Archive for January, 2008

If you are not menstruated for a year or long, then you are considered as post menopausal.

Post menopause is the last stage in four stage process of menstruation, which brings an end to your reproductive cycle.

How can you know that you are in the stage of post menopause?

If you lack the symptoms of menopause like hot flashes, irritability, bleeding irregularities, and mood swings then you are considered as post menopausal.

Consult the doctor once you find these symptoms in you and take the measurement of your follicle stimulating hormone for confirming yourself whether you are in menopause or post menopause stage.

As and when your menstrual cycle stops, pituitary gland starts secreting follicle stimulating hormone. Increased levels of this hormone will automatically shutdown your ovaries. It can be easily tested with simple blood test.

Is there any chance for bleeding in post menopause stage?

Yes! There is a chance for vaginal bleeding during your post menopause stage. After successful completion of 12 months without being menstruated, most of you can suffer from vaginal bleeding. Some of the main causes for post menopause bleeding are as follows.

Hormonal imbalance:

Worried about cervical cancer? There are many methods to treat cervical cancer in women.

Cervical cancer treatment mainly depends up on the size of the tumor, stage of the cancer, overall health of the patient and also on the patient’s desire to have children.

For most of you, cancer of cervix mainly corresponds to the change of cells in the cervix which can promote the abnormal growth of tissues or other organs of your body. This abnormal or unwanted growth can be treated by detaching the tissues immediately.

Cervical cancer can begin with abnormal growth of cervical tissue and also cause due to certain other factors. The factors which are responsible for the cancer include; using oral contraceptives, early sexual contact and also due to the infection caused by Human Papilloma virus.

Non-invasive cervical cancer treatment:

There are several methods for the treatment of cervical cancer depending up on the type of tumors present in the cervix. If the tumor is confined to the outer layers of the cervix, then it typically requires the removal of abnormal area of cells which are responsible for the growth.

Estrogen is a very important hormone for every female, which helps in three crucial stages of her life; menstruation, pregnancy and menopause.

Estrogen level can affect your body widely on various tissues and organs from brain to liver and also shows its effect on the bones.

Estrogen, a female sex hormone, plays a very important role in every woman’s life. It is very important for the regulation of reproductive system in your body.

Estrogen level starts rising from eighth year of your life. When you reach eleven or thirteen years of age, the estrogen level reaches to certain peak value and your menstrual cycle begins.

Estrogens help in producing secondary sexual characteristics like breasts in your body and they are also helpful in thickening of endometrium in the uterus.

Some of the structural functions of estrogens include accelerating the growth of height and metabolism rate in your body, maintaining blood vessels and skin, stimulates endometrial growth and reduces the muscle mass.

How can low estrogen levels affect your health?

Sudden drop in the estrogen level can show potentially adverse effects on your body. The most considerable effect is end of menses or no periods.

AIDS, stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, is a dangerous viral infection, which has no cure or treatment.

Prevention is the only way to get rid of this viral infection.

AIDS testing is a simple process in which you are advised to give a blood sample for the test. This process of testing for AIDS is some times known as AIDS serology.

The main aim of AIDS testing is to evaluate the presence of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in your immune system. It is also used to know the effect of this virus on the immune system of your body.

Serology is one of the branches of immunology which mainly deals with the characteristics and contents of blood serum.

AIDS testing is mandatory for these specific people:

Pregnant women: If you are pregnant, then it is very important for you to get tested for AIDS. There is a chance for the transmission of the virus from you to your unborn baby.

If it is detected in the initial stages, it can be prevented and you can protect your baby from the dreadful virus. Perinatal HIV transmission is mainly due to lack of voluntary counseling of AIDS during pregnancy.

Menopause weight gain! Did you put on some extra weight during menopause?

Weight gain during menopause is quite normal for every one.

Don’t think that you are the only one gaining lots of weight during the menopause process.

In a recent study, it has been proved that, about 90% of the women are affected with this menopause weight gain.

Why do you gain extra pounds in your menopausal stage?

Weight gain during menopause is not due to over eating but it is mainly due to the change in the hormone levels. There is an undeniable relation between decrease in the body metabolism rate and lack of estrogen levels during the menopause process.

As there is a decline in the level of estrogens, your body will naturally choose the other sources to get estrogens. As a result, your body metabolism rate decreases.

Due to the fall in metabolism rate of your body, you can experience higher appetite and as a result you can put on some extra weight.

Some other factors which are responsible for menopause weight gain are treatment with hormone replacement therapy, lack of physical activity, depression, and also mood swings. Due to these reasons, you can experience higher appetite than the usual.

Amenorrhea is the condition when your menstrual cycle stops. It is a common feature which is mostly seen in postmenopausal females.

Amenorrhea is mainly categorized into two types. One is primary amenorrhea and the other is secondary amenorrhea.

How primary amenorrhea differ from secondary amenorrhea?

If you are attaining 16 years of age without ever having menstruated then it can be primary amenorrhea.

This is mostly seen in girls who are lean and athletic.

It is mainly characterized with delayed secondary sexual characteristics like development of breast and pubic hair.

Some times with the normal development of secondary sexual characteristics, menstrual bleeding will be absent. Such cases are also considered as primary amenorrhea.

If you are suffering with abnormal periods that generally stop for six months or more, then this kind of abnormality in menstrual cycle is considered as secondary amenorrhea.

Most of you might think that pregnancy is one of the reasons, but there are many other reasons which can cause amenorrhea.

Why most of you suffer from amenorrhea?

• It is mainly caused due to abnormal behavior of hypothalamus and pituitary gland in most of the women. The abnormality in hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis is the main reason for amenorrhea to occur.

Do you find any lump in your breast? It doesn’t mean that you have a breast cancer.

Many people think that lump in the breast is a definite sign of breast cancer.

Breast lump is one of the reasons for benign tumors to occur but it is not necessary that you have a breast cancer.

Different conditions associated with the breast lumps

Fibrocystic change:

This is the most common change found in most of the women. It is generally associated with an overgrowth of fibrous tissue or cell multiplication in the supporting tissue of the breast.

Due to these changes, there is a chance for the formation of large and small cysts in one or both of your breasts and blocks the ducts which in turn prevents the secretions.

Fibrocystic change is the most common change and generally associated with change in hormone levels during your menstrual periods and also in your menopause stage. As the reproductive hormone levels fluctuate, you can observe tenderness and increased lumpiness in your breast.

In order to treat this fibrocystic change of your breast lump, you must reduce the intake of caffeine and also remember to wear a supportive and well fitted bra. Consult the doctor for proper medications.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a sexually transmitted infection seen among sexually active women.

About 75% of all sexually active women have chances of getting HPV infection at some point in their life.

Approximately twenty million people are currently with HPV infection.

Human Papillomavirus And Cervical Cancer
The HPV infection in women is associated with the development of cervical cancer, the second leading cause of female cancer mortality.

HPV viruses are a group of more than 100 strains, of these thirty types of HPV have been identified as sexually transmitted. Only ten types of the thirty sexually transmitted strains of HPV lead to cervical cancer.

The most common HPV viruses that increase the risk of developing two types of cervical cancer (squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma) are 16, 18, 30 and 33 and these viruses are known as high-risk oncogenic or carcinogenic HPVs.

It is found that women in whom the human papillomavirus survives for years have high chances of developing cervical cancer than in those women where the HPV infection quickly clears.

Most women’s bodies are able to fight against HPV infection. In other words, when a woman is infected with HPV, her immune system tries to prevent the virus from doing any harm and eradicates the HPV infection quickly.