Your Vagina Will Get Depressed If You Don’t Have Sex, According To Study

It appears to be the age of the vagina! Doctors have confirmed that vaginas can be “depressed,” and there is now a range of self-care treatments available to ensure that doesn’t happen!But, say experts, when it comes to making sure that your vagina doesn’t simply “waste away” or “atrophy,” regular sex remains your best form of treatment.“Vaginal atrophy,” according to a recent article on Sun Online, is a condition that regularly affects women, especially through menopause.

Symptoms include itching, burning, and painful sex, and say doctors, while there are medical treatments available, having regular orgasms is one way to alleviate symptoms and infuse your genitals with new life!

Regular sex is key to preventing your vagina from “wasting away.” When it comes to ensuring that your vagina doesn’t simply “waste away,” or “atrophy,” say medical experts, having regular orgasms remains your best course of treatment. Apart from “depressed vagina,” say doctors, it is quite common for women to develop “vaginal atrophy,” in which they experience itching, burning, and painful sex, especially during menopause.

Vaginal atrophy is a real condition. Vaginal atrophy, according to a recent Sun Online article, is a condition in which the vaginal wall begins to thin. This happens because of a drop in the body’s normal levels of the hormone estrogen, which regulates the menstrual cycle and controls ovulation.

A drop in estrogen causes vaginal walls to thin. Estrogen is also responsible for the thickness of the vaginal wall and is the hormone that causes the wall to release mucous at the onset of puberty. This is the function that is affected once there is a drop in the hormone and as result, the vagina can “become thin and dry.”

Vaginal atrophy affects post-menopausal women. Vaginal atrophy affects women who have gone through menopause the most, say doctors, but there are other groups of women who are commonly affected. These include women who have had treatments for cancer and hormone replacement, as well as women who smoke, have never had a vaginal birth and those who for one reason or another refrain from sex and masturbation.

“Increased blood flow” to the vagina alleviates symptoms of vaginal atrophy. The trick to management and prevention is “increased blood flow” to the genital region, say experts, and the best way to naturally increase blood flow to the vagina is by having regular sex. Even if you don’t have a partner, they say, it is beneficial to just have sex with yourself, as masturbation has the same effect and can help to improve the range of symptoms that accompany vaginal atrophy.

Regular orgasms are like a vaginal “work out.” Having a regular orgasm, says London-based sex therapist Dr. Louise Mazanti, is like giving your vagina a “workout.” The co-author of “Real Sex” says that this is the reason that having a “healthy sex life” is “very important.”

Blood flow helps make vaginal tissue more elastic. Maintaining vaginal health, says Dr. Mazanti, is all about “using massage and touching the tissue so that it becomes alive.” She says that when you do that, the blood flows into the vagina, causing the tissue to become elastic.

Blood flow increases oxygen supply to the genitals. This increased blood flow to your genital area, says Dr. Mazanti, increases the oxygen supply to the area. The effect is a reduction in the likelihood of your vagina becoming “inflamed, thin, or dry.”

Cells need oxygen to eliminate waste. It is when the cells in your nether regions aren’t getting enough oxygen, says Dr. Mazanti, that they can’t “eliminate waste from the tissue.” This leads to inflammation and conditions like vaginal atrophy.

A build up of toxins leads to undernourished vaginal cells. Allowing toxins to build up, says the doctor, also has the effect of preventing nutrients from getting to the cells. Undernourished cells, in turn, lead to “slightly weaker and thinner” vaginal tissue.

Vaginal atrophy can cause urinary incontinence and frequent UTIs. Other symptoms that come with the condition of vaginal atrophy include an urgency to urinate, frequent urinary tract infections, light bleeding after sex, and a shortening or tightening of the vagina.

Loss of sex life can affect a woman’s mental health. When a woman loses her ability to have sex, says Dr. Mazanti, it doesn’t only affect her physically. The loss can also have a profound effect on her mental health.

Reduced sexuality can cause an identity crisis. When it comes to reduced or lost sexuality, says the doctor, a woman can feel as though her whole identity is threatened. Facing that reality often throws up the question of who a woman is now that she has lost her sense of herself as a “sexual woman.”

Depression can accompany vaginal atrophy. The identity crisis that can occur as a result of an inability to have sex, says Dr. Mazanti, can be accompanied by depression. It is essentially an existential crisis, she says.

Vaginal atrophy can also be treated with moisturizers, lubricants, and tablets. Apart from regular sex, women affected by vaginal atrophy can use moisturizers and lubricants optimized for the treatment of vaginal dryness, say experts. You may have to apply the moisturizer to your vagina every few days, say medical experts, but the good news is that their effects last longer than those of lubricants, which you could use primarily to make sex “easier and more enjoyable.” There are also estrogen tablets available to help restore the natural levels available in your body.