents blamed weight gain solely on menopause)

8. Caused by both- weak bones are caused by both aging and menopause (44.9% of the
respondents blamed weak bones solely on menopause)

9. False- urinary urge incontinence is caused by menopause (74.2% blamed urinary urge
incontinence solely on aging)

10. False- forgetfulness is caused by aging (51.3 of the respondents blame forgetfulness solely
on menopause)



Results
If you scored 0 to 4: You have a difficult time differentiating between symptoms of aging and
menopause. You could benefit from further reading. Knowledge is power!

If you scored 5 to 7: You have a fair working knowledge regarding symptoms of aging and
menopause, but you could benefit from a little more reading!

If you scored 8 to 10: Congratulations! You have a solid level of knowledge in terms of
differentiating between the signs of aging and menopause, and have not yet been afflicted by
the symptom in question # 10! (If you have to look, perhaps you have…)


Source:
Identifying symptoms of menopause vs. aging. EndocrineToday.com, October 2008

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