A guide to the perimenopause
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
It’s been referred to as puberty in reverse but what actually is the perimenopause? How do you know if you’re in it? What can you do to soften the symptoms and what can men do to help those they care about going through it? Inside Health is talking about the peri-menopossibilities and learning why it’s not as bad as you’ve been led to believe. Endocrinologist Professor Annice Mukherjee and Professor in Reproductive Science at University College London Joyce Harper are alongside Inside Health's resident GP Margaret McCartney and presenter Laura Foster. They're answering your questions to help demystify the perimenopause.
Presenter: Laura Foster Producer: Tom Bonnett
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| 0:38.3 | Hi there. |
| 0:39.4 | This is Inside Health and I'm Laura Foster, a health reporter at the BBC. |
| 0:44.1 | And in today's podcast, a guide to the perimenopause. |
| 0:50.4 | When you're at school, your teachers speak to you about sex and puberty as part of sex ed classes. |
| 0:56.1 | And when you're having a baby, there are parenting classes where you can learn about pregnancy and giving birth. |
| 1:03.8 | But when it comes to being ready for the perimenopause, who is there to tell you what is hurtling towards you and people you care about? |
| 1:12.8 | Right now, around 13 million people in the UK are either perimenopausal or menopausal. |
| 1:18.7 | That's a third of the female population. |
| 1:21.4 | And it's not just a personal health issue, but an economic one too. |
| 1:25.3 | There are more women over the age of 50 in work than there has been for generations, |
| 1:30.0 | yet many of them feel they've got no choice but to leave or take time off work because of their |
| 1:35.2 | symptoms. So, isn't it time we knew a little bit more about how to handle the perimenopause? |
| 1:40.5 | And crucially, why it's not all doom and gloom. |
| 1:43.4 | Well, experts at University College London have come up with an idea of a menopause school. |
| 1:48.0 | So today on Inside Health, we're going to give you a little taster of some of the menoposabilities. |
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