Definition: Traditionally known as the “climacteric”: the time in an adult woman’s life when she ceases to become fertile and has no menstrual periods. Medically speaking: A woman has had no periods for 12 consecutive months. Not a disease state: natural process that all...
Infertility is not being able to achieve a pregnancy after a year of unprotected sex. Impaired fecundity: either the inability to conceive or to carry a pregnancy to term. To achieve pregnancy: Female: Ovulation: release at least one egg per menstrual cycle. Male: Enough...
Urinary incontinence: Involuntary loss of urine: common problem among older women. Two main types of incontinence: possible to have both types at the same time: Stress incontinence: Loss of urine during jogging, laughing, coughing, or sneezing. Increase the intraabdominal and intra-pelvic pressure. Most common...
Ovarian cancer Primary: Epithelial ovarian cancer. Secondary: Metastatic from another body organ. Might arise from the fallopian tubes. Risk factors: Advanced age. One of several gene mutations. BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Estrogen replacement therapy. Compromised immune system. Signs and Symptoms: Abdominal distension. ...
Sexually transmitted disease. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID): infectious and inflammatory: affects the upper part of the female reproductive tract: ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, and other pelvic structures. can include the liver (in which it is called Fitz-Hugh-Curtis). In most cases, it is sexually transmitted. ...