Menopause Masterclass: Recurrent UTIs and the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is the most undertreated condition of midlife — and one of the easiest to treat. In this solo episode, Dr. Mary Claire Haver breaks down the symptoms most women never connect to their hormones: vaginal dryness, painful sex, urinary urgency, getting up at night to pee, delayed orgasm, and recurrent UTIs — infections that, in older women, can lead to sepsis, falls, and hospitalization. Affecting 50–80% of postmenopausal women (and effectively all of us if we live long enough), GSM can also strike at any low-estroge… Video by YouTube channel.