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Sneha Wadhwani

Dr Sneha Wadhwani is a GP and Co-Founder & National Clinical Director of Evoca Women's Health in Sydney, Australia.

Sep 30, 2026

1:51
So then when we're talking about, I suppose, women's health concerns, what are the most commonly missed or minimised, normalised or raised only as an afterthought? And which would you encourage GPs to explore a little bit further into with their patients?
2:09
Well, I'm frequently on my soapbox when it comes to discussing a patient's menstrual health, right? I think that is probably the most common symptom or experience that is normalized both by communities, families, medicine, and by that I mean any healthcare practitioner, but also, you know, in the wider society.
2:36
But I think, you know, so often we think as practitioners and specifically as GPs, perhaps when we ask a patient, how are your periods? And they say, fine, that we've ticked the box.
2:50
But the reality is it's not until you lift the lid and really drill down.
2:54
OK, well, how frequently do you get a period? How many days do you bleed for? how many days are heavy of those days and how frequently would you change on those heavy days, that you get a true insight into how this is actually affecting someone.
3:09
So menstrual health is probably the most, I suppose, underrepresented in that.
3:16
And I would say as part of that women's pain and pelvic pain as well, And so I think these are two spaces where women can often feel dismissed, where their symptoms can be normalized, because culturally, historically, it's been attributed as a normal part of being a woman.
5:56
Where are those gaps?

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