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MENOPAUSE Getting the best from your GP Dr Helen Garr Dr HELEN GARR GP Cripps Nottingham University NHS Practitioner Health Service Clinical Lead GPS Coach and mentor Director British Society Lifestyle Medicine RCGP Wellbeing Board Public

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MENOPAUSE

Getting the best from your GP Dr Helen Garr

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Dr HELEN GARR GP Cripps Nottingham University NHS Practitioner Health Service Clinical Lead GPS Coach and mentor Director British Society Lifestyle Medicine RCGP Wellbeing Board Public Health England Clinical Champion Physical Activity LMC Wellbeing Lead NEMS @TheWellbeingGP

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WHAT IS THE MENOPAUSE?

PREMATURE / PERIMENOPAUSE/ MENOPAUSE
EGG DEPLETION
DROP IN OESTROGEN – LEADS TO SYMPTOMS

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You are not going mad
This can be helped
You do not have to suffer

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HOT FLUSHES – 75%
NIGHT SWEATS
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
BRAIN FOG
SLEEP DISTURBANCE
ACHES AND PAINS
DRYNESS

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RIS ISKS

OSTEOPEROSIS
CVD
STROKE

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROTECTS AGAINST RISKS & HELPS WITH SYMPTOMS

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5 ways to get the best from your GP

1 – Double Appointment
2 – Ask who the expert is
3 – Know your symptoms
4- Know what you want or don’t want
5 – Ask twice

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