The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
The vagina and the bladder need hormones, right? ... And so what happens is as you lose hormones, it goes in reverse. And so it changes the microbiome. uh the the hormones keep the tissue acidic. It grows the healthy lactobacilli. It is uh the vagina is supposed to be acidic. It's supposed to be able to fight infection. And without proper hormones, you lose that ability to fight infection.
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And without proper hormones, you lose that ability to fight infection. So you see urinary frequency, urinary urgency, vaginal dryness, increase in leakage, increase in urgent continents and recurrent urinary tract infections which can and do kill people.
The vagina and the bladder need hormones, right? ... And so what happens is as you lose hormones, it goes in reverse. And so it changes the microbiome. uh the the hormones keep the tissue acidic. It grows the healthy lactobacilli. It is uh the vagina is supposed to be acidic. It's supposed to be able to fight infection.
So you see urinary frequency, urinary urgency, vaginal dryness, increase in leakage, increase in urgent continents and recurrent urinary tract infections which can and do kill people.