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Menopause is a major time of change in a women's life. During menopause a woman's body slowly produces less of the hormones estrogen and progesterone which leads to a myriad of symptoms including pelvic floor muscle weakness, dryness, urinary incontinence, frequency, urgency and constipation.

One particularly frustrating condition that may occur related to the decline of estrogen is vaginal atrophy.

Vaginal atrophy is the thinning and drying of the lining of the vagina that occurs with the loss of estrogen in menopause. This condition is now part of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM), which includes the effects on the vagina as well as urinary symptoms that accompany low estrogen.