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What Are the Treatments for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding?

Heavy menstrual bleeding, or menorrhagia, can lead to accidents and embarrassment for women experiencing it. Menorrhagia is the leading cause of elective hysterectomies. Depending on the cause of the...

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What Virus Causes HPV?

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What Are the Treatments for PMDD?

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is characterized by intense psychological and physical symptoms that occur during the weeks leading up to the onset of menses (period). According to...

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Signs & Symptoms of Uterine Fibroids

Uterine fibroids are characterized as noncancerous tumors that grow on the uterus. They may grow as one single tumor or form clusters. According to the Mayo Clinic, three out of four women experience...

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Why Do Women Get Menstrual Cramps?

When girls reach puberty, which usually begins between 10 and 15 years of age, they begin menstruating so that their bodies can prepare to have babies in the future. This sexual maturation brings about...

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Treatments for Bacterial Vaginosis

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition in which certain bacteria grow out of balance in the vagina. BV can have symptoms of pain, itching, odor and discharge and is the most common vaginal infection...

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Menstrual Cycle Disorders

Menstruation and women's cycles have always been cloaked in some mystery. Often referred to as the "curse," many women experience physical and emotional symptoms before and during menstruation that...

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Trying to Get Pregnant After Endometriosis

Endometriosis affects more than 7 million women in the United States, according to the Endometriosis Research Center. It is a condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus and...

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The Effects of Candida

Candida is a species of yeast that can cause fungal infections called candidiasis in mucus membranes throughout the body, including the mouth and vagina. The infection, commonly termed a "yeast...

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Can a Yeast Infection Cause Your Period to Stop?

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Difference Between Hot Flashes & Night Sweats

Menopause is a gynecological disorder that is different for different women and varies in degrees from light symptoms that are, at best, irritating to heavy and consistent symptoms that cause actual...

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What Are the Causes of Excessive Menstrual Bleeding?

Women have menstrual periods and expect to bleed monthly; however, if that monthly period turns into a blood bath that disrupts your daily routine and makes you feel lousy, this is something that you...

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Vulvodynia Treatment

Vulvodynia is a chronic pain or burning sensation that occurs around the opening of the vagina. Symptoms include throbbing, itchiness, soreness, swollen or inflamed vulvar tissue, pain from sitting and...

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Can Fibroids Cause Infertility?

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What Are the Symptoms of Yeast Infection?

A vaginal yeast infection is a common occurrence amongst women and is the result of an overabundance of Candida albicans, which is a fungus. The area around the vulva and vagina are affected by this...

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Medication for Yeast Infections

Yeast infections in women are extremely common; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 75 percent of women will have a vaginal yeast infection at some point during their lives....

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The Symptoms of a Ruptured Ovarian Cyst

An ovarian cyst is a fluid-filled sac that can be located on the inside or the outside of the ovarian lining. According to the Mayo Clinic, many women who have ovarian cysts do not experience any...

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What Are The Treatments for Hot Flashes & Night Sweats?

Hot flashes and night sweats are some of the most dreaded symptoms of female menopause. They are characterized by excessive sweating during the day and in the night. There are a number of treatments...

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Cervical Dystonia Treatment

Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary muscle contractions in the neck that make your head twist to one side or tilt forwards or backwards uncontrollably. This rare disorder primarily...

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Fibroid Symptoms

Fibroids are tumors that grow in the uterus. These tumors are typically non-cancerous and are made of muscle and other tissues. Other names for uterine fibroids are myomas and leiomyomas. Those people...

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Vulva Vestibulitis Syndrome

Vulvar vestibulitis is characterized by pain, redness and inflammation in the vestibule. The vestibule is the part of the vulva that contains the openings of the vagina and urethra. This condition can...

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Tips on Tampon Insertion

Tampons are just one of the products that can be used to help alleviate the hassle of that time of the month and allow women to get back to their daily lives that may include things like exercising and...

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Fibroids During Menopause

No one knows exactly what causes fibroids. However, it is believed that fibroids are affected to some degree by the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. According to the Mayo Clinic, fibroids...

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About Uterine Fibroid Pain

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus. In the beginning they are small bumps but can grow as large as small watermelons. Submucosal fibroids develop inside the uterus...

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Differences Between Spotting & Your Period

Most women of childbearing age go through an ovulation cycle each month. The cycle begins with bleeding that is the sloughing off of an unfertilized egg. This bleeding is referred to as the woman's...

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Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment in Pregnancy

Bacterial vaginosis is the most common vaginal infection in women of child-bearing age. In fact, about 10 to 30 percent of pregnant women will develop bacterial vaginosis while pregnant. The infection...

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Can You Get Your Tubes Untied?

There comes a time in a woman's life when she may decide that becoming a mother is no longer a want or need. During this time, birth control methods will be decided upon that will determine the...

