#251 Problem Periods with Dr Anita Mitra
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Dr Anita Mitra is back on the podcast today. She’s an NHS doctor working in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, with experience in both clinical medicine and research. She completed her PhD on the vaginal microbiome in cervical precancer and the reproductive complications of treatment for cervical precancer.
She’s author of the fantastic book, “Gynae Geek”, and her new book “Dealing with Problem Periods” in which she details what normal and abnormal looks like and the various conditions that cause problems.
On todays discussion we talk about what exactly normal means for periods and how to personalise this to your own cycle. What her current day job entails in her gynaecology cancer speciality, as well as the reason why problem periods can arise and the investigations she recommends. We also have a frank discussion about why it’s important to monitor periods and how to track them.
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| 0:05.0 | I do these huge operations on these patients. |
| 0:08.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:09.0 | Where we make a cut all the way from the pubic bone, |
| 0:11.0 | up to the ribcage almost. |
| 0:12.0 | And then the next day I say |
| 0:13.6 | so now you're gonna get out of bed right and we're gonna take the catheter out and |
| 0:17.0 | you're gonna walk around and I just think back to myself and I was there like I |
| 0:21.0 | just have this recollection of one of my colleagues coming to see me and I'm like clinging on to the edge of the bed. |
| 0:26.0 | And she was like, oh my goodness, get her some more pain relief. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to the doctor. some more pain relief. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor. I study nutrition. And I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 0:57.0 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life. |
| 1:07.0 | Dr Anitra is back on the podcast today. |
| 1:12.8 | She is an NHS doctor working in obstetrics and |
| 1:15.1 | gynecology with experience in both clinical medicine and research. |
| 1:18.6 | She actually completed her PhD on the vaginal microbiome |
| 1:22.1 | in cervical pre-cancer and the reproductive complications of treatment for cervical pre-cancer. |
| 1:27.0 | She's also author of the fantastic book, Ganykeek and her new book that I can highly recommend dealing with problem |
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