FemmeFocus Junction

  I have moved to a first-world country now, and I see a totally different demographic of patients with new problems. Women are well educated and way more fit and active in their fifties than women in third-world countries. I came across a woman in her sixties who is still working in a law firm with a demanding job, and she was experiencing a bit of brain fog; her GP put her on HRT to improve her memory. What is the first thing that comes to our mind, in elderly women with memory loss, perhaps this could be the beginning of dementia, or the normal forgetfulness with aging. She presented to us with unscheduled vaginal bleeding and decided to stop her HRT. Her hysteroscopy, dilatation, and curettage showed uterine atrophy and no hyperplasia. She claimed the HRT did not make a difference The most shocking thing I witnessed was a patient in her forties, who presented to the gynae clinic with an extensive psychiatric history of bipolar disease, with extensive medical treatment, p...