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Most painful sex is due to the Genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and we now have many strategies that work for this condition. Estrogen works to treat the vaginal changes that occur in menopause. For some women there are only minor symptoms, perhaps dryness, change in odor, or change in discharge. Other women from this syndrome have bladder symptoms, recurrent urinary tract infections, stress incontinence, painful sex, irritating dryness, external symptoms, or itching. Women who have these symptoms in menopause, and now is more accurately called genitourinary syndrome (GUSM) of menopause.  It is commonly caused by the lack of estrogen as women age, and then secondarily this the thinning and deterioration of the surface layers of the vaginal walls, the vulva, the urethra, even the anal region due to these menopausal changes. For the most part your gyno can tell by an examination but are even pap tests to determine if this is the diagnosis, although your gyno can usuall y...

Estrogen works to treat the vaginal changes that occur in menopause. For some women there are only minor symptoms, others have bladder symptoms, recurrent urinary tract infections, stress incontinence, painful sex, irritating dryness or itching. Women who have these symptoms in menopause, and now is more accurately called genitourinary syndrome of menopause.  It is commonly caused by the thinning of the vaginal walls due to menopausal changes. For the most part your gyno can tell by looking but are even pap tests to determine if this is the diagnosis, although your gyno can hear your complains and with the exam give you a diagnosis . Generally gynos have recommended nonhormonal moisturizers such as coconut oil, or products such as Replens if you have mild symptoms, and estrogen therapy as the treatment of choice for this condition,  and now we have the new painful sex treatment ospemifene, or Osphena . Ospemifene is a  selective estrogen receptor modulator...