Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi
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And then perimenopause, which is, again, not diagnosed, right?
Average age of menopause is 51 and a half.
45 to 55 is the range.
Seven to 10 years before menopause, women go through perimenopause.
And during that perimenopausal time, their mood can go.
They're not sleeping well.
They have hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods.
They're gaining weight.
Their sex hurts.
They have frozen shoulder.
They start having hair loss.
They have skin thinning.
And all these things are happening, and no one's diagnosing them.
No one's treating them with hormone replacement until they go through menopause and then die.
That's another chapter of life that just turns your body and your life upside down.
And most men don't even know what menopause is.
So imagine just the story of this one woman through her life.
And then look how many times there are opportunities for this patient to get dismissed in the health care system.
That's why I have a broken heart.
But there's hope, though.