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From leaking urine after childbirth to the joys of menopause, women are subject to many embarrassing health complaints.

Hot flushes may leave you red faced (literally), but experts insist these ailments happen to the best of us and are nothing to be ashamed of.

Failing to confide in a doctor could leave you suffering in silence for years, if not decades.

Read more: Menopausal delay surgery that costs at least 6,000 has no evidence

"Many conditions that cause embarrassment are often ignored but this just results in symptoms continuing and, in some cases, getting worse, Dr Sarah Brewer, medical director of Healthspan, told Yahoo UK.

Dont ignore any symptom that is bothersome or which worries you, even if you are embarrassed.

Seek medical advice so you can start the correct treatment, regain your self-confidence and get back to normal life.

With International Womens Day on Sunday, doctors told Yahoo UK its time women let go of the shame.

Many women unintentionally pass urine after giving birth, often when they laugh or cough.

According to Dr Daniel Atkinson clinical lead at Treated.com as many as a third of new mothers suffer.

Carrying a child and giving birth is hard on your body and postpartum urinary incontinence is nothing to be ashamed of, he told Yahoo UK.

Speak to other mothers about the issue if its getting you down.

Natural births cause the vaginal canal to stretch.

It stretches and causes damage to the collagen, elastin and pelvic floor; a widening happens and affects the vaginal walls, causing them to weaken, Dr Tania Adib, consultant gynaecologist at The Medical Chambers Kensington told Yahoo UK.

The damage is done post childbirth, but some women dont get symptoms for a long time after.

Pelvic floor exercises, both during pregnancy and after labour, can be key to keeping those muscles strong.

While it may be distressing, Dr Atkinson claims urinary incontinence tends to pass within six months of labour.

It may sound counter-intuitive, but drinking water could help, with dehydration irritating the bladder.

Dr Atkinson also recommends avoiding coffee and spicy foods, as well as wearing sanitary-style pads to mop up any leaks.

Some menopausal women find fans enough of a relief during a hot flush, while others opt for hormonal treatment. (Getty Images)

As if mood swings and insomnia were not enough to contend with, hot flushes are often a tell-tale sign a woman is going through the change.

Most women start the menopause at 51, leaving them unable to become pregnant naturally.

Falling oestrogen levels can make them hot and bothered, leading to sweat patches and a flushed face.

This feeling can last for several minutes and can be unpleasant for women, said Dr Atkinson.

It is, however, a very common part of the menopause and is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Read more: Vaginal dryness causes menopausal women to give up on a sex life

Some manage with light clothing, cool showers and fans, however, others turn to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) gels, patches or implants.

Although extremely effective at relieving menopausal symptoms, HRT has been linked to blood clots and breast cancer in some women.

For most, however, the benefits of HRT are generally believed to outweigh the risks.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a generic term for conditions that affect the digestive system.

IBS has proven notoriously difficult to treat and is recognised as not just a problem of bowel function, but results from faulty communication between the gut and brain, said Dr Brewer.

Normally, the brain filters out all the sensations involved with digestion, such as the bowel contractions that propel solid wastes downwards, so these do not reach the level of conscious thought.

When you have IBS, however, these sensations are not filtered out as well as normal and the signals produced by over-sensitive stretch receptors in the gut lining get through to the brain where they are perceived as pain.

The poorly-understood disorder can trigger everything from bloating and diarrhoea to constipation and smelly wind.

Twice as many women are affected by IBS than men, so you are not alone, said Dr Atkinson.

A 2015 American Physiological Society study found the nerves in the brains of female rats received more signals that suppress the intestinal movement of food, offering one explanation of why digestion problems are more common in women.

Some have also suggested women may be more likely to seek help, leading to a diagnosis, while bashful men stick it out.

Read more: How to enjoy sex during the menopause

Unfortunately, IBS is likely to affect you throughout your life and there is not a cure for it, said Dr Atkinson.

When it comes to treating the syndrome, doctors often recommend patients get to know their triggers, eat slowly and find ways to relax.

Common triggers include wheat, gluten, dairy, yeast, excess sugar and artificial sweeteners.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recognises the benefits of probiotics, good bacteria, if taken for at least four weeks.

It also advocates a low-FODMAP fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols diet.

