In this informative video, Dr Louise Newson provides a detailed explanation of menopause related urinary problems and vaginal dryness, as well as the various different treatment options available for these very common problems.
I started taking Probiotics and my recurring UTI stopped. I take one capsule of Florejen (digestion) (it must be refrigerated) plus one tablet of Nature's Bounty Acidohilus Probiotic every day. My UTI stopped completely. I went from one UTI every two months to zero UTI in over a year. I hope this helps somebody out there who is suffering from recurring UTIs. I was getting recurring UTIs since I entered my menopause years.
So lovely to hear there is someone out there who knows what they are talking about. I wish everyone doctor would have a menopause specialist in their surgery. My doctors have been absolutely hopeless. I’ve suffered years.
Same here, when I went in to get my bloods done recently with nurse I said it to her that I wasted 2yrs not been on HRT as my Dr did not help me or advise me when I went 2yrs ago.I said it was disgraceful that she didn't have a clue basically told me I was getting older so my bladder was weakened..I was 49yrs old and was clearly menupause heading period after 12mths..never asked me anything..I hadn't a clue about peri etc..2yes later I know exactly where I am no thanks to her..the nurse went on to say we have to be our own health advocate??????? That doctors know how important hormones are but you have to ask for them and do your own research ...I left the clinic even more annoyed...DISGRACEFUL this was only on Thursday 18th Feb 2021😡😡😡
@@cearilindubhlaoi9507 I’m so sorry. I really have no understanding why doctors are not taught about it to the level we also understand what it truly means and the effects it has on us. I was in my 30s and my doctor told me I was peri menopause. I laughed didn’t have a clue what it meant at all. But not did he. I was told it’s what everyone goes through. Everything was going down hill from then. Yet no one explained anything at all. I didn’t even associate the big health issues to it. Thanks to you guys on this site. We have all had our eyes opened. I tell everyone about you. I so wish you were able to set up training for Doctors country wide. Imagine the amount it would save on the NHS if there was a menopause specialist in every practice. A great big Thank you.
I have suffered for years with no help from local doctors. When I asked to go back on HRT my doctor said it won’t make you look any younger I was shocked and upset by her attitude. I wanted HRT to protect my bones. I had fallen over and couldn’t get up. I was given patches that burned my skin it was the glue on the patches asked if I could use another one said no other one no help whatsoever 😱 since finding you my life has changed dramatically for the better 🙏😇🙏❤️
Dr Louise.. you are a secret lifesaver no doubt to many women. My wife is deaf and I only recently heard of the devastation that the Menopause causes so many women, which I was able to pass on to my wife. As you said hearing all the symtoms helped me to help my wife join up the dots on her many conditions. This video on Vag dryness simply helps in ever more areas. My wife is now on HRT patch with a Progesterone 'yam' daily tablet. This has only come about as a result of Menopause being aired on Ireland's Live Line radio programme where you were mentioned, and Davina McCaul on Ch4 t.v. but at least we now know. Thank you for your dedication, brutal honesty and help to women and their partners.
This is so helpful. I wish I had known all this when my dear mother was alive. She suffered for many years from all this symptoms related to menopause and dryness and bladder issues. It really took away from her enjoyment of a long life 😪
It’s sexist and shocking patient abandonment by the medical system. Women’s health after age 40 is drastically underfunded unless they have breast cancer or other GYN cancers. Women’s Health is so much more than their breasts, etc.
