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Welcome to Ichi and Bichi, a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.

I am Karen Nicholl, Family Nurse Practitioner, and before we get into today's episode,

I want to update you on my course for Paramount Apostle Women.

After talking to many, many women who are in this phase of life, I have developed a comprehensive

course to help address the symptoms so many women experience in their 30s, 40s, and even early 50s.

If you want to talk to me about the course, we will put the link to schedule an appointment

with me on our website Ichi and Bichi.com and our Facebook page I and B podcast. So there you have it.

So here in Knoxville, we have had weeks of rainy weather with temperatures in the 40s and 50s.

I am sharing that weather report with you because those are the conditions that are most likely

to trigger my reno's syndrome symptoms. So I wanted to talk to you about reno's today.

And in the medical literature, reno's syndrome is often described as a rare disorder,

but I see it frequently amongst my patients, my family, and my friends. What is the deal?

The fact that my office is over air conditioned, and I mean freezing, maybe the reason I saw so

many patients with reno's, I don't know, but it's possible. Actually an estimated 15 to 30 million

or more Americans suffer from reno's, but only 10% are aware that their pain and discomfort

have a medical explanation and seek treatment. So the perceived rarity of the syndrome may actually

be due to the fact that it's underdiagnosed. While both men and women suffer from the condition,

women are nine times more likely to be affected. Some researchers estimate as many as 20% of all

women in their childbearing years have reno's. If you are wondering if you are one of the

undiagnosed reno's sufferers, you could take this quick quiz to help sort that out. First,

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