background: atrophic vaginitis is a disease, which affects up to 50% of postmenopausal women. this study compared the effectiveness and user-friendliness of vagifem (an estradiol vaginal tablet) and vaginal estrogen cream in the treatment of atrophic vaginitis. materials and methods: one hundred and  sixty postmenopausal women with symptoms of atrophic  vaginitis were randomly divided into two ...

Vaginal function is strongly influenced by reproductive hormone status. Vaginal dysfunction during menopause is generally assumed to occur because of diminished estrogen-mediated trophic support of vaginal target cells. However, peripheral neurons possess estrogen receptors and are potentially responsive to gonadal steroid hormones. In the present study, we investigated whether sensory and auto...

Cervical laceration has been identified as a known cause of postpartum hemorrhage. A review of existing literature obtains little information on the incidence and risk factors for cervical laceration after vaginal delivery (1). In the Iranian Traditional Medicine, all types of vaginal, cervical and uterine lacerations named as a common term of uterine fissure or "sheghaghe rahem". In this field...

BACKGROUND Atrophic vaginitis is a disease, which affects up to 50% of postmenopausal women. This study compared the effectiveness and user-friendliness of Vagifem (an estradiol vaginal tablet) and vaginal estrogen cream in the treatment of atrophic vaginitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and sixty postmenopausal women with symptoms of atrophic vaginitis were randomly divided into two gr...

OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence and severity of physical and psychosexual symptoms in young women due to ovarian failure caused by total body irradiation for leukaemia and the women's response to hormone treatment. DESIGN Postal questionnaire and interview. SETTING Leukaemia unit of oncology hospital. PATIENTS Consecutive series of 46 English speaking women who had developed ovarian fai...

OBJECTIVE Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands are progressively destroyed by lymphocytes and plasma cells. Because women are affected 10 times more often than men, we studied gynecologic manifestations of Sjögren's syndrome. STUDY DESIGN One thousand questionnaires were sent to women with Sjögren's syndrome in New York, Ne...

A community-based survey was conducted during 1995-1997 of factors related to menopausal and other symptoms in a multi-racial/ethnic sample of 16,065 women aged 40-55 years. Each of seven sites comprising the Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN) surveyed one of four minority populations and a Caucasian population. The largest adjusted prevalence odds ratios for all symptoms, particu...

Atrophic changes of the vagina, vulva, and urinary tract have a large impact on quality of life of an elderly woman, the symptoms being progressive in nature and worsening with time. Common symptoms of urogenital atrophy include irritation, and itching; vaginal dryness, pain during sexual intercourse; and recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI). Observational studies have confirmed the high pre...

OBJECTIVE To compare side effects between users of two kinds of injectable contraceptives (Depo-medroxy progesterone acetate and Cyclofem). MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study included 250 women, aged 18-40 years, using Depo-medroxy progesterone acetate (DMPA) or Cyclofem. The volunteers were examined six months after using contraceptive, and they were asked about fol...

Atrophic vaginitis (AV) is common in postmenopausal women, but its causes are not well understood. The symptoms, which include vaginal itching, burning, dryness, irritation, and dyspareunia, can usually be alleviated by low doses of estrogen given orally or locally. Regrettably, the composition of vaginal bacterial communities in women with AV have not been fully characterized and little is kno...