Perimenopause and Menopause and Sleep: A Patient’s Guide
An estimated 13 million people in the UK1 are experiencing perimenopause or menopause. The hormonal changes can affect many aspects of health, including sleep. Knowing what to expect and understanding the symptoms and causes of different sleep problems can help you get the rest you need during this life transition. Here’s a guide to help. […]
Sexual Health and Vaginal Health
Vaginal Dryness Symptoms of vaginal dryness may appear for the first time more than 10 years after the last menstrual period or earlier in the perimenopause. Vaginal dryness tends to increase in severity with time since the menopause. Changes in the vagina microbiome can occur from declining oestrogen levels. This can lead to an increase […]
Menopause
What is the menopause? We are born with our lifetime’s worth of eggs and follicles in our ovaries; they are used over our lifetime and reduce in number with age until (a) we have none left, (b) we stop ovulating and (c) stop having periods. The average age of menopause is 51 in the UK. […]
Postmenopause
What is the post menopause? This is the time after the menopause. When a women hasn’t experienced a period for over a year, she has become post menopausal. Is it too late for treatment? There is no upper age limit on starting and taking HRT. However these are nuanced discussions you need to have with […]
Perimonopause
What is the perimenopause? There is no strict, well defined, medical definition. It is a combination of symptoms that may fluctuate over time, and can typically start to occur between the ages of 40-51. The perimenopause is the time before this where oestrogen levels start to alter. Many people are surprised to learn that oestrogen levels […]
Hormone Health
What is the menopause and perimenopause? We are born with our lifetime’s worth of eggs and follicles in our ovaries; they reduce over our lifetime and reduce in number with age until (a) we have none left, (b) we stop ovulating and (c) stop having periods. The menopause is defined as not having had a […]
