Dr. Rachel Rubin

Pelvises are a mess.

And it's like, wait a minute, this is not just a pelvis problem.

This is a whole body problem or menopause, right?

You see whole, they come to me for a urinary problem or a pelvic problem.

And I'm like, no, this is perimenopause in that your whole body is being affected.

And we need to look at all of you and treat the problem that you came in with.

So let's, let's move on to genital urinary syndrome.

Of low estrogen, right?

I hate calling it of menopause, but there is a menopausal version.

Because there are multiple times in a woman's life she might have low estrogen that is going to give her pelvic symptoms.

And I would clarify, and this is actually the problem.

So the name of this condition used to be terrible.

Atrophic vagina?

Well, even telecast.

Senile vagina.

Senile vagina was my favorite, right?

There was a paper long ago.

Senile vagina.

Which then became atrophic vaginitis, which is not very nice, or vulvovaginal, it's horrible, horrible names.

And so in 2014, a bunch of our colleagues got together and said, this name is terrible.