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This Medical Journal Wants You To Feel Empowered The Next Time You Bring Up Menopause With Your Doctor

This Medical Journal Wants You To Feel Empowered The Next Time You Bring Up Menopause With Your Doctor
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The JAMA network published a patient page intended to answer women’s most common questions on menopause

In an effort to close the gap of information that women experience regarding menopause, the journal JAMA published what it’s calling the JAMA Patient Page.

The page clearly outlines not only how a woman’s body changes during menopause, but also makes it a point to explain that there are treatment options for women who experience severe symptoms.

“Women should not suffer in silence,” said Sardar Khan of Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York, a co-author of the 2016 review, to Reuters Health. “The days are gone when we accept these symptoms as merely signs of aging.”

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The page acts as a resource that women can reference when they’re speaking through symptoms with their doctors.

The onset of menopause usually happens between the age of 44-55 for women. Symptoms can include hot flashes, vaginal dryness and symptoms as severe as vaginal burning or persistent pain when urinating.

JAMA’S patient page lists the most common treatments for a woman’s more extreme menopause symptoms, as well as advice on when to see a doctor.

Cover image courtesy of Getty Images.

 

By Vivian Nunez on April 14, 2017

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