Vaginal dryness, painful sex, libido, and intimacy — practical, honest answers.
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Vaginal atrophy — also called atrophic vaginitis or GSM — is the thinning and inflammation of vaginal tissue when oestrogen falls. It is extremely common, often mistaken for infection, and highly treatable. Here is what to know.
If vaginal dryness has appeared seemingly out of nowhere — along with less discharge or discomfort you never used to have — it is unsettling. Here is what causes sudden dryness, why perimenopause is so often behind it, and what to do.
Needing the toilet more often, sudden urgency, waking at night to go, the occasional leak — these are common and rarely talked about. There is a clear hormonal reason, and there is a lot that helps.
Dryness, discomfort, pain during sex, burning when urinating — these are not inevitable or untreatable. Vaginal dryness is one of the most common symptoms of perimenopause, and one of the most effectively managed.
Sharp, burning, or hypersensitive nipple pain that seems to have no cause — oestrogen fluctuation directly affects nipple and areola tissue, and this symptom is far more common in perimenopause than most women are told.
Pain during sex, vanished desire, and a body that feels unfamiliar, these changes are hormonal, common, and treatable. Here is a clear, clinical explanation of what is happening and what options exist.
If you're leaking when you sneeze, rushing to the bathroom urgently, or getting UTIs more often in your 40s, oestrogen loss is the likely reason. Here's the biology and what you can do.
Perimenopause does not always reduce libido. Some women feel a significant and unexpected increase in sexual desire, and there is a clear hormonal explanation for why.