NAMs Menopause Certification Exam with Questions and Answers

NAMs Menopause Certification Exam with Questions and Answers Climacteric phase ANSWER The period of endrocrinologic, somatic, and transitory psychologic changes that occur around the time of menopause. Early menopause ANSWER LMP before age 45 Late menopause ANSWER LMP after age 54 Primary ovarian insufficiency ANSWER Menopause that occurs before age 40 Early menopause transition (stage -2) ANSWER Persistent difference of 7 days or more in the length of consecutive cycles. Late menopause transition (stage -1) ANSWER 60 or more consecutive days of amenorrhea Luteal out of phase event (LOOP) ANSWER Explains why some perimenopausal women have elevated estrogen level sometimes...In the early menopause transition, elevated FSH levels are adequate to recruit a second follicle which results in a follicular phase-like rise in estradiol secretion superimposed on the mid-to-late luteal phase of the ongoing ovulatory cycle. Obese women and estradiol levels during menopause ANSWER Obese women are more likely to have anovulatory cycles with high estradiol levels. They are also more likely to