Halle Berry recently opened up about her journey through perimenopause, sharing a surprising moment when a doctor misdiagnosed her symptoms as herpes. During her appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Monday, the 58-year-old actress talked about the challenges of menopause. She shared how going to the bathroom became incredibly painful for her during this time, making it a tough period for both her and her boyfriend, Van Hunt, especially after that incorrect diagnosis.

Halle Berry remembers being wrongly diagnosed with herpes during her perimenopause phase

Berry chatted with fellow Hollywood star Drew Barrymore and reminisced about the joy she felt after meeting Hunt. At 54, she shared that they were “having the best time” because she had “finally met [her] person.” However, their relationship faced an early challenge when Berry woke up one morning struggling in the bathroom.

“I tried to go, but it just wouldn’t happen,” Berry recalled, explaining, “It was so painful when I tried to let a little out. It took me nearly 10 minutes just to empty my bladder because it hurt so much.” She added that she noticed “things down there that I had never seen before” and thought, “What is this?”

As things got “so swollen,” Hunt took Berry to the doctor, where she received an incorrect diagnosis. The doctor claimed she had a “really bad case of herpes,” which led to a tense back-and-forth between Berry and the 54-year-old singer.

“We spent the next 72 hours playing the blame game, trying to figure out who gave it to whom,” Berry said, before revealing that a few hours later, her doctor called to clarify, “You do not have herpes.” This moment was pivotal for her as she had to figure out her symptoms on her own.

Berry explained, “That’s when I realized I had dry vagina syndrome, which women experience during perimenopause. I had all the symptoms, and I thought, ‘Oh, I’m 54 years old,’” admitting that “nobody” had ever had a “serious conversation” with her about perimenopause.

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