Women’s Health: Common Female Problems

Female problems spawn over a wide range; from common problems such as incontinence, to gynecological and sexual problems.

However, nowadays, it has become easier to deal with these problems as women are becoming fearless and outspoken to discuss their problems openly and seek a solution to it.

One of the major problems experienced by females is depression. However, depression is common in all ages, men and women. Most often, women discuss of being depressed than men.

This article aims at discussing a few common problems in women that they may be secretly or openly dealing and simultaneously seeking a solution too.

Even if your problem is not listed here, that doesn’t mean that it is not common and you are unusual. Discuss your problems with a professional evaluator and follow medication to overcome the problem.

Some Common Problems In Female

Depression: Both men and women can fall prey to mental health problem, depression, but women are twice as likely to get depression than men. Depression leads women to suicidal tendency.

However, successful suicide rate in men is four times than the suicide rate in women. If you or anyone you know has symptoms of depression, get the same evaluated by a professional evaluator.

This disorder can be combated with non-pharmaceutical or pharmaceutical measures.

Fibrocystic Breast Disease (FBD)

This is also called as cystic mastitis. FBD disorder is characterized by presence of non-cancerous tumors or cysts in the breast.

This condition may or may not cause pain. The lumps also may remain of same size throughout the lifetime or change in size over a period of time.

FBD is amongst common female problems, and although can develop at any age, most commonly it will develop at the age of 30 to menopause age.

This is a cyclical problem and usually disappears during pregnancy and nursing.

Consult health consultants to seek solution to FBD problem. Cutting down on red meat, sugary food, dairy products, and fried food items can be useful.

Vaginitis

This is again one of the common reasons, why women visit physicians. Vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina. Its symptoms include vaginal discharge, vaginal itching, vaginal odor, and burning or irritation after intercourse.

Causes for this disorder can be intake of contraceptives, vitamin B deficiency, antibiotics, diabetes, or cuts in genital area.

Treatment for this condition is simple and involve oral medicines with acidophilus bacteria. This bacteria may be used in external tropical creams to apply to the genital areas.

Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence may be experienced by men and women, however, it is more common in women. Around 13 million women across the world have reported to have urinary incontinence.

A lot of women may be added to the list, who are secretly dealing with this problem. Usually, incontinence begins with the birth of the baby. Females may experience incontinence while coughing, heavy workout or sneezing.

There is help available for the condition, and women should seek solution to it rather than thinking it as an embarrassment and keeping mum about the problem.

Sexual Problems

This was long considered a taboo subject to talk about, but now women are talking about it openly and seeking medical solutions to it.

Sexual problems include difficulty to reach orgasm, lack of interest in sex, difficulty in becoming sexually aroused, and pain after intercourse. Consultation with a gynecologist can help to resolve the problem efficiently.

Some usual female problems are discussed in this article and if you happen to face one or more of them, you need to openly speak about it to your medical consultant.