Basically, these are a group of fermentable (gas-producing) sugars and fibres, said Dr Brewer.

Eating foods high in FODMAPs increases the volume of liquid and gas in the small intestine which can trigger IBS symptoms.

A low-FODMAP diet is made up of minimal fructose the sugar in fruit, lactose the sugar in dairy, and sweeteners.

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AT just 19-years-old, the last thing Kia Morne expected was that she would have to go through the menopause while she was still a teenager.

The student nurse, now 21, had been plagued by crippling endometriosis - which caused agonising abdominal pain, nausea, bowel problems and low blood pressure.

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And doctors decided that the only way to alleviate her agony was to give her a course of Zoladex - a man-made hormone that induces the menopause.

Kia was instantly catapulted into the full force of side effects - including hot sweats, mood changes and hair loss.

The teen, who has since found some relief from her endometriosis, is now sharing her story to raise awareness for the debilitating condition which affects one in ten women.

She is also trying to raise money to freeze her eggs - in the hopes she can still have children in the future.

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Speaking of her condition, Kia said: "Suffering with endometriosis is a continual struggle.

"You feel embarrassed the condition is to do with your periods, then you have to be believed and then you have to be diagnosed.

"To top all this off, the condition and treatment means you may not be able to have children.

Suffering with endometriosis is a continual struggle

"It is odd to be thinking of children when it is something that I'd think about so far in the future.

"So then to be told I have to raise 5,000 for this is awful. Nothing about having endometriosis is win-win.

"It would be good if, somewhere along the way, this condition would be considered sensitively."

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Endometriosis is where tissue such as that in the lining of the womb grows elsewhere in the body - often around the reproductive organs, bowel and bladder.

As well as extremely heavy periods,endometriosis can cause agonising pain and sometimes infertility.

Kia first feared she had the condition when she was 14 - even before her periods came at 15 - when she suffered with abdominal pain, nausea, bowel problems and low blood pressure.

Her health took a more serious turn when she began fainting a year later, due to heavy bleeding during her period.

Over time doctors diagnosed Kia with food poisoning, allergies and irritable bowel syndrome.

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However, she finally got her diagnosis when she was 19 after switching to a female GP and undergoing an exploratory operation of her abdomen - called a laparoscopy.

"There are many misdiagnoses, so I felt a sigh of relief that my illness finally had a name," said Kia.

"But there is no cure."

In a trial and error treatment routine Kia was first put on the contraceptive pill but that did not work.

But after suffering from excruciating cramps for five years, doctors decided to give Kiaa course of Zoladex, a man-made hormone that induces the menopause.

It reduces the growth of endometriosis by stopping her periods altogether throughshutting down her ovaries to stop the production of oestrogen, which aggravates the condition.

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It is a risky treatment, as Kia's ovaries could struggle to re-stimulate if she is in chemical menopause for too long.

She said: "Coming to terms with my reproductive organs and fertility being compromised has been overwhelming and devastating."

She felt the treatment's full force of side effects - hot sweats, dizziness, headaches, mood changes, hair loss, bone and joint pain, skin reactions, sleep issues, fatigue, nausea, memory issues, blurred vision, bloating and swelling.

And Kia still experiences these symptoms more often associated with middle-aged women.

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Symptoms of endometriosis

Endometriosis is where cells like the ones in the lining of the womb (uterus) are found elsewhere in the body.

Each month, these cells react in the same way to those in the womb - building up and then breaking down and bleeding. Unlike the cells in the womb that leave the bodyas a period, this blood has no way to escape.

That can lead to infertility, fatigue, bowel and bladder problems, as well as really heavy, painful periods.

It affects one in ten women in the UK.

Symptoms include:

The cause of endometriosis is unknown and there is no definite cure.

According to Endometriosis UK, it takes over seven years on average for women to finally receive a diagnosis.

It's estimated that up to 50 per cent of infertile women has the condition.

Source:Endometriosis UK

Kia now has hormone replacement therapy to help alleviate some of the side effects.

Sadly, the worst side-effect of the early menopause and endometriosis for Kia is she has to think about her fertility and the fact she may not be able to have children.

In a bitter twist, freezing her eggs is only available to cancer patients on the NHS so she has to raise an astronomical sum herself.