I’m 80yrs I was so stressed going to the loo every hour at night I felt suicidal. I told my younger sister she said try the HRT cream. I was taken off HRT by doctor over scare ten yrs ago. I had hysterectomy in my forty’s. I said to my doctor I need to go back on HRT she said I’m to old !!! And it won’t make you look any younger😱 and could give you cancer. I have no cancer in my family. had to start crying she said she would come back to me. 3 weeks later I had to phone again. I told her about my sister using the cream doctor said I’ll but you on the virginal tablet. The improvement was amazing and my restless legs stopped🙏😇🙏 you are amazing thank you. I had the mesh in my bladder 2011 which was not necessary thank you thank you please keep up your help for woman kind 🙏😇🙏❤️❤️❤️
How dare she say you're too old, it won't make you look younger 😡 I had bio identicals but now Drs won't prescribe them because of the "possibility" of cancer but I suffer from symptoms and will not go down without a fight at 65 yrs not willing to lose my femininity 💐 Thank you 💐🌺
Your not old and never think about ending your life there always help even women your age still have sex you just need a understanding partner that is willing to be with you and support you
Some doctors need to be reported for incompetence and yours sounds like one of them. How dare she talk to you like that! Take heart Janet - there are kind and empathetic people on this planet and the sisterhood and brotherhood of lovely souls are with you ❤🙏🏽👩🏽🦳👩🏿🦳👩🏻🦰👩🏻👧🏻
This just happened too me .I pee every hour or more 24/7,it hurts ,my stomach aches all the time .I've been back 6 times ,she gave me an internal examination but I'm too old for a pap smear ,and too old for any hormone, she just sent me on my way ...Am I supposed to live the rest of my life like this ??? Oh I didn't know that I was such an old lady before she pointed it out .....
Just wanted to compliment you for your interest in your wife's Health and Welfare. I wish my husband felt the same and was interested to get informed. Anyway good for you! Spread the word to all your men friends please!!
Thank goodness for people like you, this video was SO helpful. I had no idea this was happening to me and if it was not for RU-vid and videos like yours I would be totally lost. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I m so glad finally that women's issues are being talked about, but it is still not main stream if you go to our local gp, and I am still frustrated, how I was not taken seriously.. I am 63, had a urinary tract infection that {I have had them before the past} that simply couldn't nip it in the bud and went through many months of different antibiotic treatment that made me sicker and sicker. Finally coming out of this, I realised that there is not enough information about female problems. Its time that we women are taken seriously in main stream medication. Its like it doesn't exist. Or in my case, you are old just deal with it.
Took HRT for one year but decided to come off it this sept 2020 so my menopause symptoms have returned however I feel more back to myself a very informative and natural video. Thank you x
I'm so glad your on here talking about menopause I'm 32 years old I had a hysterectomy now I'm in menopause no body ever talks about menopause at the doctor's office so I had very little knowledge of menopause and what was about to happen I'm currently on the patch it's working good
Women also need to be more confident in ourselves to know when to action and what action to take because it’s our body and we know best ... so listen to instincts don’t suffer in silence and don’t be ashamed to get the treatment that is available
I’m glad I stumbled upon your videos! I’m suffering from a bad problem, and am glad to see the products you have mentioned don’t have sodium benzoate, a known allergen. I can’t believe how bad the dryness /atrophy has become, but I have to admit there’s a benefit to that, I now don’t like sensation of anything different. I’ll have to get used to that though, I need to fix this problem. Intercourse has been impossible for several years
The healthcare trend I’ve seen is elderly women admitted to nursing homes with dementia sped up from chronic silent UTIs (sepsis) that happen from bladder decline in the post menopause. This must be co$ting hundreds of millions of dollars for the healthcare system. Plus families don’t have their grandmothers with them anymore, mentally or physically. Tragic and heartbreaking. 💔Mr System needs to ‘do better’ with education, prevention and early intervention.
Menopause has been devastating for me ! Atrophy, bladder loss, memory issues , brain fog and more. I started hormone creams and hope it helps but my bladder still needs surgery. It’s awful!
Thank you. I learned a lot about vaginal dryness. Didn't know about the connection between estrogen and frequent urination. I'll be speaking with both my GP and Oncologist about treatment options.
OMG!!!! Thank you so much. I have shared your channel with many men and women because I believe we all need to understand better. I really am hugging you for sharing. I have had problems since my 20s starting with fibroid tumors to so much going on in my 60. Obesity weight stuck after every surgery no to mention medications. I have cut meals because told push away from table. Yet I have been explaining I don't eat much I starve until my head hurts still no weight loss...
