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Perimenopause refers to the phase before the actual menopause occurs to women. Perimenopause generally occurs between the ages of 35 to 45 in most of the women. It should also be noticed that the time for perimenopause differ from woman to woman. Now, we know about perimenopause, we can talk about its symptoms. In perimenopause [...]

Before we tell you about the symptoms and treatment methods of Urinary tract infection or UTI, you should make yourself aware about the meaning of UTI. Any type of infection which occurs in urinary system of an individual due to bacteria is known as Urinary Tract Infection. A lot of people suffer from this disease [...]

Vulvodynia is a kind of pain which troubles the women in vulvar regions. The vulvar parts include clitoris, labia majora, labia minora, bartolin’s glands and entrance to vagina. Sometime back, this problem was not seen as a pain syndrome. There may be a large number of women who hesitate to mention this kind of condition [...]

All the muscles, ligaments and skin which is present inside and around the vagina of a woman works like a supporting structure for holding pelvic tissues, organs and structure in the right position. The muscles and skin of the walls of vagina are included in this supporting structure. Vaginal vault prolapse refers to the eventual [...]

You may have heard about tonsillitis a lot of times. It is a very common problem which troubles a lot of people. In order to understand different aspects of this condition we first need to understand its meaning. When tonsils of a person experience inflammation due to some infection, it is called tonsillitis. When an [...]

Numerous women are troubled by different kinds of vaginal infections and they visit their gynecologist for getting rid of them. You might be someone who is not aware about the meaning of vaginal infections. It refers to any kind of infection in vagina which is caused by yeast, bacteria and protozoal organisms. Many women are [...]

Prolactinoma is the name given to the benign tumor which occurs in the pituitary gland. This tumor is also called by the name of adenoma. Due to this tumor, prolactin hormone is manufactured in large quantities inside the body. The task of prolaction hormone is to support the lactation of a woman. Prolactinomas is a [...]

PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) refers to the infection in ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix or uterus. A large number of women and girls get such infection through sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea and Chlamydia. This infection usually troubles young women and teenagers. The risk of such an infection is higher in those girls who have unsafe [...]

The treatment which is given to some women, who have entered the phase of menopause or passed it, is called hormone replacement therapy (HRT). It involves intake of 1 or 2 female hormones i.e. progesterone and estrogen. When a woman reaches an age near fifty, she experiences changes in the occurrence of menstrual cycle. Menopause [...]

Several non-invasive techniques are now available for estimating Bone mineral density (BMD). These comprise DXA (dual-power x-ray absorptiometry), SXA (single-energy x-ray absorptiometry), quantitative calculated tomography (CT) and ultrasound. Dual-power x-ray absorptiometry is an extremely precise x-ray method that has turned out to be the criterion for gauge bone thickness in mainly centres. Although it can [...]