Dame Kelly Holmes, 52, says perimenopause is 'killing me'
ok.co.ukDame Kelly Holmes has revealed that the pain and symptoms of her perimenopause are “killing” her.The double Olympic champion said she is experiencing “constant pain” and night sweats but that she is “in denial of age”.The 52-year-old told the PA news agency: “I think perimenopause is killing me at the moment.
As much as I’m in denial, it definitely has had an effect on my body.” She described her symptoms as “body aches, pains, like constant pain throughout the body, feeling lethargic”. “Last week, I started getting the sweats, which I’m not happy about, only at night.
I’m thinking ‘This isn’t good’. And it makes you more irritable. You feel like you’re not yourself,” she added. The Nuffield Health ambassador – who retired from professional athletics in 2005 after doing the historic double by taking Olympic gold in both the 800m and 1500m in Athens – was talking as the health charity published a major survey.
According to Nuffield Health’s Healthier Nation Index, 60% of people report that the cost-of-living crisis has had a negative impact on their physical health, while 59% say it has affected their mental health in the past year.The poll of 8,000 UK adults found that two in five (40%) also reported worsened sleep – on average, those surveyed said they only get five hours and 54 minutes of sleep a night (down from just over six hours last year).
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