Halle Berry’s Doctor Misdiagnosed Her With the ‘Worst Case of Herpes’ Due to Perimenopause Symptom

[hewontgo]

Halle Berry is opening up about experiencing a herpes scare that was actually a case of perimenopause. https://t.co/NASr8hXJUn
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) March 26, 2024

Halle Berry, 57, is opening up about experiencing a herpes scare that was actually a case of perimenopause.

"First of all, my ego told me that I was going to skip [perimenopause] - I

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[nutella_forever]

I hope she switched doctor, I wouldn't be able to trust my gynecologist again after this

[januarysix]

I know right? how do you confuse peri-menopause with herpes? absurd.

[saintclaire87]

I hope she’s doing ok and found a new doctor. That was some BS.

[lyra_loo]

I'm glad she's using her platform to talk about perimenopause because it's criminally under-discussed. I honestly didn't even really know about it until the last few years (I'm 36). The rest of this though is wild... She apparently claims to have "cured" her type 1 diabetes and now she thinks she's too healthy to go through peri? What does being "safe" have to do with anything?? I'm so confused.

[evilfirepixie8]

Did she actually claim to be type 1? I remembering reading that there was conflicting reporting on whether she had 1 or 2. (And this quote would suggest type 2 - can't cure either but you can transition off insulin with that one.)

[lyra_loo]

I couldn't find the exact quote from her, but I did find this old article that seems to strongly suggest she originally said she was diagnosed as type 1:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesResource/story?id=3822870&page=1

It definitely could be the case that she was originally misdiagnosed.

[ty]

It is impossible that she was T1D. In T1D, your pancreas does not work. She would be dead.

[ohwutevernvm]

Omg that’s so crazy. Hope she’s doing well! That doctor gotta gtfo

[skyler_white_yo]

Men are so terrified of vaginas that they’ve created a world where women’s health is blatantly ignored or brushed aside. I don’t know how many times I’ve been told that my symptoms were just my period. The fact that her doctor said “well, you have an STD” and brushed her off is so discouraging.

[insomniachobs]

It is utterly ridiculous how much gets brushed off as "normal." Nope, debilitating pain isn't normal. Losing so much blood you're anemic isn't normal.

[maryjanewatson]

they're always either every symptom is our period or "well we just don't know enough about periods 🤷‍♀️" like which one is it