Dr. Rachel Rubin
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And we have to stop telling women that because it's not true.
That is controversial.
I mean, when you look at the way that we diagnose perimenopause, if it's even on your radar, it is by cycle irregularity.
And I have a huge...
But again, it's not about menopause.
It's about androgens dropping in your 30s.
And so the genital tissue is androgen and estrogen driven.
And so what's happening... So by androgens, for our listeners, you're... Testosterone.
Testosterone, right?
So testosterone changes.
And actually, the menopause people are very clear that this isn't a menopause problem.
It's an age problem.
So in your 30s...
If you're listening and you're in your 30s and you're saying, oh, I keep getting UTIs.
I keep getting vaginal infections.
Oh, BV keeps coming up.
Oh, I keep sex kind of hurts now.
I need to you know, I just don't like it as much or early in my period.
It just like doesn't feel so good.
I'm a little irritated.