In the UK, egg freezing costs on average between 3,500 and 4,500 for one cycle of treatment.

In addition to this price, there is an annual fee to keep eggs stored - from 200 to 360.

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SELF-TAUGHTTeacher fainted in school from endo pains but had to diagnose herself on Google

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Kia decided to have surgery and a hormone-releasing coil fitted, so she can freeze her eggs, giving her a better shot of having children in the future.

Her mum, Fay Morne, has set up a Go Fund Me page and is running the London Marathon in April and the Fylde Cost Tri-olgy triathlon series (in April, May and September), to help Kia raise money to freeze her eggs.

Kia added: "What would be better would be to make this treatment free for endometriosis sufferers on the NHS, but that would be too late for me."

You can donate to Kia's cause here.

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DGAP-News: ABF Pharmaceutical Services GmbH / Key word(s): MiscellaneousInternational Women's Day 8 March: LKF conducts research on women's health with women leading the way

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International Women's Day 8 March: LKF conducts research on women's health with women leading the way

Kiel and Hamburg, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, 06 March 2020 - LKF - Laboratorium fr Klinische Forschung GmbH, a subsidiary of GBA Group Pharma, is honouring International Women's Day on 8 March 2020 by highlighting the company's female success factors.

"Every day is Women's Day at LKF," says Brbel Wilke, co-founder and CEO of LKF, with 80 percent of its 150 employees being women. Many of the 120 female employees working in the three-storey laboratory are highly qualified specialists and scientists from the fields of chemistry, biology, molecular biology et al.

When the medical-technical assistant Brbel Wilke started analysing blood counts together with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Junge in 1991, she benefited from the fact that, as the mother of a three-year-old son, she was able to work mostly at night. "Flexibility is not only essential for working mothers, it is also what our customers value most about us. It's in our DNA," says Wilke. For example, LKF not only offers 30 different family-friendly working time models, but also the highest degree of flexibility towards the customer. A recipe for success that has paid off. Since its founding in 1991, LKF has recorded continuous revenue growth of 10-15 percent per year.

Numerous studies in the field of women's healthFrom planning to execution, the broad range of services offered by LFK today covers all aspects of the laboratory part of clinical studies. One of the focal points is the area of Women's Health. "The improvement of women's health is a central research field of the pharmaceutical industry, which we have successfully supported for many years," says Brbel Wilke. In addition to contraception and hormone replacement therapy, this includes in-vitro fertilisation (unfulfilled desire to have children) and osteoporosis therapy.

"Due to the extensive hormone studies, we offer a very large list of specific coagulation parameters. The background here is the potential risk of thrombosis," said Wilke. In the field of menstrual blood quantification, LKF offers a comprehensive solution worldwide.

LFK also has many years of experience in endometriosis studies, a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus is grows outside the uterus. In Germany alone, for example, about 7-15 percent of all women of reproductive age are affected every month. In other countries, the disease rate is up to 20 percent.

Women in the lead"Thanks to their expertise, women play an extremely important role in the success of LKF as well as of other companies in our group," explains Dr. Elisabeth Lackner, CEO of the parent company GBA Group Pharma. "It is no surprise that three of our subsidiaries, Pharmacelsus, GBA Pharma Labs and LKF, are managed by female CEOs."

About LKFLKF - Laboratorium fr Klinische Forschung GmbH, based in Kiel, is part of GBA Group Pharma and supports Phase I - IV clinical trials. Within its global network of partner laboratories in North and Latin America, India, China and Australia, LKF offers worldwide laboratory services for clinical trials. All data is gathered in a central database in Kiel, from where it is sent to doctors worldwide.

LKF has established a strict quality management system based on the international guidelines GCP and ISO 17025. Sustainability also plays an important role. LKF has been EcoVadis certified since 2016.

About GBA Group PharmaGBA Group Pharma, as part of GBA, is a unique service provider for the international pharmaceutical and biotech industry with 6 sites in Austria and Germany. GBA Group Pharma offers preclinical (Pharmacelsus) and analytical laboratory services (GBA Pharma Labs), and with its central clinical laboratory (LKF) in combination with ABF, a full service provider for clinical trial products (IMP), comprehensive services and expertise for development and approved drugs.GBA Group Pharma employs around 500 people in Austria, Germany and the UK.GBA Group Pharma is part of the GBA Group (Hamburg, Germany).

