Lichen sclerosus is most common in peri and post-menopausal but the cause is unclear. Lack of awareness leads to delays in diagnosis due to late presentation and lack of recognition of symptoms. What are the symptoms of lichen sclerosus in menopause? We share signs, treatments and one woman’s experience.

Women pre and post-menopause should know the signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers and what to look out for with unexpected changes in the vagina.

Many women experience problems with intimacy during menopause. But the wider emotional impact can be just as devastating when women’s sex drive has all but disappeared. Learn how to spice up your sexual relationships during and after menopause.

3,000 women are diagnosed every year with cervical cancer, over 18,000 are diagnosed with the other 4 types of gynaecological cancers for which there is no screening at all. One woman’s experience of surgical menopause due to womb cancer has started a petition for yearly women’s health check ups to reduce deaths of over 7,600 women each year.

Weakened pelvic floor muscles caused by a drop in oestrogen in menopause can lead to miserable menopause symptoms that many women are too ashamed to seek help to resolve. A women’s health physio is the best health professional to treat your intimate care.

Jane Lewis, author of ‘Me and My Menopausal Vagina’ writes that all women should not be afraid or embarrassed to know their bodies better and that they should demand to be heard when they go to their doctors for help about their vaginal atrophy.

The menopause happens to relationships, not just to an individual. A psychotherapist and relationship counsellor, shares her advice to help strengthen relationships with partners during menopause.

Certain cervical cancer treatments can be very difficult to cope with on both a physical and emotional level and if ovaries stop functioning due to cervical cancer treatment it can trigger menopause symptoms. Being ‘cervix savvy’ saves lives!