Sexual Health, Menopause, and the Vulva Blog
Welcome to the blog! Here is where Dr. Ashley Fuller addresses commonly asked questions, shares her insights on common vaginal/vulvar conditions and sexual health issues, and offers tips to relieve perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.
Dr. Fuller believes that women should have access to personalized gynecology care to help improve their health and their relationships. The blog is designed to give general information and tips to help empower and encourage women to feel more confident in their experiences with their gynecological health issues.
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Improve your gynecologic health with insights from Dr. Ashley Fuller
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder or Low Libido.
Many women can suffer from low sexual desire, low libido, or what we call Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD). What does this mean? Well, by definition it means that for the past 6 months a woman has had less than normal desire for sexual activity with a lack of sexual thoughts and this lack of desire is distressing to her.
Vaginitis Symptoms with Negative Tests!
“Help! I have vaginitis symptoms and my doctor says my testing is normal but I still have symptoms!” It is not uncommon for me to see a patient in the office that has recurrent vaginitis- discharge, vulvar pain, itching, burning. Sometimes they have been seen by multiple other practitioners and have had negative testing. What does this mean?
Perimenopause. It’s killing me!
So often I see women in my office with concerns of perimenopause. It’s understandable that perimenopause is so difficult. It is quite literally a rollercoaster. When our ovaries are nearing the end of their functional life, they are on the struggle bus… literally. They often are unresponsive to our brain yelling at them to make estrogen and do their job.