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GBA Group Pharma Natalie Eiffe-KuhnMobile: +43 676 897115513Email: Natalie.Eiffe@abf-pharma.com

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Ireland has come a long way over the past few decades, in relation to respecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. But there is a lot more to be done in the area, especially in relation to Trans rights

The question came up in conversation with friends recently. The more I thought about it afterwards, the more convinced I was that it was incredibly important to use this column to talk about the issue.

With that in mind, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Lilith Keeva Carroll who works as the National Community Development Officer with TENI and talking to her not just about her own experiences, but also about trans rights in general. It turned out to be a very educational conversation indeed.

From the start of our conversation, I am struck by the strength it must take to stand up and speak your truth when society isnt ready to acknowledge or could even be fighting against you. Lilith came out as transgender at the age of 31, She recalls having to block out the noise of society telling me who I should and shouldnt be; and battling against the rigid gender roles that are thrown at all of us.

Lilith speaks fascinatingly about the start of her transition and the new challenges with which she was faced. I now moved through the world in a different way, she recalls. I was doing at 31 what girls did when they were 12: trying to figure out what works for you and learning things you previously werent able or allowed to do.

There was a difference too in the way other people saw Lilith. Theres a change in the worlds perception of you, she observes, moving from the feeling of erasure to then having to grapple with hyper-visability, where people would now read me as a woman, or a trans-woman, or I could even be misgendered.

Im interested to hear about the kind of help and support provided for trans people within the Irish healthcare system. How does Lilith rate it? The models of healthcare that exist in Ireland are quite regressive, she says. When you look at the likes of Argentina, they have a much more progressive model in terms of healthcare and informed consent. You just have to look at the waiting lists and the personal testimonies of trans people, and their experiences with our healthcare, to see that its a real struggle.

Lilith points out that, while top surgery (breast augmentation) is available for trans women, its equivalent for trans men (mastectomy) is not. As a result, the option of transitioning surgically represents a huge challenge in Ireland. Where relevant, trans people have to seek these operations elsewhere and, with the cost of surgery and travel starting around 10,000 but often running considerably higher a lot of trans people (including Lilith) have to turn to fundraising for their own healthcare.*When you look at the economic status of trans people, its incredibly low, Lilith says, and so a lot of people are stuck with this system, which acts as a barrier to their bodily autonomy. In Ireland, there are parallels between abortion rights, and the policing of womens bodies in that regard, and trans peoples bodily autonomy and the policing of their bodies in society, either legally or institutionally.

Talking to Lilith, I have to think hard, again and again, about who is making these decisions around trans bodies? Who is creating the hoops that trans people have to jump through? Not me, Lilith laughs.

What she really means, of course, is that trans people are not involved in a decision-making process that hugely affects their lives and their well-being. The reality is that, whether they are seeking hormone replacement therapy or making a completely unrelated visit, serious barriers exist that block trans people from receiving the health care they need and deserve. Lilith explaines that, in reaction to this, the community has had to take on the responsibility of providing support and information to trans people.

Dealing with the health system, there isnt a clear path, she says, so unfortunately it falls back onto the community to give each other tips and to share our experiences. At TENI we do the best we can to provide the information where the healthcare, education and sex education systems have failed. But putting that responsibility on the community does come with risks. Transitioning is a hard process anyway, but (its even more so) if you are struggling with your mental health or with being disabled. Or in direct provision or battling homelessness.

The issues that affect wider society, hit trans people hard, particularly around housing and immigration. If you are an immigrant or person of colour or sex worker, these barriers that block trans people become even greater.

All of these difficulties notwithstanding, Lilith still speaks positively about the role Ireland might take on, when it comes to the progression of trans rights globally. In this, she has been encouraged by the support she found within the feminist community in Ireland, compared to the UK and the USA.

The approach here is inclusive and not based on colonialism, she says. A lot of the ideas of what a woman is supposed to be stems from a colonial past, that doesnt exist in Ireland. I guess the best example of that was the TERFs Out movement around the time of Repeal, when UK feminists were coming over and attempting to impose their very singular feminist views and it just wasnt accepted here.

