Post menopause bleeding. 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. Although most women imagine the worst, in the overwhelming majority of cases, postmenopausal spotting or bleeding is not, is not, an indication of anything serious.

In this episode, Dr. Streicher covers:

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 post menopause
Uterine ATROPHY

Post menopause “PERIODS” 

Endometrial HYPERPLASIA

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

What to expect if you need an endometrial BIOPSY

When and why a D and C /HYSTEROSCOPY is needed

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

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