What age did you develop health issues if at all.

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Just wondering what age people tend to develop health issues if at all.
I'm 39 with no health issues.

Same but I don't take it for granted. I've lost 2 siblings to cancer and one has survived it. I'm youngest of 4.

Baby - asthma (requiring hospital admissions) and severe eczema requiring hospital treatment

Allergies since birth

Missed a lot of school due to severe chest infections

Polycystic ovaries from age 13 but they did calm down later

26 - ulcerative colitis

27 - osteopenia

I've also had 5 fractures by the age of 38 which is an unusually high number

My healthiest phase by far was from 28-38 and I absolutely made the most of it. One thing that long term ill health does is make you feel very grateful for any good spells you get.

@CuriousMama , I certainly don't take it for granted either, One of my sons was diagnosed with cancer at 28, 2 years later he has now fully recovered and I also have a young DS13, I am super aware that I need to keep fit and as healthy as possible to see him into adulthood . You should never take your health for granted, I just find talking about treatments and tablets on a night out a bit 🙄

Birth. Then more things were added to the list every 3-5 years or so.

The rate of new diagnoses has slowed, but I appear to be in the sweet spot where just as I'm feeling better, the people who would tell me I'm just lazy/it's all in my mind/nobody has arthritis that young/so many issues and would criticise me for medication/ensuring I was well nourished rather than as thin as possible/wearing sensible shoes/etc and would take my knowledge of weights, nutrition and physiology as bullshit are now overtaking me with levels of damage and other conditions.

Those who were most ableist seem to be taking it the hardest. Oh, well.

Born with most of them. Developed epilepsy around 5/6 and thankfully grew out of it by 11/12, developed various hearing issues (one of which I grew out of and developed again) around 8-25. Ended with asthma at 24 and now waiting for a proper diagnosis as it's not that

Since late 40s I have been diagnosed with fibroids (needed a hysterectomy), hypothyroidism (on thyroxine), gallstones (had gallbladder out) and cataracts (had surgery). I have also been treated for depression with meds and CBT, had an arthroscopy on my knee for a meniscus tear. The MRI for that also revealed osteoarthritis in my knees.

I fractured my shoulder last year after falling off my bike. I'm waiting on a bone density scan to rule out or confirm osteoporosis. I suspect I'm having menopausal symptoms, but this is confused by the hysterectomy meaning I've not had periods since 2015.

I'm falling apart 😏but actually I think I'm OK, don't have diabetes, hypertension or raised cholesterol despite being a fat cow (which I'm working on, mainly because of the knees) and I've got a strong immune system, rarely catch colds and am one of the very few people I know who haven't had covid.

Diagnoses with an autoimmune arthritis when I was 38. Symptoms were mainly severe foot pain and inability to walk (I had a 5yo a 3yo and a 4 month old) I was diagnosed relatively quickly and am now medicated and have enjoyed long periods of remission.

I'll never be how I was before though!

23, out of the blue. Before that never got so much as a runny nose.

Had only been in hospital for births until diagnosed with breast cancer at 36.
Since then, ovary removal, leading to early menopause, diabetes and cardiac arrhythmia.
Incredibly thankful to still be here though.

As an older person than many of you, I have been extremely fortunate health wise. First ever hospital stay at 65 years (this year). Bits and pieces wrong but I' so far I've weathered them all (touch wood). The medics could not believe that I had never been in hospital before or had a general anaesthetic either.

My mother had her first stay in hospital at 76! I must take after her - I'm 63 and have never been in hosptial, and other than a few aches and pains I don't have any real health issues.

50, severe reflux, possible ulcer.
Aching joints.
I realise how fortunate I am; I know many people who have died younger than me. My friend lost her husband at 44 to a pulmonary embolism.

Cancer at 41. Nothing until then.

I’ve been wondering this-late 30s and largely been pretty robust health wise but last few months have had a couple of nasty bacterial infections that have floored me and have had more antibiotics this summer than in the last decade. Making me wonder if I’m run down or my body is getting less good at fighting things off. Also slightly dreading winter.

I was 40 when I had melanoma, it was removed and other than that no other health issues, I'm now 42.

