Profiling a woman’s symptoms to predict how long they are likely to experience the menopause could be an effective tool for clinicians as treatment options are increasingly limited, says a leading Australian endocrinologist.
Writing in the BMJ, Professor Susan Davis, Chair of Women’s Health at Monash University in Victoria welcomes a recent study which showed that women who have minimal vasomotor, psychological, somatic or sexual discomfort symptoms around the time of their final menstrual period are unlikely to develop severe symptoms later.
And women with moderate to severe menopausal symptoms are likely to have them for several years, according to the study also published in the BMJ.
Most women with severe menopausal symptoms seek relief, writes Professor Davis, but treatment options are...
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