Once your doctor is standing in front of you, you have a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips. But the visit is only as useful as you make it, and while some doctors are fortunate to ask the perfect specific question, you won’t always be so lucky.
Your gynecologist may have canceled your pap smear or Well Woman’s Exam this year, but you still need to take care of yourself down there. In fact, it’s especially important to do so since seeing a doctor or getting a prescription, should something go wrong with your lady parts, can be harder than ever.
With news of hymens and Pap smears filling headlines, it's important we educate ourselves on the medical side of the discussion.
See how Deyjah's feeling, along with an apology from the women behind the podcast T.I. revealed their yearly Gyno trips on.
While urinary incontinence can occur in older individuals, if women under the age of 60 who are in good health experience this, they should see a doctor. Urinary incontinence usually has mild and relatively harmless causes, but an obstruction of the urinary tract could be at the root of the issue.
You fear that you’ll now worry, forever. You’ll never walk into a pap smear feeling care-free again. It will no longer be just another thing you mark off on your to-do list. It will be a dark day each time.
One in five women have it.
More and more women say they're open to it--but still find themselves going with a woman physician.
Sound like a familiar pain?
