The Dry Eye Diagnosis Nobody Connects to Hormones
On this episode of Menopause Unmuted, my sister-in-law Jihan is back for part two of our conversation. This time we start with something most women never think to connect to their hormones at all: dry eye. Jihan had to stop wearing contact lenses altogether after a diagnosis associated with declining testosterone and estrogen and we talk about how those hormones affect the eyes and why so few doctors bring it up.
In this episode we also talk about osteoporosis and perimenopause. Jihan comes from a family with a long history of severe, untreated osteoporosis, and when her own scan came back…
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