Causes of early menopause as Coronation Street’s Faye is diagnosed aged 20

Early menopause occurs when a person’s periods stop before the age of 45

While the average age for a woman in the UK to reach the menopause - when oestrogen levels drop and a natural pregnancy is no longer possible - is 51, it isn’t only something that happens in middle age.

Faye’s unfolding storyline on the cobbles comes after an increasing number of celebrities have worked to remove the stigma of ‘The Big Change’. What is early menopause? “Early menopause is when a woman’s ovaries stop making certain hormones such as oestrogen, therefore resulting in their periods stopping,” says Dr Kinsella. “This is sometimes called premature ovarian failure or primary ovarian insufficiency.

In around 90% of cases, the cause of premature ovarian failure is unknown. However, in some instances there is a known cause. “There are a large number of signs of early menopause which can impact a person both physically and psychologically,” says Dr Kinsella.

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