Various Women’s Body Issues

Women nowadays suffer from various kinds of mental and physical issues that are mainly caused due to the high levels of stress and anxiety that they suffer from. It has been seen that women are usually prone to Ob-Gyn, Oabnormal pap smears, Osteoporosis, Perimenopause health problems like as compared to men because they are genetically different and their hormones and reproductive organs are usually the main sources of their trouble. The health of a woman is crucial because she is not only responsible for her own health but also has to bear a child.

Thus it is vital that women implement various steps to know more about women's health and related issues so that they can take better care of their body and thus avoid and prevent these ailments and diseases. There are various kinds of physical and mental ailments that befall a woman and these deal with issues like breast cancer, diabetes and reproductive and birth control issues. It has been seen that most of these issues are critical and need immediate care.

It is vital for women to understand that their body types and structure are not the same like men and hence taking care of their body the same way that men do is not going to help. One of the biggest issues that women have to face today is the problems of drinking and smoking. It has been that the consumption of alcohol in women has gone up drastically and this has resulted in various kinds of health problems like infertility and other related issues.

Read more...

CervicalCheck changes spell danger for women's health

The National Cervical Screening Programme (NCSP) has recently announced changes to the CervicalCheck screening programme.

The CervicalCheck programme was launched in September 2008 which involved the creation of a nationwide screening test which assessed a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer.

All a woman had to do was to attend her General Practitioner who would carry out the simple test for free there and then.If the test found abnormalities another simple procedure could be carried out, if necessary, on a later date by a gynaecologist which would essentially prevent the progression to cervical cancer.

The programme has the potential to reduce rates of cervical cancer by 80% if 4 in every 5 women were to avail of the test.

However, the recent changes announced mean that screening will shift from being open access to an organised call, re-call method of invitation to begin in September 2009.

This means that women who have not availed of the screening programme yet will need to register if they wish to do so in the future. In a letter to GPs the NCSP said that this will mean that even after going through the trouble of registering, women will have to wait 6 months before receiving a letter of invitation allowing them to avail of the test.

News Source : CervicalCheck changes spell danger for women's health

Read more...

Center cares for women through all stages of life

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center introduced an all-inclusive women’s health center Wednesday to cater to the reproductive health of women of all ages.

The center will enable patients to get all of their examinations, lab work, ultrasound and other procedures done in a centralized spot, instead of being shuffled around the hospital to different locations for each part of the process.

"The goal of the center is to provide comprehensive care to women who are preconception all the way through the life span, to help with her obstetric and gynecological issues," said Amy Warengo, a registered nurse and senior manager of the center.

The center offers Banner Health’s first three-dimensional sonohysterography, which allows doctors to see the inside of a uterus with clarity and detail not possible with a traditional ultrasound.

The pain-free procedure involves inserting a transducer and saline fluid through the cervix, then using ultrasound technology to see the uterus in 3-D form.

News Source : Center cares for women through all stages of life

Read more...

Planning your pregnancy

Planning before you get pregnant is very important. Simply put, the healthier you are as you are pregnancy planning, the more likely you are to have a healthy baby. We hope you'll start planning for pregnancy as soon as you begin to have thoughts about having a baby.

Pregnancy Planning may help you to:

• conceive more easily
• have a healthier pregnancy
• avoid or minimize pregnancy complications
• give birth to a healthier baby
• recover more quickly and easily after giving birth
• have a more pleasant postpartum (post birthing) experience
• minimize your child's risk of future adult health problems.

By planning your pregnancy, you will know that during this important early stage you were taking the best possible care of yourself and your baby.

Read more...

Bleeding in Pregnancy

When a woman experiences bleeding in pregnancy, whether or not something can be done to help the baby depends on how far along the pregnancy is.

After the mid-portion of your pregnancy, if you experience premature labor there are medications that can be given in order to attempt to stop the process. Although there still needs to be improvement in these modalities, these treatments are sometimes effective.

Unfortunately, in the early stages of pregnancy these medications are usually not effective. When a woman experiences problems in the early part of pregnancy, such as pain or bleeding this could be a sign of problems.

Potential diagnoses include ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, miscarriage, or threatened miscarriage. An ectopic pregnancy is a potentially dangerous situation as this can lead to life-threatening internal bleeding.

Threatened miscarriage means that a woman is experiencing symptoms such as pain and/or bleeding, however, the pregnancy itself is unaffected. In fact, up to 20% of women who continue a normal pregnancy to the point of delivery will have experienced these symptoms of threatened miscarriage at some point earlier in their pregnancies.

In early pregnancy it is not always possible to make a speedy diagnosis. It is often necessary to observe a patient over several visits, including repeating blood work until the diagnosis can be assured.

The problem is that even if a miscarriage is suspected, there is no effective treatment to change the course of this condition in the early part of pregnancy. Later in the pregnancy, as mentioned above, medications can be given to prevent premature delivery but no effective medication is available to change the course of an early miscarriage. Hopefully this will not always be the case.

Read more...