I often meet female patients in outpatient clinics and ask me: I am over 55 years old and I still have my period every month. Does that mean I'm still young? I usually smile and answer, "Yes. However, it should be noted that when the age is up, the rest organs should enter a rest state, otherwise something may happen. The ovarian cancer group alliance established by the American National Cancer Institute published a paper in a famous cancer magazine in March 2020 (Cancer Res 202080:1210–8; DOI:？ 10.1158/0008-5472. can-19-2850), the conclusion is that if women ovulate too many times in their lifetime, the risk of ovarian cancer will increase. (Recommended reading: Illustrating ovarian cancer? Possible high risk factors)

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More precisely, the risk of ovarian cancer with more ovulation times (more than 5 14 times per life) is twice as high as that with fewer ovulation times (less than 294 times per life).

As can be seen from the above research, the more ovulation times, it may not be a good thing for women, because the risk of ovarian cancer will increase. Therefore, when you get old, if you still report the monthly events, you should be vigilant and receive cervical smear and ultrasound examination regularly.

During pregnancy, the ovary will rest temporarily and stop ovulation, so it has the advantage of reducing the occurrence of ovarian cancer. Similarly, breastfeeding can also reduce the number of ovulation, which helps to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer. Therefore, in order to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, women can consider moderate childbirth and breastfeeding to reduce the risk of cancer. (Recommended reading: Genetic testing of gynecological cancer: talking about ovarian cancer)

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Taiwan Province Province released the latest cancer registration report in June 2020 (data is 20 17), and the cases of ovarian cancer are 1 and 521respectively; 20 16 (1 507 cases); 20 15 (1 434 cases), which shows that the ovarian cancer in Taiwan Province province is increasing slowly year by year. Ovarian cancer is a great threat to women, so women should pay more attention.

With the increase of age, the function of some organs in human body will gradually decline or even stop working, and the ovary is a typical organ. If you are old, your ovaries are not resting, you still ovulate every month, and your menstruation is reported on time, which is not a good thing. If you enter menopause at the right age, take good care of your health and have a normal work and rest, you will live longer and more energetic.

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The author's mother-in-law is 83 years old and entered menopause at the age of 48. She has never taken hormones and has been a vegetarian for many years. She goes to bed at 9 o'clock on time every day, gets up at 4 o'clock in the morning and starts reading classics. At 6 o'clock, she went to the park to lead her mother-in-law to do morning exercises and practice qigong. Even the author lamented.

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