The morfology and morfometry of the vaginal epithelium of post-menopause women by the use of isoflavones via vaginal

• Grant number: 12/10217-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Sonia Maria Rolim Rosa Lima
• Grantee: Anna Carolina Cipparrone Scorzelli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP). Fundação Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Postmenopausal women may present symptoms due to the lack of hormones, mainly estrogen. Such a decrease in the levels of estrogen leads to physiological changes that may affect the other organs and systems. Unlike hot flushes and night, sweats which resolve upon spontaneously in time, atrophic symptoms affecting the vaginal and lower urinary treat are often progressive and frequently require treatment. The use of phytoestrogens, such as isoflavones derived from Glycine max, administered topical vaginal, has been shown to be an interesting therapeutic, mainly to those women who do not accept well the hormonal therapy. (AU)