Women are suffering in silence as they struggle to cope with menopausal symptoms because they are too embarrassed to talk to their partners, research shows. For many women the symptoms become so severe that their sex lives are disrupted, the survey for a menopause support website found.

And one in four has to make excuses to avoid having sex with their partner, the poll of 400 women discovered. Nearly half (47%) of menopausal women in a sexual relationship said they would hide their menopausal symptoms from their partner.

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