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Perimenopause - The Transition Nobody Warned You About
Most women are told to come back when their periods stop. Dr. Raina Patel explains why that advice costs them years.
In this episode she breaks down what perimenopause actually is, why it starts in the mid-forties and can run close to a decade, and why the biology is not a slow estrogen decline but a period of wide hormonal swings. She covers the two cycle changes that tell you which stage you're in, the symptoms beyond hot flashes that rarely get connected to hormones, and why a normal FSH result cannot rule any of it out.
She also walks through treatment: hormone therapy in perimenopause…
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