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establishing criteria for diagnosis

Does anyone know the absolute criteria in order to be diagnosed with PTLS? I realize that there are specific symptoms, but usually in diagnosing other syndromes, people have to have a certain percentage of symptoms in order to be diagnosed, or certain test results. Are there any specifics for PTLS?
I have been compiling information on normal menopause hormonal changes, like how FSH rises first, there can sometimes be an elevated estrogen for the first year of perimenopause, etc. I have also heard about some women having low testosterone, but HOW low? The normal levels of testosterone in both pre and post menopausal women are quite similar. I assume that a natural menopause has a more gradual change in all the affected hormones, and PTLS more severe and faster changes. We all need to start keeping track of these things in order to prove that this is real. There has to be some way to differentiate a normal menopause from a surgical one or we will be screwed forever. There really are doctors that do not believe in this, but anyone can look in an anatomy book and see how this could easily happen!
Does anyone have any data on how "normal" it is to have a baby and go directly into menopause and be unable to nurse that baby? That doesn't sound too normal to me, as it wouldn't help humans on an evolutionary scale (to have offspring you could not feed!)

Posted on Jan 3, 2001, 9:45 AM

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