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Kaitlyn Siragusa, a popular Twitch streamer better known as Amouranth, shared she has late-stage ovarian failure in a series of tweets posted on Monday.. The 29-year-old told followers she had been informed of the diagnosis in March, after she had "noticed a lot of confusing changes" both physically and mentally "over the last year."..
Ovarian failure can cause fertility problems and symptoms similar to menopause including irregular periods, difficulty getting pregnant, hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, dry eyes, irritability, and decreased sexual desire...
Amouranth informed her 3.7 million followers on the platform that her "body has been in perimenopause/menopause for some time," and she had undergone a series of "many tests and diagnostic procedures" and her doctors had concluded she not only had these conditions, but an accelerated case "as my hormones and other markers indicate a more advanced prognosis."..
Later in the Twitter thread, she wrote she would no longer be able to participate at La Velada Del Ao 3, an in-person boxing event scheduled to take place in Madrid, Spain, on July 1, where Amouranth was due to make her boxing debut against Spanish streamer Maite Carrillo, better known by her Twitch handle Mayichi, where she has over 1.8 million followers, Gizmodo reported...
Amouranth currently has over 6.4 million followers on Twitch, where she made a name for herselfposting gaming content, ASMR-style videos, and streams where she would sit in a hot tub for hours chatting with viewers..
