126 - Prolapse Warning: The Unspoken Role of Estrogen in Female Health, Part 2

Hormone Optimizing Warrior M.D. · Feb 13, 2026 · 28m

Let's continue on with our conversation about prolapse. A great number of women experience prolapse after childbirth trauma, but this can also come up many years after menopause when the loss of estrogen starts to impact a woman's pelvic floor muscles and tissues.

Women on some form of hormone therapy can still experience issues with prolapse, especially since the replacement dose is nowhere near the level a woman has when she is younger. Even a relief of symptoms, like hot flashes for instance, doesn't necessarily mean that her estrogen is back to the same level it was pre-menopause.

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