More than 75% of women experience symptoms during the perimenopause and menopause that affect their lives at home, socially and at work. Perimenopause is the time leading up to a natural menopause, lasting months to 10 years. Menopause (for women 45 years or older) is the day 12 months after the last natural menstrual period. […]
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Perimenopause and menopause are natural stages of life that every woman will experience. However, the journey is different for everyone. Some women have very few symptoms, while others find that menopause has a significant impact on their physical health, emotional wellbeing, relationships and quality of life. Understanding what is happening to your body can help
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Menopause Joint Pain: Why Your Joints, Muscles and Bones May Hurt During Menopause Are your joints aching for no obvious reason? Have you noticed stiffness when you get out of bed, painful shoulders, sore hands or muscles that seem slower to recover? You are not imagining it and it is not simply a normal part
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Why Does Menopause Affect Sleep? Sleep problems are one of the most common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, affecting around 40-60% of women. You may find it difficult to fall asleep, wake repeatedly during the night, wake much earlier than you would like, develop snoring, experience restless legs or simply wake feeling unrefreshed. Poor sleep
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Lifestyle medicine for menopause. What matters to you? Do you need to make some changes? Could you focus on improving your level of physical activity, eating real foods, finding time for good quality sleep, exploring effective stress management, avoiding toxic overload, developing healthy relationships and feeling a sense of purpose? Lifestyle and how it affects
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Premenstrual syndrome, PMS, is a condition experienced by women who have menstrual periods. It is characterised by the distressing physical, behavioural and psychological symptoms that regularly happen during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The luteal phase is the time of the cycle starting with ovulation, and ending with the start of a period. The symptoms
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Migraine is a common and distressing condition affecting 15% of the population (up to 25% of women) and is estimated to cause 100,000 people to miss school or work every day. Migraine is a disorder of the brain where the nerves become over-stimulated and cause a cascade of chemicals to be released. The symptoms vary,
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HRT Patches: a simple guide about what they are, the types of patches available and how to use them. HRT patches are one of the most popular and effective ways to take Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). They deliver hormones through the skin directly into the bloodstream and can help relieve many menopausal symptoms including hot
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What do you need to know about how to use Lenzetto spray? Lenzetto is a HRT treatment that replaces the hormone oestrogen in women who have symptoms such as hot flushes associated with low oestrogen levels after the menopause. Using oestrogen therapy can help to relieve the symptoms of menopause. Lenzetto is a spray solution
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Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is given to relieve the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and involves the replacement of one or more of the hormones oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone. It is important to understand how to take the hormones prescribed to you and this article covers how to use Utrogestan or Gepretix, both of which
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