For all the conversations around menstrual health and hygiene that are slowly breaking past the taboos into public awareness, there is another women’s health concern that is still largely labouring in obscurity and a lack of information – menopause. Experienced by women in their middle ages, menopause is a period of life that for them is extremely difficult, often painful and uncomfortable, and most importantly, unavoidable.

Women aged 45-50 years will go through a few years of perimenopause, which lasts about 4-6 years, and is the period before menopause hits, after which the monthly menstrual cycle comes to an end for women. It is a trial by fire for most, to get past the phase of menopause and into a lifestyle where the monthly menstrual cycle is no longer a concern. Overall, menopau

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