Lack of Libido During Menopause
Lack of Libido During Menopause
Libido, also called a sex drive, is one’s natural desire for sexual contact. Feminine libido changes over the course of a lifetime. Menopause can often cause the most dramatic changes in a woman’s sexual life. Causes of a lack of female libido during menopause can manifest themselves either physically, psychologically, or a combination of the two.
A lack of libido in menopause can happen as a woman ages and progresses into a menopausal state. A woman’s ovaries no longer produce estrogen, which is a hormone that plays a role in a woman’s normal sexual functioning and thus her libido. Decreased estrogen means decreased lubrication in the vagina and can also thing the walls of the vagina, both causing discomfort during intercourse. In this way, a lack of libido in menopause may be because of the sheer discomfort during sex.
Lack of libido during menopause is sometimes treated with estrogen supplements, but treatments vary, and some research has recently shown that hormone therapy is not a good solution for a lack of libido in menopause.
If you are going through menopause and wish to find the right treatment and techniques to help your libido, see your gynecologist. From there, your physician can recommend any tests and help you pinpoint the cause(s) of lack of libido during menopause you are experiencing. Discussing your problem with a physician is the first step to remedying a lack of libido in menopause.
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