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Female Yeast Infection Symptoms

Symptoms of a yeast infection vary from one woman to another. Some may be so mild that they go undetected, while other women experience extreme discomfort. They also can mimic symptoms of other types...

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Bacterial Vaginosis Vs. Yeast Infection

Bacterial vaginosis and yeast infections are two types of vaginitis that are common in women. However, while some of the symptoms of these two gynecological disorders may seem very similar, they have...

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How to Lose Water Retention Weight During Your Period

Fluid retention and boating are common during your menstrual cycle. Your clothes may feel tight around the thighs and abdomen, or you may notice swelling. Fortunately, water retention during your...

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Menopause and Vaginitis

According to the National Institute on Aging, "Menopause is a normal part of life, just like puberty. It is the time of your last period. Changing levels of estrogen and progesterone, the two female...

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What Probiotic is Best for a Yeast Problem?

Yeast infections and yeast overgrowth can be serious medical problems. It is estimated by YeastInfectionAdvisor.com that upward of 85 percent of people have yeast present in their systems. Yeast can be...

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Is Bacterial Vaginosis Contagious?

Bacterial vaginosis is the most common type of vaginal infection that falls under the more general category of "vaginitis." Many women may wonder if this type of vaginitis is contagious so they can...

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Blood Discharge During Menopause

A woman has technically reached menopause 12 months after her last menstrual cycle. The period leading up to menopause is called perimenopause, and during this time that many women will suffer from the...

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Endometrial Biopsy Procedures

Your doctor's purpose for ordering an endometrial biopsy is to find out why you are experiencing particular gynecological symptoms. A biopsy can be used to diagnose the cause of infertility, to arrive...

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Aldara Treatment for Vulvar Dysplasia

Vulvar dysplasia rarely develops into cancer. Most women who exhibit precancerous lesions are unaware that they may be a candidate for cancer later in life. Vulvar dysplasia that has the potential to...

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How to Treat Cervical Dysplasia Naturally

Cervical dysplasia is a precancerous growth of abnormal cells on the cervix, which usually occurs in women aged 25 to 35. Because untreated cervical dysplasia can lead to cancer in certain severe...

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Metformin, PCOS & Weight Loss

Polycystic ovary syndrome affects 4 percent to 10 percent of women of childbearing age. Metformin, a drug originally developed for diabetes, is sometimes used to treat women with PCOS. Studies show...

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Fibroid Tumor Removal

Fibroid tumors are noncancerous growths in the uterus that most commonly occur in women of child bearing age. They are found on the interior or exterior uterine surface, and may also be buried in the...

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Fibrocystic Breast Pain

According to the Mayo Clinic, more than half of women experience fibrocystic breasts at some point in their lives. They are characterized by tissue that feels lumpy or bumpy and are usually the result...

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Anovulatory Period Symptoms

Having your period without ovulating makes it impossible for you to conceive a baby. Lack of ovulation, or anovulatory periods, indicates that something is interfering with your ability to conceive.

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Fibroid Treatment

Fibroids are quite common in women of child-bearing age and Women's Health Matters explains that an estimated 30 percent of these women are diagnosed with large fibroids that cause problematic...

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Endometriosis & Back Pain

Endometriosis is a disorder of the female reproductive system. Prior to the monthly menstrual cycle, the lining of the uterine wall thickens as it prepares for an impending pregnancy. When the...

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Endometrial Ablation & Menopause

Menopause refers to the time when a woman stops having menstrual periods and is no longer fertile. The two to eight years prior to menopause is called the perimenopausal period. Perimenopausal women...

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Foul-Smelling Discharge in Post Menopause

Vaginal discharge in a post-menopausal woman could be perfectly normal or the sign of a serious infection. Various causes for a foul-smelling discharge after menopause could require medical treatment....

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Homeopathy for Low Sex Drive in Women

There are numerous reasons and treatments for a low sex drive in women. Stress, depression and aging are common causes. Rather than turning to prescription medications, natural homeopathic remedies can...

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Polycystic Ovarian Symptoms

The causes of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (POS) in women are poorly understood by the medical community, but the symptoms are well known to medical professionals. Some of the symptoms can be unusual,...

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Vaginal Reactions to Spermicides

Spermicides have been used for thousands of years and they were mentioned as early as 1825 BC in the ancient Egyptian Kahun Papyrus. The papyrus, which provides detailed gynecological information,...

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Use of Metronidazole for Bacterial Vaginosis

Bacterial vaginosis is a common infection in women in their child-bearing years that develops when the balance of bacteria in the vagina is disturbed and certain bacteria grow out of control. Common...

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What Are the Causes of Sudden Pain in the Breast?

There are many things that can cause pain in the breast. Sometimes this pain may occur suddenly. Most of the time, it is caused by conditions that are nothing to worry about, but any unusual...

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