Australian experts last day discarded the claim to predict the time of manopause. They argued that there is no such technique yet. They also called the test as false hope.
The thing started when University of Michigan studied changes in hormones FSH and inhibin B, which stimulate eggs, in more than 600 women over 14 years.It found hormones dropped significantly five years before menopause, meaning she was also at her least fertile.
Scientists also tested another 50 women each year for changes in the hormone AMH, which is already used as a predictor of fertility. The hormone AMH fell to a very low or non-measurable level five years prior to the final menstrual period.
But IVF Australia chairman Michael Chapman said doctors already used a similar test measuring AMH to predict a woman’s fertility.Similar studies have been conducted in Australia but are yet to produce conclusive results.
Michael Chapman said,
“The measurement of these hormones has been done for the last 10 years.We have recognised that AMH is a marker of predicting the number of eggs in ovaries.Our experience is, it might be that the ovaries are running short of eggs but it doesn’t mean that menopause is due to start in the next one or five years. Menopause could still be years off.”
Source: news.co.au
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