Postmenopausal urogenital problems

Postmenopausal urogenital problems

Every year, the number of women who undergo menopause is increasing. Although menopause is not a disease, it nevertheless provokes disturbances in the endocrine balance of the female body, thereby causing hot flashes, insomnia, irritability, increases the risk of cardiovascular ailments and osteoporosis, and also causes urogenital disorders.

In recent years, urogenital problems have become dominant. Almost 30% is the frequency of their development. This disorder affects 10% of women in the perimenopausal period, 50% of individuals who have reached 55-60 years of age, 2/3 of the fairer sex who have not yet turned 75 years old. And already those women, whose age has exceeded 75 years, almost always and all have signs of urogenital problems.

There are three levels of complexity for urogenital disorders: mild, moderate, and severe. The first is attributed to a burning sensation and itching in the vagina, its dryness, pollakiuria, unpleasant discharge, cystalgia, dyspareunia and nocturia.

The second level includes the connection of urinary incontinence during stress and signs of cystourethritis and atrophic vaginitis.

And the severe level of the disease includes incontinence and urinary incontinence with stress, signs of atrophic vaginitis and cystourethritis.

Pollakiuria is an increased urge to pass urine. It has more than four to five episodes per day. At the same time, during each trip to the toilet, the woman emits a small amount of liquid.

Cystalgia is painful, frequent urination throughout the day. At the same time, she feels a burning sensation, pain and cramps in the area of ​​the urethra and bladder.

Nocturia is a more frequent urge to use the toilet during a night's sleep. If a woman feels more than one urge per night, then this may be a symptom of this disorder.

The aging processes of the urogenital tract can develop in several directions: either in the predominant development of atrophic vaginitis, or in the predominant development of cystourethritis of an atrophic nature with or without elements of impaired urge control.

All this is a rather serious problem that requires immediate treatment. Only a gynecologist can make the correct diagnosis, after the necessary Examinations and analyzes .