Archive for July, 2011
Breast Development in Girls
Posted by este in women's health on July 12, 2011
Puberty is that time of life when you reinvent yourself! It’s like getting born again as you cease to identify with people you previously. Puberty for girls is a mixed bag – it’s exciting and confusing. Physical changes girls experience during puberty often causes mixed feelings about the comfort level of their body, appearance and social. Breast development in girls during puberty is the most prominent metamorphosis experienced by us and the breast is a complex physiological. Let’s try and understand the various aspects of breast development in girls to learn how to complete physical, which serves the most significant visual difference in the gender goals, materialized.
Stages of breast development in girls
Breast development in girls can be very different ages. However, on average, breast development begins somewhere between the ages of 10-15. The first indication to announce the formation of breast tender, but firm lump under the areola of one or both breasts. This is known as a soft lump Thelarche and this stage is called Stage 2 breast development Tanner, Tanner stage of Phase 1 is really not developed before the formation of this Thelarche. Thelarche also dubbed as “breast buds” when they precede a physical full bloom flora of women! Thelarche formation is the result of rising levels of estradiol in the female body during puberty. Estradiol is the most significant sex hormones in women and the role it is to regulate the growth of reproductive tissues in addition to treating the vaginal lining, cervical glands, the endometrial lining and fallopian tubes. Read the rest of this entry »
Smelling Ammonia Discharge
Posted by este in women's health on July 12, 2011
Foul vaginal odor can be a very embarrassing condition. A discharge ammonia smell can really make us work and worry. Vaginal discharge is normal, however, foul-smelling vaginal discharge is something to be concerned. Glands in the vagina and cervix produce small amounts of fluid that flows out of the vagina every day. This fluid is brought in which old cells that previously lined the vagina and the body’s own mechanism to keep the vaginal area healthy and clean. Usually clear or whitish milk, however, the color and viscosity changes with one’s monthly cycle of menstruation. At ovulation vaginal discharge becomes thicker, so also when a woman is sexually excited or breastfeeding. The number of vaginal discharge also varies from one woman to another.
Every woman has a unique scent vagina. This is something natural and unique to each woman. Some studies also say that the natural odor vaginal discharge is what makes men feel more ‘switched on’ when a woman is most fertile. Thus, unusual vaginal discharge has a certain smell and this smell is normal. However, when there are changes in the odor of discharge, there may be a problem.
Ammonia smelling discharge is not necessarily a bad personal hygiene. Even inadequate washing or cleaning rarely happens to be a cause of vaginal discharge ammonia smell. During pregnancy, mild-smelling thin, whitish milk is quite normal and should not be mistaken as abnormal. Only when the smell of the drastic change that it becomes a reason for concern.
Smelling Ammonia Discharge Causes
Bacterial vaginosis
This is one of the most common infection interfere with the female reproductive system. Typically, a woman’s genital area is given with good bacteria that fight foreign bacteria and unwanted hazardous. If there is such an imbalance in the ratio of good and bad bacteria in the vaginal area, either too much or too little, a condition triggered by bacterial vaginosis. Bad bacteria take over and convert nitrogen into ammonia compounds, thus causing the stench of ammonia. This condition mostly occurs in women during their childbearing years. Read the rest of this entry »
Blue Waffle Infection
Posted by este in women's health on July 12, 2011
The long blue waffle from the last few months have been crowding the Internet extensively. Blue waffle is a type of vaginal infection that can make the vagina look strangely similar to a waffle blue, green and purple blueberries. Although it is difficult to say who is actually called a vaginal infection is blue waffle, the only explanation for this is that because the waffle is a slang term for vagina gave bruises and infections such as discoloration of the infected area, it is referred to as blue waffle infection. Let us know more about the blue waffle in the following sections.
Blue Waffle Infection
Despite the long blue waffles has not been officially recognized by medical professionals, it does not mean that the infection does not apply. In fact, blue waffle infection is often believed to be an elusive Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) that can occur in both men and women, but more often seen in women. Blue waffle is a parasitic infection that primarily affects the urogenital tract. Also referred to as trichomoniasis, or trich, is an infectious disease primarily affects the urethra and vagina in women. Read the rest of this entry »