更年期是从成熟期到绝经期的过渡时期或从发生月经不调到绝经。但绝经只是更年期的一种现象,更年期并不以绝经而结束。目前对更年期的概念,是Roth提倡的从成熟期向老年期的过渡。而九鸠定为绝经前后内分泌环境的异常变动时期,确切地说,更年期是绝经前后经过的时期。一、更年期妇女的内分泌环境更年期是随着全身老化,卵巢功能由衰退至停止,而主由肾上腺产生性激素的时期。更年期发生机理的解释,有以卵巢功能衰退为前驱及以间脑等植物神经中枢的功能失调为前驱的两种学说。目前则倾向于前者。但在患植物神经紊乱的妇女中见到有先发生植物神经中枢失调的病例,所以仅用一种解释不能说明全部过程。如以性激素为主来观察更年期妇女的内分泌情 Menopause is from the maturity to the transition period of menopause or from irregular menstruation to menopause. But menopause is just a phenomenon of menopause, menopause does not end with menopause. The current concept of menopause is the transition from maturity to old age advocated by Roth. Jiujiu as pre-menopausal endocrine changes in the environment during the abnormal period, to be exact, menopause is the period after menopause. First, menopausal women’s endocrine environment Menopause is with the aging of the body, ovarian function from recession to stop, and the main by the adrenal gland produce sex hormone period. Explanations of the mechanism of menopause, ovarian function decline as the precursor and the diencephalon and other autonomic center dysfunction as the precursor of two doctrines. The current tend to the former. However, there are cases of autonomic central dysfunction in women with autonomic disorders, so the whole process can not be explained by only one explanation. Such as sex hormones to observe menopausal women’s endocrine situation