- Menopausal Symptoms
When a woman’s ovulation cycle no longer functions and estrogen levels decrease she has entered menopause. Menopausal symptoms include night sweats, mood swings, vaginal dryness, joint pain, weight gain and hot flashes. These can be mild to severe and last two or three months or several years…Learn More - Infertility
Infertility is the inability to conceive; the inability to become pregnant. This can be the result from a woman’s eggs unable to become fertilized or the man not having enough fertile and healthy sperm. It can also result from a medical condition, tobacco/drug/alcohol abuse, age, environmental influence, stress or an accident. Infertility comes in two categories: primary and secondary…Learn More - PMS
Pre-menstrual syndrome is a woman’s physical and mental reaction to the process of their menstrual cycle. When a woman’s egg is not fertilized approximately once a month it and the uterus lining are shed or menstruated in the form of blood. During this phase, particularly the luteal phase (high progesterone), a woman can experience mild to radical bodily and psychological symptoms. These include breast tenderness, bloating, dizziness, irritability, depression and fatigue…Learn More - PCOS
PCOS is polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition of an imbalance of the female sex hormones. It can cause: changes in the skin (acne), irregular menstrual cycle, ovarian cysts, result in difficulty getting pregnant, insulin resistance, excessive androgenic (masculizing) hormones, obesity and more. PCOS can affect women in their reproductive age from 12-45 and is considered one of the major causes of female sub-fertility…Learn More - Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are benign (non-cancerous) tumors that develop in a female’s uterus (womb). It is estimated that 1 in 5 women will develop uterine fibroids anytime within their childbearing years with half of women having fibroids by age 50. They are more common in African American than Caucasian women and symptoms include bleeding between menstrual cycles, excessive urination and pain during intercourse…Learn More - Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian cysts are fluid filled sacs that develop on one or both ovaries. Many women develop them throughout their lifetime with little or no symptoms and they usually disappear on their own. However, in some cases they can present complications, especially if they grow and rupture. If the follicle, where the egg sits, fails to remove the egg during menstruation the fluid can remain and form a cyst…Learn More - Menstrual Cycle Disorders
Menstrual cycle disorders can present in a variety of ways which may include bloating, fluid retention, excessive heavy bleeding, skipped cycles, bi or unilateral ovary pain, breast tenderness and more. Some common disorders are known as amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia and pms (pre-menstrual syndromes.)…Learn More - Endometriosis
Endometriosis is the chronic disease of the growth of tissue called endometrium outside of its usual location along the uterine walls. It is commonly found throughout the abdominal viscera but rare instances of it appearing on the bladder, bowel, lungs and even the arm or thigh have been reported. Endometriosis can cause a variety of symptoms including pain during intercourse, the menstrual cycle and voiding of the bowels, fatigue, infertility and other gastrointestinal discomfort…Learn More
