With the improvement of people’s living standards, women are paying more and more attention to their own maintenance, especially to their ovaries, because it is the source of women’s health and beauty. This is the reason why there are now some beauty institutions in the society with the gimmick of “maintenance of ovaries” and “prevention of premature ovarian failure”, saying that through the method of “oil massage” can maintain the ovaries. The most important thing is that you should not believe it. The ovaries are deep in the pelvis and cannot be reached by massage. The following we understand from the source what exactly is premature ovarian failure? What are the symptoms of premature ovarian failure? The actual fact is that you will not be able to get a good deal on your own. The follicles are a non-renewable resource. First of all, let’s clarify a common sense, there are follicles in the ovaries and eggs in the follicles, the reserve of follicles can reflect whether your ovaries are strong (estrogen and progesterone secretion are related to follicles). In a normal woman, there are 2 million oocytes (follicles in embryonic form) on both ovaries at birth, but note that oocytes are a non-renewable resource just like oil. That is to say, at birth your resources are the most abundant, but from then on the road to depletion, by puberty there will only be 300,000 to 400,000 oocytes; at the age of 35 there are about 25,000, and at this time the ovaries begin to accelerate degeneration; oocyte depletion, “menopause” will come! So what is premature ovarian failure? In layman’s terms, it means your menopause has come early! In general, patients with premature ovarian failure have normal age of menarche and development of secondary sexual characteristics. However, due to a variety of congenital or acquired factors, the follicles in the follicular pool become under-reserved prematurely and enter early menopause at an age of less than 40 years. What are the symptoms of premature ovarian failure? Many people will be paranoid about whether they have premature ovarian failure, so let’s talk about what the symptoms of premature ovarian failure will be. Infertility, many patients are found to have premature ovarian failure because of infertility; menstrual disorders, amenorrhea: only 10-20% of patients with premature ovarian failure will have sudden amenorrhea, most patients show sporadic menstruation, shortened periods, reduced menstrual volume and gradually amenorrhea; low estrogen symptoms: if the ovaries are the factory of estrogen, then the follicles are the workers who make estrogen, where are the workers without the products? The effects of estrogen on women are far-reaching, and lack of estrogen can cause: (1) vasodilatory symptoms, such as hot flashes, flushing and sweating; (2) genitourinary symptoms, such as vaginal dryness, painful intercourse, urinary tract infections and urinary incontinence; (3) in the long term, osteoporosis and fractures, elevated blood lipids and cardiovascular disease, and dementia, etc. For more details, please see “Menopause symptoms are caused by low estrogen” Some patients have concomitant manifestations of autoimmune diseases, such as Addison’s disease, thyroid disease, diabetes, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, vitiligo, and clone disease. To diagnose premature ovarian failure, trust in scientific tests If you are still unsure, then you can go to the hospital for the following tests to clarify whether you have premature ovarian failure or not Hormone 6 test: The purpose is to detect 6 indicators of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), testosterone (T) and prolactin (PRL). bilateral ovaries for atrophy or small size. Vaginal ultrasound is the best way to visualize the follicles and allows for accurate evaluation and number counting. Ultrasound may reveal follicle-like structures (non-functioning follicles) in patients with premature ovarian failure; Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) test: AMH is a hormone secreted by the cells of the granular layer of the small ovarian follicles. Conversely, as the follicles are depleted with age and various factors, the AMH concentration will decrease. In short, your doctor will draw scientific conclusions based on a variety of test results, and you should not jump to conclusions on your own. If you have been diagnosed with premature ovarian failure, you should not believe the false propaganda that follicles cannot be created out of nothing. If you have not been diagnosed with a disease and just want to do “ovarian maintenance”, then massage and supplements will not help either. There are no shortcuts to ovarian care, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the right choice.