Coronary heart disease (CHD), also known as coronary artery disease is a narrowing of the blood vessels (coronary arteries) that supply oxygen and blood to the heart.
Therefore, the only way to know if you have gone through menopause is if you have not had your period for one year. (And it's not menopause if your periods stop for some other reason, like being sick.) The average age of menopause is 51, but for some women it happens as early as 40 or as late as 55.
How Can a Menstrual Period End Early? In most women, the menstrual cycle normally lasts anywhere from 21 to 45 days, but in some women, this is not the case. Several things can go wrong within the menstrual cycle to change the length of menstrual flow and cycle frequency.