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Women’s health is highly underrated and ignored due to various factors. The health of a woman depends on various experiences and stages of life that she goes through. Woman’s health is compromised at every stage of life right from puberty to menstrual cycles, from pregnancy to menopause. The hormone levels change drastically and fluctuate to a great extent. This can affect your sleep, emotional balance and energy levels that could even take you to depression.

Few Statistics About Women’s Health
The underrating of the health of women is extremely common especially about menstrual health which can be clearly understood form the statistics. About 71 percent of adolescent girls in India are unaware of menstruation till the time of menarche. Ignorance plays a vital role in the degradation of the health of women. Menstrual health and hygiene is a very rare topic of discussion at homes as well as schools which is main reason why the girls are unaware of the same. Statistics reveal that about 23 million women drop out or leave school every year when they attain puberty and begin to menstruate. Among them a lot of women ultimately end up facing some of the acute health problems.

Dysmenorrhoea
Commonly known as period pain, is a condition where one feel terrible pain during periods. Some of the common symptoms of period pain are:

• Pain with cramps in the lower abdomen
• Headaches
• Bloating
• Faintness
• Tiredness
• Feeling sick (nausea)
• Tenderness of breasts
• Feeling emotional
• Diarrhoea

PCOS/PCOD

Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) also known as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a health condition where the patient suffers from many small-sized cysts present in their ovaries. The cysts occur when changes or disruptions happen during the monthly menstrual cycle. The common symptoms are:

• Irregular Periods
• Amenorrhoea

Amenorrhoea
Amenorrhea is a health condition when there is an absence of menstruation which means missing one or more menstrual cycles. In case of missed period in women of reproductive age, always we need to rule out pregnancy if history of sexual activity is present. The symptoms are:

• Cysts in the Ovary
• Hair loss
• Skin problems like acne
• Weight gain in the upper body
• Darkening of skin color
• Tiredness
• Changes in mood
• Headaches

Fibroids & Endometriosis
Both of the conditions have a major role to play in irregularity of the menstrual cycle. Endometriosis is the existence of tissue that is basically found in the uterus that is present outside the uterus, which becomes active and causes symptoms in uterus, causing complaints.
Fibroids are small tumors that grow inside the uterus walls. Fibroids can differ in size and shape. Sometimes they take time to grow and most of the time they grow quickly.The symptoms of both the conditions are:

• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Infertility
• Weight gain
• Pelvic pain and pressure
• Constipation
• Back pain
• Pain during menstrual cycles
• Pain during intercourse
• Frequent urination
• Pain in the upper thighs
• Abdominal swelling

Ovarian cyst
Ovarian cysts is a condition where you will find fluid-filled sacs or pockets in the ovary or on its cover. Woman experience the situation of ovarian cysts at some point of time. Most of the cysts are mostly harmless and disappear in course of time, other may cause following symtoms:

• Pelvic pain
• Bloating
• Heaviness in your abdomen

Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a sexually transmitted infection that affects the female reproductive organs. The disease doesn’t show any signs of symptoms until the infection causes trouble in getting pregnant or causes unbearable pelvic pain. Some of the symptoms to watch out for are:

• Pain in the pelvis and lower abdomen
• Heavy vaginal discharge with a stink
• Unusual bleeding after intercourse or between menstrual periods
• Pain during intercourse
• Fever with chills
• Painful urination

Pregnancy diseases
Pregnancy is one of the most vulnerable conditions that a woman goes through.The body is prone to some diseases that may be directly related to pregnancy or other which can get triggered during pregnancy:

• Anaemia where the count of red blood cells is lower than required
• Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) where you experience pain and burning sensation while urination
• Hypertension, a state of having high Blood Pressure
• Having diabetes during pregnancy
• Emotional changes and mood swings
• allergies 

Menopause
Menopause is the process that every woman goes through where she stops to be fertile or menstruate. It is a part of life and not a health issue or problem. During this period, women normally experience:

• Irregular periods
• Mood swings and emotional imbalances
• Urinary problems
• Disturbed sleep
• Dryness in the vagina
• Fertility level tends to be low

Treatment
Homeopathy is a branch of medicine that supports and helps the body to normalize and rejuvenate its hormonal system. The Homeopathy practitioner aims to understand the symptoms you are facing physically, mentally and emotionally and then decides on the treatment. Some of the homeopathic medicines which are effective during various stages of women’s life are as follows . Dr. You said that you will be sending you the contents in few days. Please share the same.

Authored By Dr. Sanjay Panicker