Flipping Female Flu

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I'm in bed, aching, hot and cold, skin sensitive to touch, joints aching and head sore and woolly, sore throat, flushed face.

Covid? No.

Cold? No?

My diary of such things shows me that this is premenstrual and is something I've had many times before. Though this time it's worse then ever and has lasted for 3 days - still no sign of my period.

I am bloody sick of it. Anyone else struggle like this? What helps?

Vitamin E or starflower oil might help a bit.

There is a link between oestrogen levels in this part of the cycle and the immune system.

helloclue.com/articles/cycle-a-z/the-immune-system-and-the-menstrual-cycle#:~:text=The%20first%20part%20of%20your%20cycle%3A%20the%20follicular%20phase&text=These%20changes%20makes%20people%20less,1%2C%205%2C%206).

podcasts.ox.ac.uk/female-health-cyclical-evolutionary-perspectives-menstruation

Those links are really interesting- thanks! They do seem to offer an explanation- though I don't have chronic conditions I know of.

I take a good multi bit but will look at starflower, thanks for the tip.