what we like to see.
>> Now, a messy Tuesday indeed.
Caroline, thank you. A survey
of doctors reveals many do not
feel informed about how to
treat menopause. Some admitting
they aren’t up to date on
current studies, health
reporter Haley Hernandez joins
me now to chat more about this.
This is not reassuring when you
hear that. No. And really it’s
difficult for doctors that
that’s one thing that you’ll
talk to doctors about about,
like, oh, how do you stay up to
date? It’s like constantly
doing homework, right? And the
reason that that’s hurtful to
many women is that they can go
a long time without treatment
of these miserable menopause
symptoms.
>> That can hurt their
relationships and it can hurt
their health. So what are the
options they have?
Now treated? Yes. So there’s
actually like doctors get super
frustrated about this. There’s
not a whole lot of treatments
on the market, but some common
types oral pills. There’s
vaginal rings and creams.
There’s transdermal in plants,
patches, gels. So there is
stuff the pellets are the ones
that are put in under the skin.
And I talked to 3 women who
swear by this. It’s it’s
injected into your body.
It’s a steady release of
hormones that last for months
at a time, a little bit
controversial, though, right
in all. And I would imagine is
uncomfortable to talk about.
Yeah. So the doctor says that a
lot of times people come in and
they want to talk about the
insomnia and the hot flashes
and headaches and things that
we all know about. But, you
know, there’s other things,
your libido, there’s other
things that women are. Yeah,
they are comfortable talking
about it until they kind of
find that relief and they’re
like, oh, my gosh, been living
with this for so long. When you
talk about really what are some
of the benefits these women
could have with these types
of treatments. So the benefits
do include fewer symptoms.
They get a lot more energy, as
I mentioned, improved libido.
But this was once a
controversial treatment hormone
replacement therapy. A lot of
people are still cautious about
that. Some doctors are still
even warning against it.
Doctor Terry and Samuels in Bel
Air says those studies that
people are talking about their
outdated and it’s proven that
post menopause complications
can be reduced if a woman is on
hormones. Post menopause,
complications are your bone
health, your heart health
dementia. Doctor Samuel says
that women’s longevity depends
on delaying or eliminating
those complications because
someone in their 50’s now is
young. So it’s too young to
feel bad. It’s too young to
have these health problems
because your to your hormones
are just changing. Is the
common age for menopause?
When you say 50’s, right?
So on board tonight? No, no,
but it. But but a lot of women
don’t even know that I can even
start a lot younger. Yeah.
So on average, it is 50.
But that means that your
symptoms can begin in your 40’s
and really no age is too young.
I talked to Isabel Reyna, who
is 32 and she didn’t know that
she was going through menopause
until IVF wasn’t working out
for her. And that was the
experience that she was having
when she realized that she was
already going through menopause
and she was.
>> Because of the hormonal
imbalance that brought on the
depression and mood swings and,
of course, mean, 32 years old.
I didn’t know what was going on
with my body.
So I just thought I was stress
with life and work. Hot flashes
during the day and night sweats
at night. But to the point
where I would have to get up in
the know the night and put a
blanket or something else.
Another set of sheets on the
bed because I had swept through
everything that was there.
>> And if I could go back to
sleep about an hour later, I
wake up and have to do it all
over again. So was just this
insomnia that not being able
to sleep consistently the night
sweats and because I travel.
I wasn’t a lot of different
places. I always did know we
didn’t have the convenience of
being able to put down another.
She I was just miserable.
So what did you notice that
It was what I told Doctor
Samuels was I said, I felt like
I was. 21 with the energy and
will be, though, of a 21
year-old. But with the common
sense that comes with another,
you know, 30 plus years on the
planet.
>> And all of the women have
stories like that about how
miserable the symptoms were.
They all happened to use the
pellet therapy and they say
that their symptoms
dramatically improve once they
were using that. But we are
putting their whole discussion,
as you can tell. It’s pretty
pretty juicy discussion and all
up on the website. It’s juicy.
It’s fascinating. But it’s
relevant, right? So many women
especially are interested.
They’re curious. They’re
impacted by this.
>> So I get really passionate
about women’s health because we
always take no for an answer.
You know, it’s what women have
been going through this
forever. So deal with it.
And we’re like, OK, we’ll deal
with it. But researchers
changing what’s on the market
is changing. So you can just
ask your doctor if your doctor
is not listening to you.
>> Then maybe get a second
opinion or just say I heard
about this. I heard about this.
Is this good for me? You know,
we talked about one person
using the estrogen patch and
she felt that was too much the
patch into quarters. So I mean,
it could be a simple as that.
But you got to just keep
pushing for answers. You have
to be your own advocate.
Of course, this conversation
continues. As you said online.
It is fascinating to hear.
I know, as I mentioned, it’s a
foreign language but impacts so