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Menopause is the period when menstruation ends, someone officially enters this phase of life 12 months after their last period, but symptoms often begin during perimenopause, which is a transition period that can last years. It's something many people go through but just one in five OBGYN residents have any training in it.
And studies show that many menopausal women aren't getting any treatment, and often don't even talk about it with their doctors. We wanted to find out more about why this stage of life is frequently ignored, especially in the United States, and why getting treatment for its symptoms is often such an afterthought.
I'm joined by Stephanie Faubion. She's the director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Women's Health and the medical director for the North American Menopause Society, which promotes women's health during midlife and beyond.
Dr. Faubion, thank you so much for joining us. For something is so ubiquitous as menopause, why is it so stigmatized?
Dr. Stephanie Faubion, Mayo Clinic, Center for Women's Health: Well, I think it has been stigmatized in the past because it's so tied to aging. You know, the mean age of menopause in the United States is 52. So I think that's part of it.
It's also a mysterious women's event and just like menstrual cycles, and puberty and all of that sort of thing. You know, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, it's been one of those things. It's not as talked about, but I think it's doubly so for menopause because it's tied to aging as well.
Menopause does have that that stigma. If you look up Google images of menopause, you see harried hot, sweaty, angry women. And you know, that's not the reality for most of us, but it does have a negative stigma.
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