Women’s Sexual Health
Percentage of Women with Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness is surprisingly common at all ages. About 20% of women over 18 have dryness, about 30% suffer through it during the perimenopausal years and most women have dryness after menopause. And it’s not just during intercourse – it can be uncomfortable – irritated, dry, painful all the time like arthritis or other aging…
Continue ReadingThe Tragedy of Women’s Hormone Replacement – A Q&A with Dr. Gustav Lo, MD
Q: Why aren’t more women treated with hormone replacement for menopause? A: I’ll tell you exactly why, because I watched it happen. I attended a very progressive med school in the 80s – more than 50% of my class were women, and women’s health was an area of intense research and interest. Treating menopause misery…
Continue ReadingThe most common problem you’ve never heard of: GSM
GSM (genitourinary syndrome of menopause) affects women after menopause as the pelvic structures weaken with lost estrogen. Estrogen maintains healthy vaginal membranes, pelvic floors, and bladders. With estrogen gone, those tissues weaken and lose their normal function, leading to dryness, irritation, difficult or painful sex, and low sex drive. Vaginal problems plus weakening of the…
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