S3 Ep142: Don’t Go with This Flow: Post Menopause Bleeding

It can be terrifying to have bleeding when you are post-menopause. It’s not just about making the midnight run for tampons, it’s that stomach-dropping fear that “blood equals cancer” that causes women to spend hours consulting Dr. Google for some reassurance. But, although most women imagine the worst, in most cases, postmenopausal spotting or bleeding is not, is not, an indication of anything serious.

How to know WHERE the blood is coming from
The 3 causes of Post Menopause VAGINAL WALL BLEEDING

What causes Post Menopause CERVICAL BLEEDING

Causes of UTERINE BLEEDING post menopause
Uterine POLYPS

Uterine FIBROIDS 

Uterine ATROPHY




Post menopause “PERIODS” 

Endometrial HYPERPLASIA

Uterine CANCER and Pre-cancer
The role of ULTRASOUND and saline ultrasound

The Why and What to expect of endometrial BIOPSIES

When and why a D and C /HYSTEROSCOPY is needed


     Link to  newsletter on hormone disrupters:  https://mailchi.mp/drstreicher.com/august-2024-inside-information-newsletter-17984227


For more information on this topic: 
The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

Episode 1: Is It Menopause or Some Other Pause?
Episode 23: Welcome to Peri-menopause
Episode 57 Uterine Cancer: Reducing Your Risk
Episode 92 Estrogen Cancer Conundrums?
Ep 99 When Bleeding During Perimenopause is the Problem

          

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Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal healthcare clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.
 

Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society. 

             
Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20, and World News Tonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 
 
 
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD






 Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain




Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat




Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever




The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy




                                     To Find a Menopause Clinician




Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen




Midi Health  joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country. 

The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org




To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx

Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.
  



Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause. 
 

If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher: 
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org