Millions of women are suffering with symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, stiff joints, and hair loss – not realising they are going through the menopause. Brittle nails and mood swings are also things women put up with, while being completely unaware of just how much their bodies are changing.
It takes an average of five months for women to realise they are going through the menopause while suffering the symptoms, according to a poll of 1,000 women who have been through, or are going through, the process. As many as 57 per cent struggled to accept they were experiencing the change as they didn’t want to admit to themselves they were getting old, and a further three in ten didn’t see it coming so soon.
And more than a third felt they did not know enough about the changes their body would face, with as many as 47 per cent wishing they knew more about the menopause process. Grey hair, loss of periods, hot flushes and weight gain are the top signs of aging recognised by the women polled.
