Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes says the signs of perimenopause are leaving her in "constant pain".

The 52-year-old former sports star stated the situation is "killing me at the moment" as she suffers physique aches and evening sweats.

"Last week, I started getting the sweats, which I'm not happy about, only at night," she stated.

"I'm thinking: 'This isn't good'. And it makes you more irritable. You feel like you're not yourself.

"I believe perimenopause is killing me for the time being. As a lot as I'm in denial, it positively has had an impact on my physique."

Dame Kelly described her signs as "body aches, pains, like constant pain throughout the body" and "feeling lethargic".

She added that the perimenopause was powerful for "someone who is in tune with their body" however admitted: "I think I'm in denial of age completely."

Ms Holmes retired from skilled athletics in 2005 after profitable gold within the 800m and 1,500m races on the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Perimenopause is the transitional interval earlier than menopause, when ladies's hormone ranges begin to change, however earlier than their intervals have stopped for a full 12 months - due to this fact reaching menopause.

The NHS says perimenopause often begins between the ages of 45 and 55.

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Dame Kelly really useful train as a manner of dealing with the situation, however admitted she typically feels "so knackered, it's easy just to not do it"

She stated: "When you feel your body's a mess, that's going to affect your head. But if you go into the gym or you go and do some exercises, at least you are doing it knowing that you're benefiting yourself by doing it - even if those changes are still happening."

Dame Kelly, who has been open about her previous psychological well being struggles, added: "Hormonal changes in the body can really affect your mental health.

"And I believe ladies have to grasp how so linked and interconnected your psychological and bodily well being [are], as a result of if one isn't in tune, the opposite one might be affected, no matter manner round that's."

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