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212. Sex Med and Urology - Top Takeaways at the 2023 AUA conference

You Are Not Broken

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The Role of Hormones in Vestibule Pain

The vagina is mesoderm i think the vestibule is endoderm but all these all these number one doctors didn't get taught about this or probably remember it for med school. The tissue is very unique in the amount of androgen receptors that it has which explains why it's so responsive you know. Sometimes it just needs some testosterone to be happy because it's got tons of and estrogen receptors. It exerts an anti-inflammatory effect on the vagina in animal studies which is important for nerve growth and maintenance of vaginal health. 70% of women who think it's a yeast infection it's actually not a yeast infection.

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