How does a doctor diagnose vaginal dryness?

How does a doctor diagnose vaginal dryness?

Jennifer Berman (Director, Berman Women's Wellness Center) gives expert video advice on: What is 'vaginal dryness'?; How does a doctor diagnose vaginal dryness?; How can vaginal dryness be medically treated? and more...

Vaginal dryness is diagnosed through history, through what the woman describes in the history that you take, as well as through physical exam. There are changes that occur when there is vaginal dryness or loss of estrogen. The vagina appears thinner, more friable. There is lack of the rugae or the bumps that normally occur in the vagina and it appears shinier. That's all an indicator of low estrogen.