It’s terrible isn’t it. I’ve been thinking the same thing CLKD…there must be so many women suffering in silence or being treated for U.T.I’s and other infections when it’s really V.A.
I dread to think how things would be for me now if I hadn't started the vagifem. All the issues I had must have been V.A related as they all went away with treatment. I started on one vagifem twice a week that worked brilliantly at first, but then started to lose it’s power as time went on (although it was a fair while until that happened). I went for a review and the GP wanted me to take a swab and use steroid cream and said I could increase the frequency of vagifem. I increased it and the symptoms settled again quite quickly so I didn’t bother with the swab or the steroid cream. I think I might have come on here for advice about it at the time.