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Female Forward: "We need to stop dismissing symptoms"
05 August 2026

Female Forward: "We need to stop dismissing symptoms"

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Johannesburg doctors are urging women to stop dismissing symptoms they've long been told are "just part of being a woman".



For generations many women have accepted painful periods, bladder leaks, exhaustion and even brain-fog as simply part of life.



But this women's month, specialists say too many are suffering in silence with conditions that CAN and SHOULD be treated.



HOT1027's Tara Penny reports...