Transphobic attacks are more common in the UK and the USA than they are in Ireland and transphobic views can often find their way into the ideology of feminist groups. I ask Lilith how we might make sure these things dont happen here.You see the young people that are coming in and thats hopeful, exciting and encouraging, she says. Its about defending that and making sure that it doesnt get rolled back with the discourse that is happening either side of us. With the rise of the far-right (across the world), its important for us not to fuel or feed into that here. And if we dont feed into it, then Ireland could lead the way for trans-rights.

Progressive legislative changes have already been introduced in Ireland, including both the right to correct your gender on your passport; and recognising 16 and 17 year-olds transgender rights, provided they have the support of their parents. However, serious issues and challenges remain: for example, the law still doesnt recognise the rights of non-binary people or trans people under the age of 16.

As we come to the end of our conversation, I too feel the hope that Lilith expresses about the potential for progress on trans rights in Ireland. She makes an analogy between the erasure that trans people have felt and the erasure that Ireland experienced as a country. Asserting a belief in trans rights is very much linked to Irish cultural identity, she insists. Our feminism is so strong here because we have had to fight for our rights against the Catholic Church and our colonial past. Irish people have had to fight for everything and, as a result, we know what we can achieve. There is still work to be done and, as a country, we need to address the sweep it under the carpet culture that allows us to ignore issues.But I am really hopeful that Ireland can lead the way, she concludes. We are now in a place where we can define our future for ourselves, and carve out a space for the trans community and trans rights in Ireland.

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CLAIRE Dunwell thought she was going crazy when, after turning 40, she began to suffer heart palpitations, migraines and crippling anxiety.

After going back and forth to her GP, she was given medication for anxiety, beta-blockers for her heart and even sent for an ECG heart check.

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Claire, 42, now knows she is going through the perimenopause, a phase before menopause when hormone levels can fluctuate. She is now undergoing hormone replacement therapy to ease the effects. But it should all have been diagnosed sooner.

A Mumsnet poll found one in four women with menopausal symptoms sees a GP three times before getting the right help. One in four is told she is too young to be perimenopausal.

Here, Claire, a writer who lives in Wakefield, West Yorks, with husband Ian, 55, a chip shop owner, and sons Sam, 13, and Louie, ten shares her story.

SOAKING up the rays, I should have been living my best life.

It was last August, blazing hot, and we were halfway through a two-week family holiday in Crete.

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While my husband Ian had his head buried in a book, planning his next trip to the all-inclusive bar, I was frantically searching Google on my phone, hoping for answers to explain the way I was feeling.

Since hitting 40 the previous February, I had been plunged into a dark, unfamiliar world.

I had become anxious, irritable and zapped of energy.

When my head wasnt thick with brain fog it throbbed with migraines, and trying to concentrate on anything for longer than half an hour had become a battle.

I felt like someone I didnt recognise not the fun, happy-go-lucky person I was in my carefree twenties and thirties.

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Id always been fit, healthy and a cup half full kind of girl.

I exercised three times a week, ate healthily and was incredibly lucky to have a loving husband, two healthy children, great friends and a successful career.

From the outside looking in, I had it all.

But on the inside, I had suddenly lost control.

Even the most mundane jobs such as unloading the washing machine and trying to pair up socks overwhelmed me.

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1 in 4 women with symptoms have to see GP 3 times to get right help

Headaches, fatigue, anxiety and palpitations made matters worse.

It was three months after I turned 40 when the repeat trips to my GP surgery began.

I beat myself up for wasting precious NHS time.

I felt like a fledgling hypochondriac.At each visit, doctors tried hard to treat my list of ailments but nothing worked for long.

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For the migraines, which Id never suffered before and became so unbearable I struggled to hold conversation and just wanted to sleep, a doctor prescribed Sumatriptan.

I took it when the migraines hit and although they helped with the head pain, they made me feel sick and groggy.

At another appointment, this time with a nurse, it was suggested I try a high dose of aspirin as soon as I felt a migraine coming.

If that didnt work, she would refer me to a local migraine support group.

Next came the unexplained anxiety and heart palpitations, which were at their worst during the two weeks before my period.

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A quarter are told they are too young to be premenopausal

Some days, I felt as though I was going crazy.

I could be enjoying coffee with a friend one minute and gripped by an irrational panic the next.

