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Menopause is also a time that still has a lot of taboos and things left unsaid. To break the silence and get women to talk about it, the All for Menopause collective shares six concrete proposals. The explanations of Dr. Brigitte Letombe, gynecologist who signed this forum.
Both experienced differently by each woman and universal, menopause is a period of life where women’s bodies and minds experience many upheavals.
A step that concerns 14 million women in France
Hot flashes, night sweats, joint or muscle pain, depression or even depression, insomnia… The symptoms of menopause are numerous and will be felt differently by women. However, the subject has been trivialized to the point that women do not consult to try to find solutions to these symptoms and better overcome this course. They are however about 14 million at the moment to live these changes.
“A study dating from 2002 has done a lot of harm to hormonal treatments prescribed during menopause, accusing them in particular of being responsible for cancer, when this is false. This has pushed many women and doctors too, to turn away from it. While they were on average 35% to be under treatment at that time, treated women are only 6% today” denounces Dr. Brigitte Letombe, a gynecologist who signed the forum of the All for Menopause collective.
Important symptoms, which can be managed
According to Dr. Letombe, at this time of life, one in four women on average is in bad shape. “Many women suffer during menopause from various symptoms that last, without appropriate care. For example, hot flashes, which are thought to be temporary, actually last seven and a half years on average. We must therefore remind all these women that they can consult a doctor who can help them overcome this stage and find solutions. says the doctor.
Six proposals from the All for Menopause collective
Composed of 4 women from civil society and 4 gynecologists, the All for Menopause collective wants to make things happen around the menopause, making “this slice of life, a peaceful, unstigmatized and liberated continuity”. It makes six concrete proposals detailed in a manifesto, which are:
- Inform women via the media (press, TV, social networks, etc.) and call on them to dare to talk about their menopause;
- Reaching health professionals;
- Create an “expert patient” university degree dedicated to menopause;
- Create a health course from the age of 45;
- Engage corporate / large group leaders about menopause;
- Identify and make visible a women’s health representative in government.