Menopause and Sex: How to Relieve Symptoms such as dryness Vagina – BBC News in Serbian
Low sex drive, dryness of vagina and expressed mood swings are some of the symptoms that women are often perceived during menopause.
In many women, these changes can start up to ten years before menopause, in the period known as perimenopause.
Susan, who is in the middle forty and lives in Vancouver, in Canada, is currently in Perimenopausal.
« Sex simply became too painful.
« I still have a desire for sexual intercourse, but the pain refuses me.
« I wasn’t sure what the problem was and honestly, I needed time to decide to talk to my doctor about it. »
Given the extended life expectancy, women can expect that almost a third of life will spend in postmenopausal (after menopause).
Menopause denotes the end of the menstrual cycle due to the reduced hormone level.
It is also the end of the reproductive period of women and can cause numerous physical and psychological changes.
Aziza Sesaj, a general practitioner in the United Kingdom (UK), explains that the dryness of the vagina, which is why the relationship can be a painful, direct effect of estrogen levels, primary female sex hormone.
But, since the sexuality of women still tabs in many cultures, she says that « still women who believe that a painful sexual intercourse is normal and that in heterosexual relationships is our duty as a woman to suffer pain to please men. »
Doctor Sesay points out that for such beliefs, many women do not come to her to seek solutions for these problems, and adds that « therefore continue to suffer in silence. »
Hormones and hidden symptoms
Doctor Seses explains that the sexual testosterone and male hormone testosterone, which is in small quantities, is created in the ovaries, and that the decline in these hormones causes change in sexual desire.
Rosi is 45 years old and lives in Germany.
After her ovarian cancer was diagnosed, her hysterectomy was done (surgical removal procedure when she was 30 years old.
The procedure caused early menopause.
In conversation for the BBC, he says that the changes she experienced were drastic.
« I used to enjoy sex very very much, and then suddenly everything went » I didn’t feel any physical stimulation anymore. «
Nazanin Mali, Psychology and Sexual Therapists in California, in the United States (USA), says that women in menopausal are most often addressed due to reduced sexual desire and pain during relationships.
« In many cases, they feel trapped.
« But there are many women who still want sex, but they are no longer interested in the penetrative sexual act, » she explains.
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However, they are not only dryness of vagina or low sex drive reasons for less attractiveness of sex in this life period.
The Jas, the 49-year-old living in UK, constantly had the infections of the urinary tract and therefore lost interest in sex.
« I lost every interest in sex because after each relationship she would get a terrible painful infection, » she says for the BBC.
Adds that doctors did not long link this problem with menopause.
The doctor sesay explains that urinary infections are also a result of falling estrogen levels.
« When people think of estrogen, mostly associate it with menstruation or reproductive function, but estrogen is a really incredible hormone that affects the whole organism ‘from hair follicles to leather.
« Estrogen is in charge of the humidity of the vagina and urethra, and the decline in the level of this hormone makes the tissue around the urinary tube, dry and more susceptible infections, » she says.
In many cultures, women’s sexuality is considered exclusively through birth prism, which is why there is a misconception that the sex life of women ends with menopause.
Doctoral Children adds that for valuing women exclusively on their age, this life period can be especially difficult and that in some women « creates a feeling of sadness ».
However, he emphasizes that there are patients who « have the best sex in life just after menopause. »
What treatments are available?
« There are solutions for all challenges made by menopause, and there are many medical and non-medical interventions that can help women continue to have an active sex life and to have more pleasure, » says the doctor small.
Haldita, 65-year-old living in London, says her sex life flourished during menopause because she coincided with divorce.
« I was divorced when I was 43, and the symptoms of Perimenopausal started at 45. 46. years. Years, » says BBC.
« I was in the fashion: I’m finally free!
« Then I actually started having a very healthy and exciting sex life ».
In terms of re-announcement of passion, the doctor’s small advises that « reconsider your own sexual scenario ».
He says that we all « have a show about how sex needs to look and what is ‘good sex’, but as our body changes, so we should refresh this mental scenario.
« In this period of life, you need to ask yourself: What is good sex for me? »
Emphasizes the importance of foreplay and exploration of satisfaction that does not imply penetration.
« Changes in vaginal tissue can mean that it is less sensitive, so the introduction of sex toys such as vibrators can be helpful. »
And if the symptoms of menopause are disturbed by sex life, Dr. Aziza Sesay advises: « Seek help, and if you need to change your doctor.
« Don’t give up and don’t be ashamed. »
And in terms of treatment, its first choice is hormonal substitution therapy.
« There are in various forms: patches, gels, tablets.
« Some people cannot use hormones that act systemically through bloodstream, such as tablets, but there are always local options that apply directly to the vagina. »
Neda, who lives in New Zealand, could not use hormonal therapy in the form of pills for cancer.
« But when I insisted that I want hormone therapy to improve my sex life, I got a preparation that was applied locally.
« Due to the diagnosis of aggressive cancer, my sex life was not a priority to doctors, » she says.
Doctor Sesay adds that there are also products that can be procured without a prescription, such as lubricant and vaginal moisturizing gels, but advises to be carefully checked by ingredients before use.
For women who have weakened pelvic floor muscles there is physical therapy for that part of the body.
Its advice for all women, whether in menopause or not, is to change the way of life.
« Practice, eat fruits and vegetables, reduce or completely expel alcohol.
« Don’t smoke.
« Maintain a healthy body weight. »
Doctor Sesay is also a great advocate for care of himself.
« Caring for yourself is not selfishness.
« Try to remove stress in your environment.
« Women often take over too many obligations to themselves, as if we were superfritten.
« Looking for help, and if you don’t like to look for her, then at least accept it when you offer it. »
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