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Primary care doctors’ practices in managing menopausal symptoms and views on patient clinical conditions influencing their decision to offer menopause hormone therapy: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

Malaysian Family Physician
Introduction: Menopausal symptoms, such as vasomotor disturbances, mood changes and atrophic vaginitis, significantly affect women’s quality of life.
Tiong Lim Low, Ai Theng Cheong, Navin Kumar Devaraj, Rohayah Ismail   +3 more
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Effect of zinc-containing pessaries on menopausal genitourinary syndrome, a double-blind randomised trial [PDF]

BMC Women's Health
Background Menopause-related changes in the vulva, vagina, and lower urinary tract are called the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). Symptoms include urgency, dysuria, recurrent urinary tract infection, dryness, burning, irritation in the ...
Assem Mousa, Ismail Elgarhi, Bahaa Ibrahim, Emad Atalla, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Omar Nagy, Kareem Shaheen   +6 more
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Understanding the Benefits of CO₂ Laser Treatment for Vulvovaginal Atrophy [PDF]

Medicina
Background and Objectives: Postmenopausal vaginal discomfort is often attributed to vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). Women with VVA experience symptoms such as vaginal dryness, itching, burning, irritation, and dyspareunia.
Svetlana Jankovic, Marija Rovcanin, Ana Tomic, Aleksandar Jurisic, Zagorka Milovanovic, Milena Zamurovic   +5 more
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Efficacy of Erbium and CO₂ Genital Laser Treatment on Genitourinary Syndrome in Female Patients After Breast Cancer: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Lasers Surg Med
ABSTRACT Objectives This scoping review aimed to synthesize the existing scientific literature on the methods, tools, and strategies employed in vaginal laser therapy for treating genitourinary syndrome in breast cancer survivors. Methods A systematic search was conducted in August 2024 across six electronic databases—MEDLINE (via PubMed), Embase ...
Ferreira KST, Guimarães NS, de Oliveira GV.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Role of Enterococcus faecium in the Synergistic Clearance of High-Risk HPV: A Clinical Study on Cervicovaginal Microbiota Regulation. [PDF]

Cancer Med
ABSTRACT Background Persistent infection with high‐risk human papillomavirus (HR‐HPV) is defined as the principal cause of cervical cancer. Given the important role of cervicovaginal microbiota in HPV acquisition and disease progression, this study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of the probiotic Enterococcus faecium (E.
Yang J, Gao M, Wang D, Li Z, Li S, Zhou M, Hu LN.   +6 more
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Effect of Vitamin D on the Proliferation and Barrier of Atrophic Vaginal Epithelial Cells

Molecules, 2023
Atrophic vaginitis is very common in postmenopausal women due to declining estrogen levels. Vitamin D plays an important role in promoting epithelial cell proliferation, migration and adhesion.
Dandan Li, Tao Zhang, He Yang, Wenlan Yang, Chi Zhang, Guolan Gao   +5 more
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Postmenopausal bleeding as a late sequela of pelvic fracture

Journal of Mid-Life Health, 2021
Postmenopausal bleeding is one of the common presenting complaints in the gynecological outpatient department. The common causes of which are atrophic endometritis, vaginitis, estrogen therapy, cancer endometrium, and cancer cervix.
Neha Agrawal, Navdeep Kaur Ghuman, Pratibha Singh, Priyanka Kathuria, Sumit Banerjee, Pawan Kumar Garg, Ankit Rai   +6 more
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Using Wood’s Light as a Diagnostic Tool for Vaginal Atrophy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Introduction: Wood’s light lamp is a device that emits ultraviolet (UV) light and is a useful diagnostic tool for dermatologic disorders. The change in the thickness of vaginal mucosa, in vaginal atrophy, causes a change in its colour under Wood’s ...
Mustafa Ulubay, Mustafa Ozturk, Ulas Fidan, Ugur Keskin, Ibrahim Alanbay, Riza Karaca   +5 more
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Modern approach to the management of genitourinary syndrome in women with gynecological malignancies

Radiology and Oncology, 2023
The term genitourinary syndrome of menopause was first used in 2014 by the North American Menopause Society and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health to describe conditions previously known as atrophic vaginitis, urogenital ...
Kovacevic Nina, Cilensek Ines, Merlo Sebastjan, Segedin Barbara   +3 more
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Vulvovaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women: diagnosis and modern-day treatments

Лечащий Врач, 2022
The article is devoted to the study of modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of benign diseases of the vulva and vagina in postmenopausal women.
K. R. Bahtiyarov, R. A. Chilova, Sh. Sh. Sardarova   +2 more
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