I also come from a long line a breast cancer in the family and it happens to be a hormonal strand so I try and stay away from hormones myself. Many women suffering from vaginal atrophy find relief by using locally-applied, natural estrogen products. As opposed to oral HRT, locally-applied bioidentical estrogen can help persistent vaginal dryness without passing large amounts of estrogens throughout the rest of your system.
The Mayo Clinic provides great information on the treatment of vaginal atrophy and can be found on this link http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaginal-atrophy/DS00770/DSECTION=treatments%2Dand%2Ddrugs.
Any risks involved with using vaginal estrogen can be found on this link provided by the National Institute of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a606005.html.
There is also an article from Webmd.com that indicates that breast cancer and vaginal estrogen was a little risky and that information can be found here http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20060125/breast-cancer-topical-estrogen-risky.
Your physician knows you best and you should really try and take into consideration your risks for breast cancer. I hope this helps. Let us know how you are doing.
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I also come from a long line a breast cancer in the family and it happens to be a hormonal strand so I try and stay away from hormones myself. Many women suffering from vaginal atrophy find relief by using locally-applied, natural estrogen products. As opposed to oral HRT, locally-applied bioidentical estrogen can help persistent vaginal dryness without passing large amounts of estrogens throughout the rest of your system.
The Mayo Clinic provides great information on the treatment of vaginal atrophy and can be found on this link http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vaginal-atrophy/DS00770/DSECTION=treatments%2Dand%2Ddrugs.
Any risks involved with using vaginal estrogen can be found on this link provided by the National Institute of Health http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a606005.html.
There is also an article from Webmd.com that indicates that breast cancer and vaginal estrogen was a little risky and that information can be found here http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20060125/breast-cancer-topical-estrogen-risky.
Your physician knows you best and you should really try and take into consideration your risks for breast cancer. I hope this helps. Let us know how you are doing.
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