By Chris D. Meletis, N.D. As if hot flashes weren’t bad enough, during menopause you might also experience other symptoms like vaginal dryness and painful intercourse. These symptoms are due to vaginal atrophy, or more specifically what doctors used to call atrophic vaginitis. Now, all of these symptoms are part of the Genitourinary Syndrome of […]
Peri-Menopause & Menopause
Eventually it happens to us all – menopause. Here you’ll find resources to help you recognize symptoms of menopause, and tips for coping with them.
By Chris D. Meletis, N.D. If you suffer from vaginal dryness—also called vaginal atrophy or atrophic vaginitis—you know firsthand it’s not fun. Often, the first symptom indicating you even have this problem is painful sex. This can really dampen your libido and even make you fear intimacy with your partner. If misery does indeed love […]
By Chris D. Meletis, ND If you’ve started to go through peri-menopause or menopause, chances are good you’re experiencing some frustrating moments. Hot flashes and night sweats are not only the most common symptom of menopause,1 they’re also the most uncomfortable. My patients tell me it feels like someone has sparked a campfire inside your […]
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Peri-Menopause Symptoms
Ready or Not Here It Comes – Which of These Peri-Menopause Symptoms Do You Have? “It started with an itch.” I literally laughed out loud when I saw this chapter title in Suzanne Somers’ recent book I’m Too Young for This (Harmony Books, 2013) on perimenopause. Perimenopause is the time before menopause when a woman’s body starts […]