Dr. Louise Newson

Whereas if you've not been taught about it and the patients don't understand, then it's almost like the elephant in the room that no one talks about.

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And it's the same for men.

I remember years ago, one of the things that we had to do was measure testosterone levels in men who had diabetes.

But then we found that they were always low.

So then they changed it to say, don't measure it.

But I remember once there was one of my patients who...

was a male patient and he had awful night sweats and was really tired and I was doing all these tests I couldn't work out what was going on and then I his wife I knew really well was coming in and saying they had no sexual relationship either and he just wasn't himself and his mood was low and I was like what else I mean I'd done everything I didn't know what else to do so in the end I did his testosterone level and it was so low and

And I remember then saying to my husband, oh, should I give him testosterone?

I don't really know.

And I probably about how a lot of doctors do now about HRT for women, because it's all about having confidence.

And as a doctor, you can have confidence with knowledge, but it's very different when you've got a patient and you're giving that prescription.

So I wasn't sure what to do.