Dryness, burning, or itching
Tissue may feel irritated during daily activity, not only during sex.
Vaginal dryness
Dryness is common. You deserve comfort.
Understand the symptoms, possible causes, and treatment options that can restore comfort.
It may feel like more than dryness.
Lower estrogen can affect the vulva, vagina, and urinary tract, creating a group of symptoms often called GSM.
Tenderness or friction
Less lubrication and thinner tissue can make penetration, exercise, or an exam uncomfortable.
Urinary changes
Some women also notice urgency, frequent urination, burning, or repeated urinary tract infections.
Lower estrogen can change vaginal and urinary tissue over time.
Clinicians call this group of changes genitourinary syndrome of menopause. It can begin during perimenopause and may persist without treatment.
Tissue becomes drier
Lower estrogen can reduce natural moisture and make vaginal tissue thinner and less elastic.
The vulva can be affected too
Dryness and irritation may occur around the external genital tissue as well as inside the vagina.
Not every symptom is GSM
Infection, skin conditions, medicines, and other health issues can cause similar discomfort.
Comfort can improve with the right treatment.
Treatment depends on where symptoms occur, how severe they are, and whether urinary or sexual symptoms are also present.
ApproachWhat it may includeWhat to know
Moisturizers and lubricants
Regular vaginal moisturizers and lubricant during sexual activity.
Nonprescription options can reduce dryness and friction, especially for milder symptoms.
Local prescription therapy
Low-dose vaginal estrogen and other prescription options.
Local treatment may help restore tissue comfort with less whole-body exposure than systemic therapy.
Evaluate other causes
Assessment for infection, skin conditions, medicines, and urinary concerns.
The best treatment begins with confirming what is causing the discomfort.
MyMenopauseRx patient outcomes
74%reported improvement in sexual health and comfort.
How this was measured
Improvement among patients who initially rated sexual-health and comfort symptoms as severe. Based on validated questionnaire data from more than 1,500 MyMenopauseRx patients who initially rated symptoms as severe.
Results describe surveyed patient outcomes and do not guarantee an individual result.
Clinical leadership
Barbra Hanna, DO, FACOG, MSCP
Founder, board-certified OB/GYN, Menopause Society Certified Practitioner
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