Deep dives into individual perimenopause symptoms — what causes them and what to do.
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If alcohol suddenly hits you harder, worsens your hot flashes, or wrecks your sleep in perimenopause, you are not imagining it. Here is how falling hormones change the way your body handles alcohol, and what to do about it.
A new or stronger body odour, even with the same hygiene routine, is a real and rarely discussed perimenopause change. Here is the hormonal reason your scent shifts, and what genuinely helps.
Eyes that feel dry, gritty, tired, or irritated — as though there is sand in them — are a surprisingly common perimenopause symptom that almost no one connects to hormones. Here is why it happens and what helps.
Finding coarse new hairs on your chin, upper lip, or jaw in your 40s is common, normal, and hormonal — even as the hair on your head thins. Here is the reason behind it and what genuinely helps.
Periods arriving closer together — every two or three weeks instead of monthly — is one of the most common and confusing changes of perimenopause. Here is why cycles shorten, and when frequent periods need checking.
A stiff, painful shoulder that slowly loses its range of movement is far more common in women aged 40 to 60 — and there is a growing link to falling oestrogen. Here is what frozen shoulder is, why perimenopause may trigger it, and what helps.
Waves of queasiness or feeling vaguely sick, often around your period or a hot flash, can be a genuine part of perimenopause. Here is why hormones make you feel nauseous and what actually helps.
Drier skin, more visible lines, a loss of firmness, and a sudden change in texture — your skin changes noticeably in perimenopause because oestrogen drives collagen and moisture. Here is what happens and what genuinely helps.
That maddening urge to move your legs just as you settle to sleep — creeping, crawling, tugging sensations that ease only when you move — is more common in perimenopause. Here is the hormonal link and what genuinely helps.
A ringing, buzzing, or humming in your ears that no one else can hear can appear or worsen in perimenopause. Here is the hormonal link behind tinnitus, what helps, and when to get it checked.