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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

What is perimenopause, and what are the symptoms and treatment?

A police officer walks past a missing person appeal poster for Nicola Bulley in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.
A police officer walks past a missing person appeal poster for Nicola Bulley in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Nicola Bulley’s family have described how she experienced brain fog and poor sleep from the perimenopause and headaches from the HRT she was taking for her symptoms. What is the perimenopause and how can symptoms best be managed?

What is the perimenopause?

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