Vaginal Dryness Treatment

What is Vaginal Dryness?

Normally, the anterior and posterior walls of the vagina are in contact with each other. In everyday life, these walls are prevented from rubbing against each other and traumatizing by the discharge contained in the vagina. The bartolin and skene glands located in the vagina produce secretions and provide vaginal discharge. To avoid friction of the walls of the vagina during sexual intercourse, there should be some fluid in the vagina. If the vagina is not moist to a certain extent, irritation will occur due to friction that occurs during sexual intercourse. This stop, which occurs due to insufficient discharge from the vagina, is called “vaginal dryness”.

What Are the Causes of Vaginal Dryness?

• Menopause
• Depression,
• Stress,
• Disruption of the vaginal flora,
• Having pain during sexual intercourse,
• Some medications used (antidepressant and blood pressure medications, cancer medications, birth control medications),
• Vaginal infections,
  Chemotherapy and radiotherapy,
• Hormonal disorders,
  Washing the inside of the vagina,
• The period of lactation (lactation),
• Incompatibility with a sexual partner, insecurity, communication problems,
• Pain during sexual intercourse

What Are the Symptoms of Vaginal Dryness?

The most important symptom of vaginal dryness is a complaint of pain, burning during sexual intercourse. For this reason, a woman may have problems such as avoidance of sexual intercourse, sexual aversion, separation from her partner. It can also lead to problems such as burning and irritation after sexual intercourse. In this case, the patient should consult a doctor, check for estrogen deficiency, infection.

Treatment;

• In the treatment of vaginal dryness with a laser, laser beams trigger the production of collagen fibers in the vagina.
• In non-surgical treatment, the woman returns to her sexual life in a very short time.
• After several sessions of laser therapy, vaginal dryness is treated with application for about 15-20 minutes.