perimenopause
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- perimenopausal adjective
Example Sentences
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Mairead, an architectural technologist, finds that yoga and cold water swimming help but still has days where she is bedbound and her symptoms have been made worse by perimenopause.
From BBC
Tessa Gonzalez, a 51-year-old from Stockton, Calif., said her primary care provider told her symptoms of brain fog and inconsistent sleep were normal for perimenopause.
"Significant health changes during pregnancy, perimenopause and menopause make it particularly important to pay close attention to increases in health risk factors during those times."
From Science Daily
“For too long, women going into perimenopause and menopause just drifted along, suffering through symptoms. Eventually, they maybe found out they had frail bones and were put on medicines,” says Dr. Tang.
After two years and 11 doctors, WSJ’s Jessica Toonkel learned that her stubborn itch had nothing to do with menopause, perimenopause or hormones after all; she had cancer.
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