What causes menopausal women in Japan to go ‘doctor shopping’? – The Mainichi

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1. “Symptoms of menopause in women are said to be more diverse than in men” LOL what?

   ETA[The term “male menopause” is inappropriate because it suggests a sudden drop in sex hormones such as occurs in women in the perimenopausal state.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070997/)

   ETA2: otherwise the issues raised are important (not necessarily relevant with menopause) and oddly linked: women in medicine are overlooked because their symptoms are “too diverse” and doctor shopping in Japan is a mandatory skill because of the privatization and broad spectrum of actual provided care. That this now leads to loss of clinics… i dont know. Why is this linked to women’s menopause. What about the elderly that sometimes just go to have a chat? And most importantly: What kind of socioeconomic system punishes the medical institutions actually providing good care?

2. East fixes: make DHEA, Pregnolone, Progesterone available at drug stores. Provide women with a real knowledge of how their hormones work and how precursors can help. Next, increase the (already high) availability of HRT (bioidentical estradiol, progesterone) for women. Then, change men’s HRT from 2 shots a month to self-administered weekly by pen type testosterone or cream/gel. Put Proviron and PDE5 inhibitors on OTC for men. These solutions cost little and would have more women and men with healthier hormone profiles and activity levels.