Hong Kong women navigating menopause have often felt the need to \u201csoldier on\u201d, their hot flushes dismissed by others \u2013 and themselves \u2013 as stress, their mood swings blamed on \u201chaving teenagers\u201d and their fatigue chalked up to ageing. But a new non-profit organisation aims to put a stop to that.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong Menopause Society (THKMS), which will officially launch on March 28, aims to boost awareness and understanding of perimenopause and menopause issues, both for the women who have them and for the people who love and care for them, including their spouses and children.<\/p>\n
The society was co-founded by three doctors in the city \u2013 Dr Rebecca Lau, Dr Zara Chan and Dr Laurena Law \u2013 and its membership is open to all Hong Kong doctors. The co-founders aim for it to provide a supportive and educational forum and to build a community to normalise these transitional life stages.<\/p>\n
\u201cMenopause ripples through every corner of society,\u201d Lau says. \u201cWhen women endure urinary infections or painful intimacy, it strains marriages. I\u2019ve had husbands sit in my clinic, relieved to hear: \u2018She\u2019s not rejecting you \u2013 she\u2019s physically uncomfortable, exhausted, irritable. This is treatable.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Children feel it, too. Some have told her: \u201cMum\u2019s angry all the time \u2013 we argue now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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