Vaginal and
vulva dryness can cause pain and discomfort outside of intercourse, while doing your favorite things (horseback riding, gardening, Zumba class, etc.) or even during your gynecological exam and / or Pap smear.
Not exact matches
Besides hot flashes and night sweats, roughly 40 percent of menopausal women experience irritation and
dryness of the
vulva and vagina, which can make sexual intercourse painful.
Low estrogen also causes
dryness: of skin, vagina,
vulva, clitoris, all the places that should be juicy and luminous.
«We think some women may get more vulvar
dryness with birth control pills because the pills are blocking male sex hormones called androgens, and the
vulva has androgen receptors.»