Why Sex Hurts After Menopause: Understanding Vaginal Dryness

If sex has started to hurt, or intimacy just doesn’t feel the way it used to, you are not imagining it and you are not alone. Vaginal dryness is one of the most common symptoms of the menopause transition, and it is also one of the least talked about. Women often mention hot flashes to […]

Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: The Symptom Cluster Many Women Experience

There is a menopause symptom that affects more women than hot flashes, and far fewer women ever bring it up with a clinician. It shows up sometimes as vaginal dryness, discomfort, or pain during intercourse. As a burning or irritated feeling that doesn’t have an obvious cause. Sometimes as urinary urgency, or a UTI that […]

The Menopause Symptom Most Women Don’t Expect — And What Can Be Done About It

There is a menopause symptom that affects more women than hot flashes and that far fewer women talk about, report to their clinicians, or receive treatment for. It involves the tissue changes that occur in the vulva, vagina, and urinary tract in the absence of estrogen. It can cause discomfort or pain during intercourse, vaginal […]