Changes in menstrual cycles (skipping periods, more than one period a month, change in menstrual flow, including duration and amount) often occur one to seven years before the periods stop.
Iinguqu kwimijikelo yokuya exesheni (ukutsiba iinyanga, ukuya exesheni kaninzi enyangeni, iinguqu kwindlela owopha ngayo, kuquka nexesha oya ngalo exesheni nobungakanani begazi eliphumayo) zidla ngokwenzeka kunyaka omnye ukusa kwesixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba uyeke ukuya exesheni.