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[https://cdn-links.lww.com/permalink/meno/a/meno_2012_12_11_erekson_201648_sdc1.pdf Vulvovaginal Symptoms Questionnaire.] | |||
[https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/pdfs/DIVA.pdf Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging (DIVA) Questionnaire]<ref>Huang AJ, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Richter HE, Walter LC, Thom D, Stewart AL. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280352/#:~:text=The%20Day%2Dto%2DDay%20Impact%20of%20Vaginal%20Aging%20(DIVA,postmenopausal%20women%20of%20diverse%20backgrounds. The day-to-day impact of vaginal aging questionnaire: A multidimensional measure of the impact of vaginal symptoms on functioning and well-being in postmenopausal women]. Menopause (New York, NY). 2015 Feb;22(2):144.</ref>[https://www.ashasexualhealth.org/pdfs/DIVA.pdf .] | |||
== Management / Interventions<br> == | == Management / Interventions<br> == | ||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Genitourinary syndrome it was first introduced in 2014 it is a chronic condition affect women after menopause. GSM or as known previously a vulvovaginal atrophy, atrophic vaginitis, or urogenital atrophy.
It is a chronic progressive conditions that describe the changes result from the decereas in estrogen level after menopause on vulvovaginal and lower urinary tract.
the majority may be affected after menopause but about 15%of women may have symptoms premenopause . and may women consider it a normal process with aging process and they could not seek help so it remains underdiagnosed.
They do not consider it a condition need help. So they need medical awareness of their conditions[1].
Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process
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Clinical Presentation[edit | edit source]
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Diagnostic Procedures[edit | edit source]
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Outcome Measures[edit | edit source]
Vulvovaginal Symptoms Questionnaire.
Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging (DIVA) Questionnaire[2].
Management / Interventions
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Differential Diagnosis
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Resources
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Angelou K, Grigoriadis T, Diakosavvas M, Zacharakis D, Athanasiou S. The genitourinary syndrome of menopause: an overview of the recent data. Cureus. 2020 Apr 8;12(4).
- ↑ Huang AJ, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Richter HE, Walter LC, Thom D, Stewart AL. The day-to-day impact of vaginal aging questionnaire: A multidimensional measure of the impact of vaginal symptoms on functioning and well-being in postmenopausal women. Menopause (New York, NY). 2015 Feb;22(2):144.
