Janet was 44 when she came to see me, worn out by months of worsening tiredness, aching joints, low mood and a brain fog so bad it was affecting her at work.
She was convinced she was perimenopausal. What else could it be?
But something was off. Her periods were still arriving like clockwork – not a day’s change to her cycle. She had also lost weight without trying. Neither of those things fits perimenopause.
So I ran some blood tests. These picked up abnormal markers in her immune system – something wasn’t right. And after I referred her to a specialist, Janet
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