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Article: 7 in 10 women 'feel uncomfortable' talking about vaginal dryness, pain.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- May 19, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Washington, May 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that nearly 70 pct of postmenopausal women feel embarrassed to talk about vaginal dryness and pain, and hesitate to seek medical help.
The survey showed that nearly 39 pct of post-menopausal women experience these symptoms of vaginal atrophy and 40 percent agree that it interferes with their sex life.
Local symptoms such as painful intercourse, vaginal dryness, itching, burning, and soreness are caused, like other menopausal symptoms, by the gradual decline of oestrogen production in ovaries.
Seven out of ten said they were reluctant to talk about the problem with their ...