Symptoms of early menopause - Kate Pleace | Norwich Evening News
Women’s health specialist Kate Pleace says it was hard to come to terms with early menopause.
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Women’s health specialist Kate Pleace says it was hard to come to terms with early menopause.
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Anna Timson, 38, from Warwick, West Midlands, started noticing irregular periods and hot flushes when she was studying for her A-Levels, and was officially diagnosed aged 21.
For a teenager, it was an unexpected and shocking diagnosis: blood tests and an ultrasound confirmed that, at 13, Hayley Cockman had gone into premature menopause. Her periods had stopped within a year of starting, and then symptoms such as night sweats, hot flushes and poor concentration kicked in. 'At school, I'd be sitting in class, having a hot flush and thinking, 'What's going on?' I didn't have a clue,' says Hayley. For a teenager, it was an unexpected and shocking diagnosis: blood tests and an ultrasound confirmed that, at 13, Hayley Cockman had gone into premature menopause 'I kept ...