“After the vacation, I began to feel periodic itching in the area of intimate organs and unusual discharge. I could not get infected, there were no intimate contacts. What could be my problem? ” Risk factors Summer is a time of exacerbation of vaginosis and vaginitis. For various reasons, normal bacteria can disappear in the vagina and multiply conditionally harmful ones. They can “nap” for a long time in the body, but at some point become more active. Because of…
Why do some women in the prime of life suddenly lose their ovarian function? It seems to many that premature ovarian failure is the same as early menopause. Actually not quite so. The bottom line is that a woman at a young and middle age disrupts the cyclic work of the ovaries. They deplete the number of follicles – prototypes of future eggs. Due to the lack of many hormones at once, they do not grow, do not mature. As…
Last year, doctors once again revised their views on polycystic ovary. The main role in solving the problem is played by the so-called insulin resistance. Body tissues no longer respond to the hormone insulin. Why it is being developed more and more. The ovaries immediately respond to this failure. They begin to secrete an excess of male hormones. Under such conditions, egg maturation is impossible. In this regard, approaches to the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome have slightly changed. In…
What to do if, against the background of menopause, the usual sleep regimen is disturbed? How to deal with depression? And will sedative pills relieve problems? Many women during menopause are faced with a problem such as sleep disorder. Someone in the evening can not fall asleep at the usual time. Someone wakes up no light or dawn. And during the day, on the contrary, the woman has drowsiness and a desire to take a nap. What to do in…
It turns out that women who are planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding a child need to treat migraines in a special way. What are these approaches? Today, there are many effective ways to deal with migraines. Why aren’t they planning for children? Migraine control during pregnancy and breastfeeding is difficult because drug options are limited. Many drugs to reduce the number of seizures can not be taken. And most others are undesirable. Women with migraines are advised to cancel all…
“My husband and I cannot conceive a child for two years. We performed all the standard studies, and everything seems to be normal. And recently I heard that there is a certain “cervical factor of infertility”. Maybe this is just our option? ” – patient. Natural selection Indeed, there is such a diagnosis – cervical infertility factor. It is associated with a special condition of the cervix. Because of it, normal sperm cannot penetrate the egg and fertilize it. They…
Today a new medical trend is developing – in the treatment of delicate female problems, doctors began to use male hormones. To whom and when such an approach can come in handy? Until now, male hormones have been considered an absolute evil for women’s health. And suddenly they become a medicine. How can this be? Indeed, new drugs are being created abroad for hormone replacement therapy in women. For the first time, they include three components: the female hormones estrogen…
There are special periods when a woman is faced with the problem of extra pounds. How to organize nutrition and life in order to avoid large weight gain. And what if the weight still grew? Fat, as you know, is not only an energy storage device and a thermal layer. Adipose tissue is an active hormonal organ. He plays an important role in a play called “healthy body.” But if an excess amount of fatty tissue has accumulated, it begins…
The first opinion. Gallbladder inflammation is a typically female problem. In fact. Everything is not so categorical. Women are really more likely to experience cholecystitis and gallstone disease. According to statistics, one of 3-4 women and only one of 6 men gallstones form at some stage of life. In this case, the likelihood of the appearance of sand and stones increases during pregnancy and when using hormonal preparations. At risk are also people with obesity and diabetes. And also those…
For a long time, it was believed that women are more stress resistant. But in recent years, there are more and more scientific publications claiming that the opposite is true. What to believe? Oddly enough, both one and the other – after all, stress is different. Women better than men tolerate simultaneous, acute stresses. Ladies express emotions more easily. Something unpleasant happened – the woman cried, and the tension decreased. In addition, women are more sociable. They more often talk…