Pubic lice - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Parasitic diseases are still a sanitary and epidemiological problem. Head lice are caused by human arthropod lice. Currently, we can distinguish between head lice (very common in kindergartens,...
Toxic shock syndrome - should you be concerned?
Do you use tampons? Be aware of the risk of toxic shock - a dangerous phenomenon that affects many women.
Diet of breastfeeding women
The correct nutrition of a breastfeeding woman is very important. There are a number of views on proper nutrition for breastfeeding women - some say to eat everything, others to eat only cooked food...
Menstrual cycle - menstruation
Fewer and fewer women know how to calculate the fertile and infertile days in their monthly (menstrual) cycle. They also do not know what happens in their body during the different periods of their...
Hair loss after childbirth
Every woman should take special care of her health and beauty during pregnancy. Our body changes from day to day, as many changes take place in it. Very often mothers-to-be ask their gynaecologist or...
Does HIV penetrate through intact vaginal mucosa?
Research is ongoing to demonstrate the penetration capacity of the HIV virus and how it is contracted.
World's first "Viagra for women"
A new drug approved by the US Federal Drug and Food Administration (called Addyi (flibanserin)) has come on the market, which will be designed to enhance sexual desire in women with a lack of or...
Chocolate cysts - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Chocolate cysts are benign cystic lesions that develop within the ovaries, in the course of endometriosis - they affect approximately 30% of patients with this condition. They are formed when...
Naboth's cysts - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Naboth cysts also known as retention cysts are benign lesions located within the cervix. They are thought to arise as a consequence of healing of inflammatory lesions of the cervix, in which case the...
Breast cancer prevention
Many women do not realise that preventive breast cancer screening can save them from stress, pain, breast loss and even death.
Inflammation of the appendages - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Uterine appendages are structures that are functionally and anatomically related to the uterus. Appendages is a very broad term, as the term refers to the fallopian tubes, ovaries and all the tissues...
Garlic extract as a new urinary tract medicine
It has long been known that garlic extract has medicinal properties.
BRCA1-why is prevention so important?
Angelina Jolie's heroic act of undergoing breast and ovarian removal has undoubtedly sent a message to many women: get tested. Mutation within the BRCA1 gene is considered one of the most important...
Does higher caffeine consumption protect against erectile dysfunction?
Nowadays, more and more couples (or men themselves), are presenting to their doctor with the problem of erectile dysfunction.
Ovarian pains
Any woman who has experienced ovarian pain knows that it is a very unpleasant feeling. It is felt as a strong distension in the lower abdomen, stabbing, squeezing and sometimes burning and piercing...
Reasons for loss or lack of sexual needs
A successful sex life, between two people who love each other, is a very important part of their lives. A situation in which one partner does not feel the need for intimacy in many cases leads to...
Acute renal failure
Acute renal failure is defined as an impairment of kidney function with an increase in blood creatinine concentration - accompanied by a decrease in urine output.
Urinary incontinence in pregnant women
Many women who are pregnant have problems with urinary incontinence. This ailment occurs at various times during pregnancy (the third trimester is the most common). They start to become worried and...
Urinary tract infections
We speak of a urinary tract infection when bacteria are present in the urine in such numbers as to indicate their multiplication in the urinary tract.
Cytological examination and frequency of its performance
Cytology, or cytological examination, is one of the basic and key tests performed in gynaecology. In this examination, the epithelial cells, a certain part of the cervix, are assessed under a...
