Has Your Va-jay-jay Dried Up?

Itchy and Bitchy

Karen Nickell

Sexuality, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Fear not! Karen shares the many options to address vaginal dryness.

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0:00.0	The content of this podcast is provided for general informational purposes only and is
0:05.1	not intended as, nor should it be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.
0:20.6	Greetings, everyone. This is Karen Nichol, Family Nurse Practitioner, and you are listening to
0:25.6	itchy and bitchy, a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.
0:32.4	I want to remind you about my course for Pyramid Apostle Women. After speaking with many,
0:37.6	many women who are in this phase of life, I have developed a comprehensive course to help address
0:42.6	the symptoms that so many women experience in their 30s, 40s, and early 50s. I launched the prototype
0:50.3	live version of the course on January 31st of this year, and I've just completed the eight-week
0:57.6	course. Yay! When this prototype course, since it's complete at this point, I will produce a
1:06.4	final version of the course, and it will be available for you to take soon. If you would like to
1:13.4	talk to me about the course to see if it's the right fit for you, there is a link on our website
1:18.5	itchyandbitchy.com and our Facebook page, IMB Podcast, where you can schedule an appointment
1:24.3	for a Zoom call with me. I highly encourage you to do this. If you're a menopausal,
1:30.1	Pyramid Apostle Woman, who has tried to get answers from their primary care or GYN and are not
1:36.8	getting answers to your symptoms, please give me a chance to talk to you by scheduling a Zoom
1:44.5	appointment with me. Today, I'm going to talk to you about vaginal dryness. Vaginal dryness.
1:52.1	It can occur at any age, but it is most common in women who, after they intermenopause,
1:58.3	when estrogen levels decline, we tend to get vaginal dryness. Estrogen helps keep your vaginal
2:06.0	lining moisturized and healthy. Low levels of estrogen cause your vaginal walls to become thin
2:12.8	and dry. This is a common condition of menopause called vaginal atrophy. The vaginal wall should be
2:20.6	thick and moist with healthy blood flow to the vaginal wall, and in menopause, when the estrogen
2:26.9	levels drop, the walls become thin and dry and have decreased blood flow. So what are the causes
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