A Colorado woman discovered changes in her body and needed an expert's help. Then her primary care physician dismissed her symptoms of hot flashes, insomnia, and weight gain as work-related stress and that she was too young for perimenopause -- something she'd never heard of.

Kesha Klaw is 44 years old. In February, she thought something was off with her body.

"It wasn't just being over-tired or over-stressed," she said. "My body was going through changes."

Kesha Klaw poses with her husband for a photo in the Colorado mountains. Kesha Klaw

But Klaw never thought menopause was at the forefront. That's when a specialist in women's health told Klaw she was experiencing perimenopause.

Lack of Funding

Despite how common it is, research funding to study menopause has been limited.

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