Conditions
Vaginal Dryness
It’s natural for a woman’s vagina to be moist, providing an essential self-cleansing mechanism. Moisture usually increases before sex, but just like many best laid plans, your vagina may not want to play the game. This can be due to a number of psychological factors, but women may find they experience dryness after the menopause. This is due to the fall in oestrogen levels, which makes the vagina thinner and dryer. Extra lubrication is also lost as the glands produce fewer secretions. Fortunately, lubricating gels are available to ease dryness during sex; and for post-menopausal women there are oestrogen creams that can be effective. A bit of time and patience in the bedroom can also help…
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Hi. I am 24 and have been with my boyfriend for 5 years. recently I have felt very uncomfortable having sex because I am so dry. This also happens during 4play. When we try to have sex, my boyfriend finds it really difficult to penetrate me and afterwards I'm always in pain because I feel so sore and this lasts for a few hours, sometimes longer. I am starting to get really worried. I'm also worried that my boyfriend will think he cant turn me on, but this is not the case at all. Is there something wrong with m4???
i have suffered with dryness and soreness for 10 years i have had bladder stetched and estegen cream but that made me ill is there anything i can do
Hi, I am 26. I have always had vaginal dryness and is painful during sex. Me and my partner started to use lubricating jelly and it has made having sex alot better. Two years ago I found out that I had pcos and that is what is making me so dry.
hi,i have been in a relation ship for 6 years sex was great until 2 and a half years ago when i gave birth to my little girl.during sex and even 4play my vagina swells,burns,itches and stings also very dry.since giving birth im lucky if i have had sex without pain 10 times.seen my gp they put it down to thrush treated it but has never helped.big strain on relationship and my confedence as im only 21.please help!
The inner labia might be lichen sclerosis Ms. 53. After 3 years of searching for the right gynecologist, I just got diagnosed. It's dreadful. I'm 49 and not married and peeved about the thin skin and dryness there.
hi, ive been experiencing ripping when i have sex and it stings really bad, ive tried using lubricants to help the dryness but some how my vagina always ends up either swelling up or ripping. Im just wandering why because its never done this in the past…. Please help…
Nancy, discharge everyday is healthy and normal. ALL women have it, so don't feel singled out. It's a sign that your body is going through stages. Think of your reproductive system as the moon, continually cycling. not just once a month. Different types of discharge from creamy to crusty signal different stages of your cycle. clear stretchy fluid usually means your ovulating, and so on….
I suggest reading a book called "Taking Charge of Your Fertility". It will teach you wonderful things about your body. Learn to appreciate these signs as healthy and then you will REALLY know when something IS wrong.
hi i get a lot of vaginal discharge each day, irrelevant of sex, and i actually have t wear panti liners all the time, although during sex it is a lot more, this is really embaressing, what can i do to stop it?
For some years now I have experienced a great deal of paid during sex. I suspect I have gone through the menopause without any symptoms as I have not had a period in years and I have vaginal dryness. For the last few years I occassionally get a discharge (not smelly or nasty at all) – when I wndt to the Well Woman CLinic the GP had difficulty inserting the speulum – eventually did and said that I had alot og what looked like greenish discharge inside. I went to the GUM clinic twice but no news is good news was always the result. When I saw the gynae at the hospital she also saw this discharge inside but when she investigated in surgery sould find nothing! I sometimes feel like I have a raw 'ulcer' in my vagina – the twinges/pinching pain can happen at any time. Please help.
Hi im 23 and i have had problems with vaginal dryness and tearing since being put on the mini pill,it does get in the way of having a sex life and gets me down because i worry everytime i try to have sex.
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