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Ladies: How are you managing vaginal atrophy as you age?

Menopause | Last Active: Apr 14 8:20pm | Replies (306)

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@llynch17056 But, unfortunately, it does not help the loss of estrogen in our bladder/urinary tissues/organs. One may not have any urinary/bladder problems after menopause..... yet......but the loss of estrogen extends to these organs/tissues as well. At some point down the line problems most certainly could arise in these areas. One could have proactively been inserting vaginal estrogen cream (safely), and avoided this unnecessary eventuality. Quite a few women refuse to go on low dose hrt because they say they "have no symptoms". They don't realize what is silently going on undetected inside their bodies with no estrogen. I certainly understand people's strong desire to go natural, but at the end of the day, lack of estrogen is still lack of estrogen and the long term effects down the road are not pretty. Isn't it fun being a woman?

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@beanlisa56 PS it has been decades since I had a UTI. Perhaps my yoga and clean foods? The coconut oil? I’m sticking with my very smart young GYN to not do hormone creams. I’m sticking with coconut oil. It works and is safe.

@beanlisa56 with all due respect, I and my young smart GYN, disagree and consider estrogen creams to pose a threat.

@beanlisa56 For those of us with breast cancer any kind of estrogen replacement is totally counter indicated. So for me, it is good to know of natural topical solutions as well.

@beanlisa56 Totally agree, and let’s not forget our bones which rely on estrogen to maintain density and prevent osteoporosis, which is no fun at all!! Please speak with GYN if you are on the fence with the estrogen issue.