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Burning urethra and vaginal atrophy

Posted by srb6 @srb6, Jul 4, 2025

In February I was having terrible burning urethra pain and ultimately diagnosed with vaginal atrophy (I’m 66 and had total hysterectomy 7 years ago) and started on Estradiol cream twice a week in Feb.
It’s much better now (July) but not completely gone. I still get slight burning urethral twinges every? 3 days or so multiple times a day. I can live with it but just wondering should I be expecting this to ever stop? I never had anything like this prior to February.

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srb6 | @srb6 | Jul 6, 2025
In reply to @rose1966 "@srb6 I also have vaginal atrophy. The burning stopped once I started drinking 2 liters of..." + (show)
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@srb6 I also have vaginal atrophy. The burning stopped once I started drinking 2 liters of water a day. I use unscented soap…dove unscented or something organic. I rinse that area with cold water before leaving the shower…making sure no soap residue is left. I switched toilet paper. No more Scott.. I use Ultra Gentle toilet paper just to tap with … and use a Bidet, that I bought on Amazon to rinse with after urinating or bowel movement’s. That really helped. I’m not sure if you’re in relationship…but sex is out of the question…that will bring the irritation all back. I hope this helps. Blessings, Rose

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Thanks rose1966 - I thought drinking more water might be helping but since I wasn’t having the problem every day I wasn’t really sure. I’m really careful with the Charmin and the soap. Thanks so much. They mentioned pelvic floor therapy or a cystoscopy but that freaked me out a little bit so I think I’ll keep working on it.

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gravity3 | @gravity3 | Jul 7, 2025
In reply to @srb6 "The cream is inserted vaginally at bedtime so theoretically it has done its job by morning..." + (show)
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The cream is inserted vaginally at bedtime so theoretically it has done its job by morning after most of it comes out. They didn’t mention that a patch was available but got the impression they were trying to avoid a systemic solution.
So are you saying I should expect for these sensations to stop? Thanks for your reply.

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marialyce | @marialyce | Jul 8, 2025

I suffered with this severely. It took a good 6 months before it REALLY cleared up. I still have to use the cream. And from time to time I’ll have a day of burning.

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srb6 | @srb6 | Jan 26 9:44am

Update: in August I passed a kidney stone and every symptom stopped immediately. I had never had one before and was so surprised. Not only that I had one, but by the symptoms also. And how long it took to come out. Thank you everyone.

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