My heart raced, worrying something terrible was about to happen.

My husband took the brunt of my bad moods.

I felt exhausted all the time because nodding off on the sofa by 9pm most nights meant I struggled to get a good nights sleep.

I was less tolerant with the kids too.

All of this was completely out of character.

Despite the odd night every few weeks when I woke up in the night drenched in sweat, it never dawned on me that it could be down to my hormones.

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Sobbing to my GP at yet another appointment, I was prescribed Citalopram, an anti-anxiety medication which I hoped could be a magic pill.

I was desperate to try anything.

They even gave me an ECG for the palpitations, but it showed my heart was perfectly normal.

Its only now, looking back, that I realise it was around this time my periods changed.

Some months they were lighter than normal and others they were shorter in length.

Neither me, nor my GP, made the link that I could be heading towards The Change.

It was during that family holiday to Crete last year that I finally reached the end of my tether.

I was six months into the Citalopram but because it wasnt making any difference, I stopped it.

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The average woman hits menopause at age 51

I made another appointment with my GP and was handed a prescription for beta blockers which slow the heart rate and can help with anxiety.

Instead, they left me feeling spaced out and sluggish, so I could only take them at night.

It was during my son Louies routine asthma check-up last September when everything began to fall into place.

Tearful, I begged a friendly nurse for five minutes of her time.

Youre not going crazy, she reassured me, as I blurted everything out.

Youre perimenopausal.

The nurse said how all my symptoms were likely to be down to a drop in my hormone levels.

At first, the idea seemed ridiculous.

I was 41, and the average age women reach menopause when regular periods stop is 51.

But the more I pieced together my sudden onset of symptoms, the more it made sense.

When I asked if there was a blood test I could have to check my hormone levels, I was told it would be difficult to get a reliable result because hormones fluctuate daily.

The nurse prescribed the mini Pill hoping the top-up of progesterone would help. She suggested trying oestrogen later.

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I went away feeling both relieved and confident that I was finally on the right path.But while the mini Pill helped with the migraines and eased the anxiety, it caused frequent heavy bleeding.

I was determined to find another solution, so I tracked down Dr Louise Newson, a GP specialising in menopause, and author of the Haynes Menopause Manual.

At her clinic in Stratford-upon-Avon she talked through my symptoms and I was given a blood test which found I had low levels of both oestrogen and testosterone.

While Louise said my results suggested I was perimenopausal, she stressed it is better to go on a patients symptoms than blood tests alone.

Hormone levels change all the time, she told me.

We could do three tests on three consecutive days and get completely different results, so the most important part of the diagnosis is the history from the patient.

When Louise went on to explain how it is not unusual for some women to experience menopausal symptoms up to a decade before The Change, I felt a huge weight lift.

Louise explained: Without hormones, its like trying to drive a car without oil.

The menopause occurs because our ovaries run out of eggs and stop producing hormones.

Many women find that their hormone levels start reducing several years before this.

Louise said that the perimenopause could be just as mentally and physically draining as the real thing.

Your age is key to diagnosis

THE average woman experiences the menopause when regular periods stop aged 51. But hormone levels can fluctuate several years earlier and in some people this can have side-effects.

This is known as the perimenopause.

Dr Louise Newson, pictured, says: Most women get some symptoms linked to changing hormone levels during perimenopause.

Some have symptoms for a decade before the menopause. Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says that if a woman is over 45, we dont need to test for perimenopause or menopause.

If theyre 40 to 45 tests can be useful, and if theyre under 40 its important to get a diagnosis. In these situations a woman experiencing menopausal symptoms should seek help and advice from a doctor who specialises in the menopause.

Cells in our hearts, brains, bones, muscles, bladders and blood vessels respond to oestrogen so when levels reduce, all kinds of symptoms can ensue.

My hot flushes, night sweats, low mood, anxiety, joint pains, headaches and even my reduced libido could all be attributed to this fluctuation.

Low testosterone levels can also lead to brain fog, low energy, reduced stamina and reduced libido.

In my case, Louise prescribed an oestrogen gel as well as progesterone tablets, a type of Hormone Replacement Therapy.

She told me: The only way to find out if a drop in hormones is causing the symptoms is by replacing them and then seeing what happens.

