Yaiza Is Allergic to Menstruation and Has Had Menopause Induced "Through pills."

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The story of Yaiza Rapiñes invites us to reflect on the rare disorders and the importance of a proper diagnosis.Read more How to deal with the allergy to progesterone: the case of Yaiza Rapiñes in Actualidads.es.

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Yaiza is 23 years old, and her life has been a nightmare since her first period 11 years ago. She is allergic to progesterone, a hormone that increases before the period comes and prevents her from living a normal life. "My eyelids and vaginal lips started to swell. I had to go to the hospital for injections," she says. Fever, hives, and chronic bladder pain that forces her to go to the bathroom every ten minutes are the symptoms Yaiza has to en…