With the month of July slowly coming to an end, so is my focus on some of the most common female-related diseases. Our second from last post is dedicated to this benign, hormone-sensitive smooth muscle tumor of the uterus which is the most common tumor of the female genital tract, (sorry Dad if I got...
The uterus also called the womb is a hollow, pear-shaped muscular organ of the female reproductive system found in the pelvic area between the bladder and the rectum. It is usually the size of a fist. The uterus is connected to the fallopian tubes (responsible for transferring eggs from your ovaries into the uterus). The...
Ladies by now I’m pretty sure we are feeling like having a uterus is a wee bit of a curse since all the posts up to now have been about uterus-related problems. Well, there’s still more to come, brace yourselves! PCOS is the most common endocrine (hormone) disorder in women of reproductive age. It is...
There’s a Shona proverb that says, ‘Chisingapere chinoshura’, loosely translated it means ‘Everything has an end‘. This ladies is also true for Aunt Flo, she does have an expiry date and that date is MENOPAUSE. But as we already know, she won’t go down without a fight. Menopause is the time at which a woman...
Dysmenorrhea commonly known as period pain or menstrual cramps or jeko in my language (Shona) is recurrent lower abdominal pain associated with menstruation. Up to 90% of women who menstruate experience dysmenorrhea for 1 to 2 days each month. Usually, the pain is mild. But for some women, the pain is so severe that it...
By definition PMS is a combination of emotional, physical, and psychological disturbances that occur after a woman’s ovulation, typically ending with the onset of her menstrual flow. The most common mood-related symptoms are irritability, depression, crying, oversensitivity, and mood swings. In most women, the age of onset ranges between 20-30 meaning in the first few years after...