The guidelines are very clear that for the majority of women who take HRT, the benefits outweigh the risks.

The menopause needs to be seen as a long-term female hormone deficiency rather than just a natural process that causes symptoms.

By replacing these hormones, we can really improve our future health as well as our symptoms.

I never imagined Id be taking HRT at the age of 42, but I could not contemplate going on for several more years feeling like I had been.

Four weeks into the treatment, Ive found it has already made a huge difference.

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The 21 year old make up artist has been overwhelmed by the massive response

A GoFundMe page set up on Thursday has raised more than 700 towards breast augmentation surgery for a transwoman.

Jamie Scott, a makeup artist from Prestonpans, was shocked when she found out that her two bosses had set up the page to help her through her transition.

The total amount being raised has a 6000 target towards the life changing surgery.

Joleen Clark, the organiser wrote: Our beautiful Jamie is the very talented MUA at our salon, Beyond the Mirror hair and beauty in the lovely coastal town of Musselburgh.

Jamie has struggled with her gender identity from when she was old enough to remember, and has had to face many challenges and hurdles on her journey.

Three years ago, Jamie started her transitioning from male to female with the love and support of her family and friends, however this has never been an easy process.

At the moment NHS Scotland require people living with gender dysphoria to have a lived experience of their gender for at least 12 months before hormone replacement therapy is given, but in many cases it can take longer.

For Jamie, it took over two years for the hormones to be approved and released to her by her doctor.

The post continued: Due to the tragic passing of a beautiful young transgender lady in our community we - Amy and Joleen, Jamies bosses - decided we wanted to help Jamie on her journey.

We want to see this most beautiful person feel like the amazing woman she is. Jamie is the most loving, generous, funny, witty lady with the biggest heart so we are asking you, our local community to help make a difference in this lovely ladies life by helping her have breasts which we know would mean the absolute world to her.

21-year-old Jamie said: Im from a tiny little coastal town called Prestonpans and I started transitioning when I was 19.

There has always been judgement, where Im from theres barely anyone like me, its been hard. Im unhappy with my body and I dont feel like myself, my body isnt what it should be.

I expressed it to my bosses and they contacted my family first before they created the fundraiser, I am completely overwhelmed by it.

However, the GoFundMe page has not come without controversy and backlash, she has been subjected to messages stating that she does not deserve the money being donated and it should go to other causes.

Its been horrible, Jamie said, Prestonpans isnt a place for people like me and it is hard.

She described her condition as seeing a stranger when she looks in the mirror and feeling trapped in the wrong body.

Theres a lot of judgement, Jamie continued, A lot of people in the area stare, even people Ive known for years who knew me before I began transitioning and knew I was going through this still look, but I feel dishonest being in my own body. I wake up and I dont feel like myself, going through with the survery will change my life, it will be like a sense of being set free.

The fundraiser has a 6000 target, and her bosses have told her they will help as much as they can, with donations and tips to go towards the end goal.

Jamie said: People cant judge the journey im on unless theyve experienced it themselves, everyone battles their own thing and Ive always fought this by myself.

The number of trans people has tripled and it is making it harder for people to get help, it is just a waiting game.

What I would tell young people who felt like me today is that they need to fight to be themselves but it is a worthwhile fight.

To help other transwomen in the community, Jamie along with her salon now run a trans night, which encourages trans people, who may not be confident enough to visit a salon during the day to come along to the evening free of judgement to the safe space.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A few years have passed since Deidra Radel was a young woman proudly wearing her Navy uniform. As a mom and wife, her life was going great.

Then-- in her early 40s -- she found herself stuck with the awful symptoms of menopause. Hot flashes. Night sweats. Draining fatigue. Radel went to a doctor in South Florida and was given a type of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), which went under her skin.

"It was terrible! I looked like a teenage boy," she said. She actually took selfies of all the acne that hit her to document the bad results of the HRT.

"I wanted to cry," she says.

Turns out she got an incorrect mix of hormones in her HRT, but the experience was so bad Radel figured she would just deal with her symptoms and never try HRT again.

Radel

Then she heard about an internal medicine physician at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Dr. Jackie Thielen. She came to Jacksonville from Mayo Rochester as an expert on women's health issues. Radel had a long meeting with Thielen, and she wound up taking a customized treatment of HRT.

