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Greetings, everyone. This is Karen Nichol, Family Nurse Practitioner, and you are listening to

itchy and bitchy, a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.

I want to remind you about my course for Pyramid Apostle Women. After speaking with many,

many women who are in this phase of life, I have developed a comprehensive course to help address

the symptoms that so many women experience in their 30s, 40s, and early 50s. I launched the prototype

live version of the course on January 31st of this year, and I've just completed the eight-week

course. Yay! When this prototype course, since it's complete at this point, I will produce a

final version of the course, and it will be available for you to take soon. If you would like to

talk to me about the course to see if it's the right fit for you, there is a link on our website

itchyandbitchy.com and our Facebook page, IMB Podcast, where you can schedule an appointment

for a Zoom call with me. I highly encourage you to do this. If you're a menopausal,

Pyramid Apostle Woman, who has tried to get answers from their primary care or GYN and are not

getting answers to your symptoms, please give me a chance to talk to you by scheduling a Zoom

appointment with me. Today, I'm going to talk to you about vaginal dryness. Vaginal dryness.

It can occur at any age, but it is most common in women who, after they intermenopause,

when estrogen levels decline, we tend to get vaginal dryness. Estrogen helps keep your vaginal

lining moisturized and healthy. Low levels of estrogen cause your vaginal walls to become thin

and dry. This is a common condition of menopause called vaginal atrophy. The vaginal wall should be

thick and moist with healthy blood flow to the vaginal wall, and in menopause, when the estrogen

levels drop, the walls become thin and dry and have decreased blood flow. So what are the causes

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