Petra Bagust
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Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
And atrophy means what?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Dying or shrinking or wasting away?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
It's basically wasting.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Wasting.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
And the concept there was that in menopause due to the drop in estrogen and progestin.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Yes.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Progesterone.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Both.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Both.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
That those mucus-filled, blood-engorged, moist areas become potentially drier.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Thinner.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
More fragile.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Okay.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Okay.
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
So in terms of vaginal atrophy being one of the potential impacts or effects of going through menopause or going into menopause, what is the proportion of women?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Do you know how many women experience those symptoms specifically?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
What proportion of the population are we talking about?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Or do we not know?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
And the New Zealand data that we have, has it at about 50?
Grey Areas with Petra Bagust
GSM - The issue affecting 84% of menopausal women | Dr Iona Weir
Okay.