Does she have any symptoms at all now? Hot flashes? Fatigue? Horrible night sweats?

"No. No. No!" Radel said. She's back to full steam with her family. In fact, she agreed to share her story to encourage other women to talk with their doctors and not just suffer from menopause.

Radel

The message to all women? In Thielen's words: "Women do not have to suffer in silence."

Here are some facts about menopause from Thielen:

When a woman goes 12 consecutive months with no periods

"But really menopause can occur between ages 40 and 58," Thielen said. "A woman can experience symptoms leading up to the actual menopause for years."

Thielen points to current research that says some women need estrogen or some form of HRT early on after menopause to cut down their risk of medical troubles.

Thielen says a study, which hit the news in 2002, made women and some doctors frightened of HRT. She says the bad rap continues. "We're trying to change that," Thielen said.

Some women may need to avoid HRT. Those may include particular forms of breast cancer. Women with a certain history of blood clots may need to steer clear as well but even in those cases there could be safe ways to take HRT.

For example, Dr. Thielen says anti-depressants are showing solid results in stopping hot flashes. It doesn't mean you're depressed. "It's all about brain chemistry," Dr. Thielen says.

A Woman's Health Specialty Center will open this spring at Mayo Clinic in Florida. It will provide a team approach for the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of women's unique needs. Those include:

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Every year, one million menopausal women in the UK rely on HRT hormone replacement therapy to help with the symptoms.

But with an ongoing national shortage of the drugs, some women are finding their symptoms return within days.

Others are being forced to switch to different brands or types of HRT which are available in gel, pill or patch form. And they are having side effects.

These include hot flushes, insomnia, exhaustion, loss of sex drive, changes in skin, hair and nails, as well as increased anxiety, weight and depression.

Dr Clarissa Kristjansson left her high-flying career as a neuroscientist after suffering burnout during perimenopause and is now a menopause mentor and mindfulness coach.

She says: Some doctors prescribe HRT. There is nothing wrong with short-term treatment but what happens if youre on it for years?

Here, she looks at alternatives to cope with the menopause.

Also known as dietary estrogen, these compounds are found in certain plants and act in a similar way to the estrogen produced within the body.

Research has linked them to a variety of health benefits, including reduced hot flushes.

The highest concentrations are found in chickpeas, lentils, edamame and soy-based products such as tofu and tempeh. They are also present in wheat bran, broccoli, cauliflower and garlic, as well as some seeds.

Other sources include alfalfa sprouts, mung beans, berries, peaches and dried fruits.

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Three-quarters of all hip fractures occur in women. The menopause remains a high-risk factor. Reducing alcohol and excessive caffeine intake, which are known to lead to bone loss, can boost bone health.

Pilates and yoga are effective when combined with weight-training for strengthening and increasing flexibility.

Encourage gut health by adopting a low-acid, plant-based diet, high in calcium and oily fish for omega 3, as well as plenty of magnesium, and vitamins K and D. This combination will allow for the best re-absorption of estrogen otherwise secreted in your bodys waste.

Rhodiala Rosea is proven to help with stress, anxiety and sexual problems associated with menopause. Sage helps combat excessive sweating.

A 2010 review found menopausal women also experienced a 26 per cent reduction in night sweats and hot flushes when using black cohosh supplements.

St Johns Wort is another popular herb that soothes symptoms of low mood and anxiety.

Those seeking a more natural approach to hormone therapy might consider bioidentical HRT hormones identical in molecular structure to those that women make in their bodies, such as 17 beta-estradiol, estrone, and estriol made from yams and soy.

It can be an effective way of restoring hormonal balance, but make sure you consult your doctor first.

1 Set boundaries look at where your energy goes. Whats draining you? Learn to say no.

2. Reduce sugar intake to stabilise blood sugar, thereby helping you sleep better and keep the middle age spread from creeping on.

3. Specialist vaginal moisturisers can relive the dryness, pain, itching and burning often associated with menopause.

4. Stay connected to friends and family. Menopausal women have a tendency to isolate themselves as confidence nosedives and anxiety and depression set in. Forums can be negative spaces, but blogs such as Feeling Flushed and 50 Sense provide a much more grounded and positive dialogue around menopause.

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