Birth Control hormonal contraceptive methods like the NuvaRing and the Depo-Provera (the shot) has a variety of effects and purposes on human beings more than just preventing pregnancy. Despite the risks and advantages, women are motivated to find medicine that helps prevent pregnancy and/or searching for better contraceptive options besides the birth control pill or condoms. However, these methods can affect women psychologically by mood swings, depression, and other side effects, including…
as prevalent in women as men. Changing levels of female sex hormones (estrogen) have shown to trigger a form of migraine known as menstrual migraine. Signs and symptoms: • Pure menstrual migraine without aura is probably a distinct type of migraine caused by a fall in estrogen levels before the onset of menstruation. • It usually presents on day 1 +/- 2 of the menstrual cycle. • Attacks occurring at this time of the cycle are typically without aura.2 • Can accompany with nausea, backache,…
bleed for a long time whenever I get my periods” History of Present Illness: The patient is a 36-year-old Caucasian woman who presents to the clinic today complaining of excessive bleeding for the past two consecutive months compared to her previous menstrual cycles. Her period normally occurs every 28 days and lasts for 5 to 6days, but she states that the last two recent cycles had lasted approximately 10 days. The current two cycles consist of moderate bleeding for eight days followed by light…
Fernanda Carrion Professor Keosha T. Bond PSYCH 150 May 14, 2015 Question 1 Women usually go through menopause between the ages of 45 to 50 years old, this is the point in a women’s life when the menstrual cycle completely stops, and when women are no longer able to have babies, this is a normal part of the aging process. Hormone therapy is a type of medical treatment that can help ease the natural process of menopause. Hormone therapy uses female hormones that include estrogen and progesterone…
What is menopause? Menopause is something women typically get when they are 40. Menopause is defined as 12 months after your last menstrual period and end of menstrual cycles. Menopause is a normal condition that women experience as they age. No more pregnancy because there is no more period to worry about. Ovaries no longer produce enough estrogen to continue menstrual period. A woman is natural born with a limited number of eggs, which are stored in the ovaries. Menopause happens when the…
Aristotle had even guessed that women started menopause around the age of forty. While it was not necessarily studied in biblical times, the menstrual cycle and menopause are talked about widely. A more specific example is the story of Abraham and Sarah, who are trying to have a baby, but Sarah having gone through menopause and is the age of 90, cannot conceive. Studies in the 1800’s decided to…
mucous membrane called the endometrium. During menstrual cycle, the thickness of the lining and is at its thickest when the egg is released from the ovaries. If the egg becomes fertilised it becomes attached to the wall and will be nourished by the uterus. If the egg is not fertilised it will be passed during menstrual bleeding. The ectopic tissue, like the uterine endometrium behaves in the same way as those found in the womb lining during a female’s menstrual cycle and responds to fluctuations…
decrease in the latter two stops the want for follicle growth. If there is no fertilisation the corpus luteum starts to shrink which lowers the progesterone and estrogen released. This happens after 10 days and menstruation begins. (The Ovarian And Menstrual Cycle…
What is puberty may you ask? Puberty is a period of time when individuals reach sexual maturity, and then become capable to reproducing. This time of change in your life is something everyone goes through. During these times of hormonal and bodily change, girls begin to ponder sex, love, marriage, and maybe even children. Some even begin to feel like a totally different person, in a totally different body. Many girls become more self-conscious during this time in their lives, while others get…
Birth control is to prevent pregnancy for women who are sexually active. The most infamously known birth control is the pill that women takes orally. Another birth control that is not commonly talked about in health clinics and among women is the IUD’s. Though the IUD is proven to be as effective as the pills, not all women and doctors are not being educated about this birth control. IDUs have different forms depending on what the woman need. The IUD is 99 percent effective according to…