Category: Health A – Z

Worried about your back pain 1 month and long/Chronic Back Pain is pain, muscle tension, or stiffness localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain (sciatica), and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more. Non-specific low back pain is pain not attributed…

Chronic Back Pain More Than 3 Weeks/Chronic Back Pain is pain, muscle tension, or stiffness localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain (sciatica), and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more. Non-specific low back pain is pain not attributed to a…

Long Time Back Pain/Chronic Back Pain is pain, muscle tension, or stiffness localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain (sciatica), and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more. Non-specific low back pain is pain not attributed to a recognizable pathology (such…

Chronic Back Pain is pain, muscle tension, or stiffness localized below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds, with or without leg pain (sciatica), and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more. Non-specific low back pain is pain not attributed to a recognizable pathology (such as infection, tumor,…

What Is Chronic Pelvic Pain /Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) is defined as cyclical or non-cyclical pain of at least 6 months’ duration. Aspects of pain may include dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dysuria and dyschezia. Dysmenorrhea in isolation does not constitute CPP. CPP affects up to 24% of women worldwide [rx]. It accounts for 20% of gynecological clinic…

A Rectocele Prolapse is a type of prolapse where the supportive wall of tissue between a woman’s rectum and vaginal wall weakens. Without the support of these pelvic floor muscles and ligaments, the front wall of the rectum sags and bulges into the vagina, and in severe cases, protrudes out of the vaginal opening. The rectum…

Bartholin’s glands cysts are located symmetrically at the posterior region of the vaginal opening and play an important role in the female reproductive system. These two pea-sized glands are involved in mucus secretion and vaginal lubrication. Cyst formation in the glands is common and results from mucus build-up in gland ducts. It is important to…

Lichen Sclerosis (LS) is a chronic inflammatory disease. It was first described by Hallopeau in 1881.  In 1976, the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease adopted the term lichen sclerosis. LS is a mucocutaneous autoimmune disorder characterized by hypopigmentation and skin atrophy. It involves most commonly the genital skin, less often the extragenital…

Candida Vulvitis/Vulvitis is inflammation of the vulva, the external female mammalian genitalia that includes the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and introitus (the entrance to the vagina). It may co-occur as vulvovaginitis with vaginitis, inflammation of the vagina, and may have infectious or non-infectious causes. The warm and moist conditions of the vulva make it easily affected. Vulvitis is prone to occur in any female especially…

Vulvitis is inflammation of the vulva, the external female mammalian genitalia that includes the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, and introitus (the entrance to the vagina). It may co-occur as vulvovaginitis with vaginitis, inflammation of the vagina, and may have infectious or non-infectious causes. The warm and moist conditions of the vulva make it easily affected. Vulvitis is prone to occur in any female especially those…

Average Weight/Most everyone has at some point tried to lose weight, or at least known somebody who has. This is largely due to the perception of an “ideal” body weight, which is often based on what we see promoted through various media such as social media, TV, movies, magazines, etc. Although ideal body weight (IBW)…