Pregnancy Without Pounds
Whether you are hopeful for or against pregnancy, some symptoms of this fact are more common than others.
No two woman’s pregnancy symptoms are the same. Some may experience nearly undetectable signs of pregnancy, while others have undeniable early pregnancy symptoms.
Some common early pregnancy symptoms include:
fatigue
headaches
constipation
mood swings
abdominal cramping
lightheaded, dizziness
tender, swollen breasts
raised body temperature
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Filed under: Hormones, Women
Hypercalcemia is a higher than normal amount of calcium running around in your blood. A key regulator of calcium is a hormone produced by your parthyroid glands.
When the parathyroid hormone is overproduced, a hyperparathyroid condition is the most common cause of hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia caused by excess of parathyroid hormone is what’s known as primary hyperparathyroidism. [...]
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Pelvic inflammatory disease, commonly referred to as PID, is any infection and inflammation to a woman’s upper genital area.
This nonspecific inflammation can affect your uterus (womb), fallopian tubes, ovaries, and other vital reproduction organs. Scarring may result on these organs which can cause infertility.
Other issues from these inflammatory diseases include tubal pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, [...]
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Polycytsic Ovarian Syndrome
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, PCOS, condition occurs when your ovaries, sometimes with the help of the adrenal glands, overproduces androgen hormone. This hormone promotes the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics.
When a high level of androgen is present in your ovaries, it interferes with egg development and its release during ovulation. And the [...]
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Uterine fibroids are tumors or growths that grow in the walls of your uterus (womb), and they are almost always non cancerous (benign). Fibroids may grow one at a time or in clusters, and sometimes grow beyond the size of a grapefruit.
Overweight women, who are in their childbearing years, have a slightly higher risk [...]
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Endometriosis occurs when the tissue lining the inside of your uterus grows outside its tissue designated area. Basically, endometrium tissue grows out into the area of your pelvic and abdominal cavity, which is beyond the place where it is meant to grow.
A common symptom of endometriosis is pain. This pain is most often felt [...]
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Filed under: Back, Stomach Pain, Women
Many women have ovarian cysts without experiencing symptoms. They cannot be prevented and the vast majority are not related to cancer, and go away on their own.
A cyst is a fluid-filled sac, which can be located anywhere in the body.
However, on the ovary the most common type of ovarian cyst is called a functional cyst. [...]
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Why should you go through the humiliation? Because a pap smear can save your life. It can find the earliest signs of cervical cancer, a common cancer in women. If caught early, the chance of surviving cervical cancer is very high.
Pap tests also can find infections and abnormal cervical cells that can turn into cancer [...]
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Filed under: Cancer, Women