I’m 48 with no health issues. I don’t really get colds and none of me aches. I don’t take any medication, even paracetamol, and I’ve only been to the doctors for a smear test and HRT in the past 5 years but I’ve stopped taking HRT because I became more concerned about synthetic hormones and the impact on health. I also felt a bit ‘less than me’ on them, and I prefer to have to deal with my natural fluctuations because it makes me healthier in other ways - I.e. I’ll watch what I eat, I’ll make sure I get good sleep and I’ll exercise more/better if my body is telling me it’s not doing too well via the menopause symptoms that are natural.

My BMI is good, my cardio fitness is good, my strength is ok. I feel very good. Long may it continue. I have a lot of cancer in my family and my dad dying pretty young was an incentive to try and minimise the lifestyle factors that contribute to cancer so I’ve been doing just that for 15 years.

My dad is like this. He’s 85 now and has smoked since he was 11 and drinks whisky like it’s going out of fashion and yet the most he’s ever had wrong with him is an ingrown toenail. 😳 He’s never ever exercised or anything either. Falls asleep in the armchair every weekend and works in an office job. I think some people are just lucky!

Sorry about your son thank goodness he's ok now. That must have been terrible to go through.
Yes it's a boring topic. Maybe you need new friends?

41 I was diagnosed with coeliac disease - which was a blessing actually as changing my diet solved a few niggles.

I have to have a colonoscopy every 5 years as both parents had bowel cancer.

My dad was 82 years old before he ever set foot in a hospital and had only ever seen a dr a handful of times - the afore mentioned bowel cancer got him and he over came it after one op and no other treatment. Although he’s 87 now and had a rapid decline into dementia over the past 18 months, so bad that he needs residential care. But still, that’s not bad going.

1st stage high blood pressure at 55
Dodgy knees diagnosed at age 58 due to sporting misuse in my earlier years.

Lichen Scelorosus diagnosed aged 61 though it had been there a while prior to this.
Ovarian Cancer diagnosed aged 62 just 20 months ago.

At 16 I began to suffer from menstrual migraines which weren't understood at all, it righted itself at menopause - so 40 years of misery. GP said I wasn't in 'enough pain' - thanks for that.

At 45 periods became much heavier and a different GP prescribed medication which helped greatly. Two polyps were removed later.

Pneumonia at 57 and cancer at 60, now in complete remission. What a life, still there's always someone worse off.

Yep, I've had it all stretching right back to childhood or my teen years but it was always just fobbed off. I remember the first acid reflux/heartburn attack when I was about 8 years old and my mum took me to the GP, who prescribed a huge brown glass bottle of peppermint antacid. I still suffer with it and understand that these gastro symptoms all point to a single root cause.

My family and even my DH have been surprised by the diagnoses but that can be easily explained: 1) I don't complain about my pain often because I'm in pain every single day - I'd never talk about anything else. And 2) many of my symptoms are also symptoms of being overweight and unfit. I hardly wanted to complain that I was breathing out my arse just walking up the stairs in my house, or that my legs and hips were killing me from a 30-minute walk, or that I was sweating bullets because it was 20 degrees outside. These are all fibro/PoTS symptoms but I assumed they were just symptoms of needing to lose 50lbs so I didn't want to advertise it out of embarrassment. When I asked the rheumatologist if my weight was a factor, he immediately said no because the pain is neurological, not caused by physical strain on my joints, and I nearly cried with relief. I've struggled with binge eating and restrictive diets my whole life (thanks to ADHD) so I've always just been told to eat less and sent on my merry way.

I'm very sorry to hear about your DP; they say fibro can be triggered or worsened by emotional trauma

52 had been running for years, cyclist, never smoked and decent wt but then developed an as yet undiagnosed cardiac issue. Given all clear but still not quite right. Convinced it’s due to perimenopause. Bang has gone the cardio exercise apart from hill walking :(

@amusedbush I got pots since long covid too.

It's brutal. The only exercise I can do is rowing - thankfully I found a cheap rowing machine on a deal at Argos recently. It's not particularly exciting but I can't do anything strenuous or standing up because I'll pass out!

43... before that I was active, healthy and fit! Now at 45 I'm falling apart!