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Vaginal atrophy

Posted by HomeAgainLA @llynch17056, Sep 21, 2023

TO THE LADIES ONLY: As I got older I started developing vaginal atrophy. Then I started developing open splits on my labia that were extremely painful. I went to urgent care one weekend and was prescribed vaginal estrogen medicine. It did the trick but I didn’t want to use estrogen. I went to a GYN that recommending organic coconut oil to use externally only. This was a few years ago and it has worked perfectly. I have never had another problem. At all. I wanted to pass along a natural inexpensive solution to vaginal atrophy.

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mabfp3 | @mabfp3 | Apr 20 7:47pm
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@degarden_girl

There is what I believe might be a new medical specialty called a Urogynocologist who specializes in treating women who have problems with both urgency and frequency. I now have a nickel sized item called an ecoin installed near my ankle that twice a week stimulates the tibial nerve which astoundingly extends to near the bladder. Both urgency and frequency are now well controlled. I believe before the ecoin or similar device is considered the doc will have the patient try Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) which is a similar stimulation done with a very fine needle similar to an acupuncture needle and tapped into the area near the tibial nerve at the ankle. If that works for the patient, the ecoin or similar device will likely also work.

Women now have options to wearing pads through their later years.

Donna

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Thanks so much for such helpful information!

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barbaradh | @barbaradh | Oct 23 7:42am

Is your estrogen cream OTC? What is the source for your D-mannose? Thanks for sharing, if you are comfortable with that.

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HomeAgainLA | @llynch17056 | Oct 23 8:03am
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Thanks so much for such helpful information!

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What wonderful info. Thank you.

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frouke | @frouke | Oct 23 8:34am

I’m just curious about the virgin coconut oil, is it only applied to the external area? I can see it being helpful for this purpose but do you use something else for the internal areas because the problem with vaginal atrophy is extreme inner dryness.

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frouke | @frouke | Oct 23 8:37am
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I’m just curious about the virgin coconut oil, is it only applied to the external area? I can see it being helpful for this purpose but do you use something else for the internal areas because the problem with vaginal atrophy is extreme inner dryness.

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I’m sorry I just realized that you mentioned using it for external areas only, aside from that, are there other natural products for internal areas, nothing containing estrogen would be good to use.

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HomeAgainLA | @llynch17056 | Oct 23 8:41am
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@frouke

I’m just curious about the virgin coconut oil, is it only applied to the external area? I can see it being helpful for this purpose but do you use something else for the internal areas because the problem with vaginal atrophy is extreme inner dryness.

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I only apply it externally. I am not sexually active so I don’t know about internal application and whether that’s ok. You would have to ask your doctor, externally it was a miracle for me. Years later I have no pain at all on the labia.

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HomeAgainLA | @llynch17056 | Oct 23 8:44am
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@frouke

I’m sorry I just realized that you mentioned using it for external areas only, aside from that, are there other natural products for internal areas, nothing containing estrogen would be good to use.

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It may be fine internally, too, I just haven’t needed it internally. Ask your doctor. I hope it works for you internally as well.

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frouke | @frouke | Oct 23 12:53pm
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@llynch17056

It may be fine internally, too, I just haven’t needed it internally. Ask your doctor. I hope it works for you internally as well.

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Thank you for your helpful advice, I did a little research and it seems that there was some risk for bacterial growth or infection, I’m not active either but the muscles internally offer pelvic support and I suffer from pelvic spasms, medically referred to as Levitor ani syndrome, a truly horrible condition that causes me tremendous discomfort.

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HomeAgainLA | @llynch17056 | Oct 23 6:49pm
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@frouke

Thank you for your helpful advice, I did a little research and it seems that there was some risk for bacterial growth or infection, I’m not active either but the muscles internally offer pelvic support and I suffer from pelvic spasms, medically referred to as Levitor ani syndrome, a truly horrible condition that causes me tremendous discomfort.

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Would pelvic floor exercises help that?

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frouke | @frouke | Oct 23 7:35pm
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Would pelvic floor exercises help that?

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Absolutely but I have two herniated discs and that limits my movements, it’s just frustrating.

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