Menstrual Health and Dementia: The Link Between Long Periods and Brain Protection

2024-02-15 19:17:47

PainPain, fatigue, acneacne… For some women, having your period is anything but a pleasure. However, they have to deal with their menstruation for an average of 37 years of their life. However, a study might console them (a little): the longer the period of life during which a woman has her period, the better she is protected from dementia!

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To reach this conclusion, the authors of the study published in the journal The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry studied data from more than 200,000 women.

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Their results show that women who had menstruated longer (and therefore had more exposure to estrogen) had a 28% reduced risk of dementia compared to those with shorter exposure. Women who experienced menopause beyond the age of 50 also had a reduced risk of dementia (24% reduction compared to others).

On the other hand, women who had their periods at an advanced age (following 15 years) have a 12% increased risk of developing dementia, while that of women who have undergone reproductive surgery is increased by 8%.

This suggests that female hormonesmay have a protective role in the development of dementia in women. A link currently poorly understood, but which might be explained by the increased production of gray matter during prolonged exposure to estrogens.

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