A woman needs to be familiar with how her body works. You will need to know what is considered to be normal and what is considered to be abnormal. This will help you to recognise any women’s health issues, which will allow you to take the necessary steps and remedy any problems that you may have before they become worse or potentially turn into a serious health concern. It is also important to maintain a good relationship with a women’s health care provider so that you will feel comfortable talking about any women’s issues you may have, which is a part of every woman’s life.
Maintaining Women’s Health
The best way to stay healthy is to take preventative measures and you will need to take good care of yourself. A lot of women take care of everyone else around them, forgetting about their own women’s health issues.
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Women's Health Issues
What is a Normal Menstruation?
It is a popular belief that a normal menstruation cycle will happen over 28 days, but in reality everyone is different and it can be anywhere from a 20 day menstruation cycle to a 35 day menstruation cycle. It will all depend on your body, your genes, your lifestyle, your diet and age – as you can see there are a lot of determining factors when it comes to your period so it is not surprising there are so many different cycles.
It is not just how often you get your period though; it is how long it lasts. On average, a period will last for five days, but it can be as little as three days or as long as seven. Some women even have a period that lasts up to ten days. In order to find out if you are having menstruation problems, or you have just got a longer or shorter cycle than your friends, it is a good idea to keep a chart.
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What is Menopause?
Menopause is the point in woman’s life when menstruation stops permanently, which signifies the end of a woman's reproductive age. It is often known as ‘the change in life’. It is not an illness. It is a normal part of life just like puberty. It is the end of a woman’s menstrual cycle. This doesn’t mean that menopause happens suddenly. A woman may have symptoms for months or years before her period fully stops. Most women reach menopause between the ages of 45 and 55, the average age to get menopause is around 50. Menopause before the age of 40 is called ‘premature menopause’.
What is Pre-natal care?
Pre-natal care is a process undertaken when you discover that you are pregnant. History has proven that pregnant women who diligently seek pre-natal care greatly increase the chances of having a problem-free pregnancy and an easy delivery process. Pre-natal care assesses your pregnancy at every stage, particularly in first pregnancy trimesters, taking into account the various possible risks based on family history and a host of other factors.
Ensuring that you have regular pre-natal care guarantees that you know everything there is to know about your pregnancy. Things like whether there is more than one fetus in your womb, the gender of the fetus, any birth defects that can be anticipated, any potential threats posed to the mother as a result of the pregnancy, potential due date and so on.
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What is Sexual Dysfunction?
Sexual dysfunction is a condition that can affect a male libido just as much as it can a female libido. The condition manifests itself in different ways and at different stages of sexual activity for different people. Experts and medical practitioners have determined that there are four distinct categories when it comes to sexual dysfunction.
- Sexual desire disorders deal with decreased male libidos (caused by a decrease in the production of testosterone) as well as female libidos (caused by a decrease in the production of testosterone and estrogen). Sexual desire disorders can also be caused by aging, pregnancy, constant fatigue and so on.
- Sexual arousal disorders have been taboo in the past. The most publicised sexual arousal disorder being erectile dysfunction, known in the past as impotence, this is understandable. However, with advancements in the world of medicine and legitimate treatments now being available to men and women with sexual arousal disorders, the subject has been brought to the attention of the world. Besides erectile dysfunction when it comes to male libidos, female libidos can be equally affected with problems of a similar nature.
