Adenomyosis Advice Association
Adenomyosis Advice Association
advice, support and information on adenomyosis
advice, support and information on adenomyosis
Health Check
Health Check
Taking Care
Taking Care
A few steps can be taken to keep a check on your health and to ensure that you identify potential symptoms and manage your health well up to and during the diagnosis stage:-
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Eat a good varied diet of mainly non processed whole foods
- Take a good multi vitamin including iron
- Take regular exercise
- Try to maintain a healthy weight
- Try and get at least eight hours sleep each night
- Keep a diary, noting any changes in menstrual cycle, migraines, insomnia etc
- If you feel tired
- If you feel fuzzy and forgetful most of the month (not just for a few days per month)
- If you find your sleep pattern is disturbed
- If you feel hot flashes/night sweats
- If you regularly feel run down despite having a good healthy balanced diet and plenty of rest/sleep
- If you notice more hair than usual falls out when washing and brushing
- During your periods you experience clots
- you notice your menstrual cycle is becoming more irregular and/or irratic
- If you feel breathless even on walking or gentle exercise: -
Visit your medical health practitioner and arrange to have some basic blood tests to check your:-
- Iron
- Haemoglobin and
- Estrogen levels
If your symptoms persist, ask to be referred to and see a gynaecologist. If you are unhappy with your general practitioner or gynaecologist's opinion, get a second opinion.
Finally, NEVER ignore ANY symptoms.