Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Matthes ACS
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto-UNAERP,
Brazil
Short Communication
The Genito Urinary Syndrome of Menopause Presents Sexual Symptoms that can be Best Explained by the Relative Short Vagina Syndrome
Author(s): Matthes ACS, ZuccaMatthes G and Oliveira MAMatthes ACS, ZuccaMatthes G and Oliveira MA
The authors comment Genito Urinary Syndrome of Menopausal (GUSM) calling attention to the topic of sexual dysfunction that can be associated with the syndrome, but the specific point: deep dyspareunia (DD) is better accounted for by another syndrome, which also affects women who are not menopausal and which have in common the vagina that is short relative to the penis that penetrates it and therefore has a deep dyspareunia, which causes Relative Short Vagina Syndrome (RSVS). One of the causes of the short vagina is the hypoestrogenism that some women have, for various reasons, but in the premenopausal and menopausal women is, mainly, the decrease in hormones steroids by ovarian failure. There is a medical condition called deep dyspareunia (DD) that affects some climacteric and menopausal women with or without GSM, as well as women of any age. The DD does not occur, exclusively, during.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000382