I'm going through perimenoupause and its absolutely an awful experience in a woman's life. I'm going for my bloods done on the 8th march. I'm hoping i can go on HRT to help myself and to get rid of this awful feeling. Amazing lady 🙏❤✨🙏🤗🤗
I could go on and on about this video. But to keep it short-- Thank You, Thank You ! I wish you were my doctor. So well explained. Finally, some answers.
I'm convince the more antibiotics they give to women, the more women suffer from UTI. My UTI was only cured when I started taking probiotics. Now I'm taking Florejen (digestion) every other day (basically 3 times per week) and on top of that, the cheapest probiotic I can find (3 times per week). Florejen used to be $23 and must be refrigerated. Now a bottle of 60 capsules is $32. That's why I take only one capsule every other day and it works for me. I have not had UTI's for the last 6-7 years. I'm so thankful. I also don't get as many colds or flus. I'm not sure what is in the probiotic, but it sure works for me.
The mesh operation has caused me so much pain and suffering bladder infections. When all I needed was using Vagifem 10 microgram please get this information out to stop destroying the NHS by doing unnecessarily expensive operations. 🙏😇🙏❤️❤️❤️
Very sorry to hear that Janet. I just posted above that daily Vagifem sorts out all my bladder issues completely. Its just so simple! Unfortunately the standard prescription (twice a week) is just not enough to be effective for many women so they give up and either suffer in silence or opt for some kind of surgery which is probably unnecessary. It's terribly frustrating. Do your own research ladies!
Thank You So Much~ I'm just getting over one of the worst Uti's I have ever had! My pelvis was jarred after a fall and injuring if my tailbone in the Fall and what you said is going to help me so much moving forward! ☺
Excellent video Dr Louise. Thanks to you and my HRT I don't have these issues, but wanted to recommend a video to someone so watched it to see if it were the right one. Excellent, couldn't be more thorough.
I almost died from the mesh from the bladder sling twisting around my intestines and the surgery done to fix it punctured my bowel! This part of life is definitely a challenge! Never give up trying to keep a normal life. We started with diapers but don't have to end with them! We just need to be educated to ALL our options!
Wow, what a wonderful doctor. This video is amazing and so informative. Thank you so much for sharing this very important information. It's such a shame that a lot of GPS and gynecologists just don't care enough to look into other treatments, they seem to just leave you suffering. I have given up after 8 months of the same treatment that doesn't work xxx❤
I too have been suffering with this for 5 months, spoke to my gp over the phone on numerous occasions because of covid, just given loads of thrush treatment, hasn't worked, treatment for bv, hasn't worked and also antibiotics, they didn't work either, I've missed 2 periods so far which I told my gp, didn't bat an eyelid, I had no idea how bad vaginal dryness was, all my symptoms are spoke about in this video, fortunately I am going to see a gynaecologist soon, so hopefully will get the right treatment for this god awful itching, burning, stinging etc, brilliant video feel like Louise has just diagnosed me 🙏
Thank you so much! I just found your videos and I have been binge watching them. I know I am peri menopause I have all the symptoms I just need help getting to the right menopause specialist to get me on hrt body identical hormones. I want my life back. I really thought I was dying several months ago when I couldn’t get out of the bed my body was hurting so bad down to my bones and now it vagina dryness and my medical doctor is no help at all. I am so tired of dealing with incompetent physicians.
I suffer with interstitial cystitis and going through the menopause nightmare...thanks for the info there should be more out there for us especially at our gp surgery's I have a amazing male doctor very understanding he's known me since I was in my 20s so we have been through a lot together over the years but still we do need more us ladies ..take care all ..
