Menopause Matters magazine ISSUE 75 out now. (Spring issue, March 2024)
HelloI am new to this site. I'm 51 and am still having periods intermittently and they are very light. I have suffered night sweats for about a year now. In August of last year I started with a painful shoulder which has since been diagnosed as Bursitis (inflammation of the bursa sac in the shoulder) I also get very painful hands sometimes. I've been reading up about the connection between decreasing oestrogen levels and increased inflammation in the joints. Has anyone else suffered with this ?I am taking numerous medications to try and make my shoulder better but nothing seems to be working. I didn't injure it, it was just a slow degeneration really......... I'm now pretty convinced that this painful shoulder & hands may be down to my decreasing oestrogen.