Most people who work in health care would imagine that they have a basic grasp of the menopause and its main symptoms. They’d probably be able to tell you about hot sweats, anxiety and mood swings. Some of them might even impress you with
their knowledge of period cessation or hormone depletion.

For many women, however, including those working in health care, the realities of
living with menopause are still shrouded in misinformation and embarrassment. Not to mention sexism. Often lumped together under the dismissive term ‘women’s problems’, it’s an often-repeated joke that if men experienced the menopause there would have already been years of well-funded research, a host of treatments, or even a ‘cure’.