I suffered with one bout of interstitial cystitis back in the year 2019 and it nearly actually drove me to suicide! I don't how you put with continual interstitial cystitis!! Nothing works to cure, that horrible stinging pain, even paracetamol tablets didn't work for me!! The only thing, that worked for me in the end was antibiotics
Oh thank you so much for this. I have been suffering from reoccurring UTIs and burning when I don't have a UTI. Going to the dr in a few days and now I'm more knowledgeable about what's going on and what I want to try. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you 😊
Vagifem can completely sort this out Tami - but be aware the usual twice weekly dosage is not enough for many women. The Menopause Matters website has a whole section devoted to bladder matters.
@@essanjay8604 what do you do if the Dr won't allow it more than 2x a week? I do the Mona Lisa laser treatment and am now adding vagifem too but she said just 2x a week. Not sure I can talk her into more of it
@@dianasimplifies Personally I'd just tell it like it is - ie I don't feel any benefit if I don't use this daily. Vagifem used to be 25mcg strength so 3 x weekly was often enough. The 10mcg is a tiny dose.
Thank you soooooooo much. I feel so blessed to have access to such vital information. I am simply heart broken for the millions of women who have no access to such information let alone treatments. God bless
Thank you so much Louise for giving your expertise on this subject. I experienced an ovarian mass and had my ovaries and fellopian tubes removed (already had total hysterectomy in 2009). Within days, I went into a full blown menopause. Hot sweats, insomnia, anxiety, poor short term memory and vaginal dryness (discomfort, irritation etc), just awful. My female GP prescribed 1mg HRT (Estradiol) and Vagifem but still experienced Vaginal discomfort. GP recommended Replens but after 5 doses over 15 days, I had a burning sensation that lasted 3 days. Through listening to yourself, Davina and Liz Earle, I discovered Sylk for everyday use which has really helped and I am sooo grateful. I do wonder if Vagifem still works after hysterectomy as I assume the top of the vagina is sewn up? I asked my pharmacist is my HRT was body identical and he said, he'd never heard of it!?
Hi, I hope you feel better. I will be 47 this year. I have been suffering from dryness, irritation and burning especially after having intercourse with my husband. For almost two years I been dealing with this and I go to my doctor and no help at all. My husband doesn’t understand me at all. We have been married for 25 years . I have try so many different lubricant however they also cause me burning and irritation. Now I will try Sylk , I pray this will help me. Now my sex life it’s painful.
Very informative video. I am an estrogen-positive BC survivor and have problems with vaginal dryness. Neither my gynecologist nor my oncologist suggested vaginal estrogen. I will ask both next time. Thank you
Hi Maria I ask at my oncologist appointment last week also they wouldn’t give me vaginal estrogen cause of hormone breast cancer I’m pissed off cause from listening to this video saying you can use it I wonder are my drs not up to date with all this I’m so sick of my urinate symtoms of menopause I even stopped my aromatase inhibitors because it even made me worse I’m 62 and not happy
I had almost all the symptoms listed and yet all my Dr did was give me urinary incontinence meds which has a risk of dementia! After I pushed the issue of urinary issues, painful sex and so on and concern of the meds I’ve now just been given oestrogen cream but told it may help pain during intercourse but won’t assist my urinary issues. Seems most medical pro’s don’t know what they’re on about. Thank you for the good advice. I didn’t even know I had vaginal dryness until I had my smear and it was beyond painful. My GP hadn’t even checked me out almost a year earlier.
Please tell them my story you are not to old to to use HRT pessaries the relief was immediate. I suffered for Ten years not being able to hold no more than 2oz of urine after mesh operation and constant urine infections this all stopped immediately. Thank you 🙏 for helping woman from misinformation about our bodies 😱 your a star 🌟
Is acid and digestion problems worse during menopause? Ive started having acid and heartburn started HRT a year ago and having acid reflux heartburn again regularly
Can you list the products demonstrated with links to be able to purchase? I love the video, it's very informative and makes me hopeful for a better understanding & better vaginal health. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
Thank you! Just figured out this is my diagnosis! I've seen so many doctors and no one suggested it could be the dryness. The last one even said it is all in my head, but prescribed vaginal estrogen pessaries with probiotics for 2 weeks, my vulva healed so fast. I still had urinary symptoms though, I need to try the long- term therapy. Also I started pelvic floor physio, I thought pelvic floor dysfunction and vaginal dryness are two separate conditions before, but now it just all make sense for me. At first I thought I didn't have the dryness as one vaginal moisturiser I tried didn't help, but then I tried Mucogyne and that really helped. I am so glad I watched this video, thanks again!
