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It is an upheaval in the lives of all women: menopause. A sometimes taboo subject, above all intimate, and which the President of the Republic wants to take up. In an interview with “Elle” magazine this week, Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of a parliamentary mission on the subject of menopause and support for women.
Electoral strategy or real concern? Emmanuel Macron is increasingly tackling societal issues. In a magazine interview She, to everyone’s surprise, he even took up the subject of menopause. A real taboo in society according to the president who announced the launch of a parliamentary mission on the subject. A mission which will take stock of current care and the difficulties encountered by women in terms of information and monitoring.
Support “far from optimal”
14 million women are affected by menopause in France, with often serious consequences on their daily lives, yet they rarely talk about it… As proof, only one in two women have already talked about it with their partner and there are even more of them who simply lack information, such as on the risks of osteoporosis at this time of their life or on treatments to relieve their symptoms such as hot flashes.
For Doctor Monelle Leclercq, general secretary of the National Federation of Colleges of Medical Gynecology, in the interest of women, it is really time for this to change: “They are in pain, they are in pain. They no longer know which saint to devote themselves because they have hot flashes and depression They are irritable, they no longer sleep The management of menopause and peri-menopause is far from optimal. that there is a trend towards natural treatments,” she explains.
As a result today, due to ignorance or fear, only 6% of postmenopausal women take menopausal hormonal treatment. According to specialists, there could easily be twice as many of them who could benefit from it.