DAVONTE: WELCOME BACK MENOPAUSE , IS SOMETHING ALL WOMEN WILL EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCE. WHILE SOME DON’T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH THEIR SYMPTOMS. OTHERS CAN STRUGGLE A GREAT DEAL WE’RE JOINED BY AN OBIE G.I. WHEN -- BY A OB/GYN >> DOCTOR. MENOPAUSE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVERY WOMAN IS GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. IT IS THE COMPLETION OF MENSTRUAL CYCLES AND THE AVERAGE AGE FOR THIS IS ABOUT AGE 51. THERE ARE PHYSICAL AND NONPHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT WOMEN CAN HAVE THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR DAILY LIFE DAVONTE: WILL STOP HOW LONG DOES THIS LAST FOR WOMEN? >> WE BREAK IT UP INTO THREE STAGES, PERIMENOPAUSE WHICH IS THE FIVE YEARS LEADING TO IT, MENOPAUSE WHICH IS 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITHOUT A CYCLE, AND THEN POST MENACE PAUSE -- AND THEN POST MENOPAUSE WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUES AGAIN. DAVONT IS THERE ANYTHING TO EXPECT DURING THIS TIME? >> IT CAN BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY WOMAN. DURING T PERRY MENOPAUSAL TIME, YOU WOULD THI IT WOULD DISAPPEAR BUT CYCLES CAN BECOME REGULAR AND BECOME PROBLEMATIC. THEY CAN BECOME HEAVIER AND ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL TALK ABOUT HOT FLASHES AND THOSE TWO CAN BE DEVELOPED DATING DAY AND NIGHT AND THERE IS AN AREA OF OTHER PHYSICAL AND NONPHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THAT GENERALLY GIVE A WOMAN A DIFFERENT CHANGE IN HER WELL-BEING. DAVONT WHAT ARE THE TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR MENOPAUS >> THERE ARE SEVERAL AND THEY ARE CATERED TO EACH INDIVIDUAL. DEPENDING ON EACH WOMAN’S PERSONAL FAMILY HISTORY AND SURGICAL HISTORY AND MEDICAL HISTORY, THERE ARE HORMONAL AND NONHORMONAL OPTIONS FOR THEM BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR EXACT SYMPTOMS ARE. IF MEDICATIONS ARE NEEDED, THEY CAN BE TAK SHORTER OR LONGER DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. DAVONTE: IF VIEWERS NEED MORE INFORMATION, WHERE CAN THEY FIND THAT? >> WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH. IT’S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHILDBEARING YEARS ARE PASSING, THERE ARE MANY WOMEN’S HEALTH MEDICAL ISSUES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS. SHOULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOUR GYNECOLOGIST ABOUT WHAT IS NORMAL FOR YOU AND WHAT MIGHT NEED MORE ATTENTION. DAV