I am in pain all over my body and I'm tired all the time. I'm also suffering with light-headedness, headaches, nose sores, and some nose bleeds. Could this be the menopause? I'm 49 years old and I have a very weak bladder.

Lowering oestrogen can affect the bladder so you may find doing the Kegel Exercises every day helpful. This helps to tone up the pelvic floor muscles, just Google for how to do them.

Fatigue etc, can be menopause symptoms but low iron, low thyroid and low vitamin D can cause very similar symptoms so it is best to ask your doctor to test for these just to rule them out.

In the meantime, you may find a good female multi-vitamin supplement helpful generally.

Eileen Durward