Halle Berry's doctor misdiagnosed her perimenopause symptoms as herpes. The Hollywood actress, 58, has revealed she was sent into a spin after being told she had the sexually transmitted infection (STI) and she then spent 72 hours with her partner Van Hunt playing the 'blame game' trying to work out how she had contracted herpes.
February 27, 2025 3:29 AMThe Hollywood actress, 58, has revealed she was sent into a spin after being told she had the sexually transmitted infection and she then spent 72 hours with her partner Van Hunt playing the "blame game" trying to work out how she had contracted herpes.
During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Halle explained: "I tried to go to the bathroom and I couldn't go. It was so painful when I tried to let a little bit out. I couldn't go. It took me almost 10 minutes just to empty my bladder because it was so painful.After seeing a doctor, she was diagnosed with a "really bad case of herpes", and Halle added: "We spend the next 72 hours doing the blame game, trying to figure out who gave it to me, who gave it to him.
Halle went on to do some research and discovered her symptoms were linked to perimenopause — which hits prior to menopause. She explained: "That's when I came up with dry vagina syndrome that women have when they're in perimenopause. And I had all the symptoms of what that felt like and I realised, 'Oh, I'm 54 years old'."
Halle launched her own wellness platform Respin in 2020, but she recently repurposed it to focus on menopause and women's health issues.She recently told Women's Health magazine: "As women, we've been told that's it's just what happens when you get older — you just have to white-knuckle it, grin and bear it. Well, no, that's just not good enough."
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