I have reoccurring UTI's so the urologist put me on a low dose antibotic for 2 months. I'm very sensitive to antibotics and the only left to take is Doxycycline 50mg. The creams just hurt me. I'm Trusting God he is my creator and healer.
Hi Julie, you can find all the information over on Dr Newson's website www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/ - there is a huge amount of free resources over there including booklets, fact sheets and podcasts. Best wishes.
Yes VM used internally burns me! It contains aloe vera, which can be irritating to many, especially on the very fragile mucous membranes of the vaginal tract. I used it repeatedly and just couldn’t tolerate it. Is Sylk available for purchase in the US? I thought it was a lubricant, not a vaginal moisturizer.
I wish you were my gp. A 5 minute phone call chat to a gp at our surgery who is never my own gp, is a total stranger gp, is too difficult. They just have not got the knowledge that you have.
Hello I just started HRT. Will it reverse any of the symptoms of menopause such as Thinning of the hair, stomach weight gain, Memory loss or bone loss dryness and low libido?
This may be something you don't know. I learned this on my own but it is verified by studies. OTC pain relievers like Aleve (naproxyn) and ibuprofen block estrogen receptors. So if you are already in stable menopause with a small amount of estrogen helping keeping you in balance - and then you take these simple pain relievers it will reduce even that small amount to nearly nothing. And you don't know it is happening. You may have more insomnia than usual. You may wake up feeling sad and depressed. But if you know your own estrogen levels well you can see that taking these drugs for a period of time brings back those symptoms - deep itch, vaginal burning/dryness, vaginal discharge. I am bringing this up because no one could have taught me this I had to learn it by myself. And the doctors have NO idea it is happening. Many women might not have realized that their vaginal and menopausal symptoms began after a short period of taking pain relievers.
How much estradiol cream do you recommend be inserted into the vagina? Some doctors say to insert 1 gram, others say use just a pea size! It’s confusing to know whose guidance to follow!
@@dianasimplifies I took it every night for 2 weeks when I started on it and felt better after a few days. Now I take it twice a week its been brilliant all my urinary symptoms have gone. I am 62 and been on it about 4 years I wish I had discovered it years ago instead of suffering in silence and always at the doctors with urine infections. I haven't had a urine infection since I started taking it. I hope it works for you.
@@BlackDahlia776 oh great news!!! I did the laser treatment but it reverses itself pretty quickly. Just had another one done and still don't feel well. I started the vagifem last night. Wish me luck LOL! I'm in the bathroom constantly!!!
@@BlackDahlia776 oh wow that is simply amazing! I have to do a stupid peeing diary for the dr, maybe this will keep me from having to deal with it. When I get up at night I can usually go right back to sleep but not if I have to measure it and write it down 🙄🙄🙄🙄
I fine the Estriol cream better than the pessaries. I have asked for HRT patches but the doctor only given me 25 mg the information with the patches says I should be on 50mg to help with osteoporosis but the doctor wants me to stay on 25gm. I was take off 20 yrs ago because of cancer scare. I had a hysterectomy I shouldn’t have been taken off. I got really fat round the middle. It’s so upsetting the way I’ve been treated 😱🙏😩🙏
Always so helpful! Thank you so very much. You may want to discuss the need for fresh veg, lowering sugars (carbs in all forms including alcohol) and probiotics to help adjust Ph. Also what is over the counter for these recurrent issues (UTI, vaginitis, thrush, diaper rash et all) so women can get some much needed relief quickly.
