Women’s health
All medical and surgical health conditions that exclusively affect women.
Gardasil vaccine for HPV.
The human papillomavirus is a major health concern as it is known to be the most common viral sexually transmitted infection in the US and around the world. It is found in more than 99% of cervical cancers according to the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Vaccines don’t cure HPV but are designed for preventive or […]
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Cervical cancer early stage.
A detailed description of the early stage of cervical cancer: How cancer develops, the stages, types, symptoms, causes, risks, prevention, and treatment at the early stage.
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Reconstruction of breast after cancer.
All you need to learn about breast reconstruction in one piece. The benefits of reconstruction, types, risks, choice of reconstruction, the outcome and your recovery.
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9 reasons you may have an ultrasound after a mammogram.
Find out how the ultrasound machine works and why it is used for breast examination. Know all the reasons why you do an ultrasound after a mammogram, why you may have an abnormal mammogram but a normal ultrasound, when an ultrasound may hurt, and how long it takes to get your test results.
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Breast biopsy with excision.
Occasionally, body tissues, called biopsies, have to be extracted for detailed medical examination. Ways of achieving this in a breast include: What we’ll be looking at here is breast biopsy with excision which is a type of surgical biopsy. Research published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) has shown women appointed for excisional biopsies […]
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Mammogram vs Breast Ultrasound
Mammography and ultrasonography are among the most important medical imaging procedures conducted across the globe in the detection and monitoring of changes or disease processes in the body. We’ll take a look at mammogram vs. breast ultrasound when it comes to screening and diagnosis of changes within the breast tissues and which is preferable. Mammogram […]
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Symptoms of breast cancer.
According to the Journal of the American Cancer Society, metastasis is a process where cancerous cells leave the area they were formed (the breast, in this case) and travel via a circulatory system (blood or lymph) to establish secondary tumor sites in other parts of the body like the brain, bones, and other organs. It […]
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How painful is mammogram?
How painful a mammogram is going to be is the question you’ll expect will be going through the mind of any woman thinking of having her first mammogram. Mammogram screening is not supposed to hurt. The machine’s compression plates are designed to compress breasts without creating pain and discomfort. Unfortunately, this is not the experience […]
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Diagnostic mammogram.
A Mammogram diagnostic is a Prescription-only measure meant to investigate abnormal developments in your breasts. Unlike screening mammograms where you can refer yourself once you are above 40 years old, a diagnostic must be ordered by your physician when there are suspicious abnormal changes in your breasts. Screening vs. diagnostic mammogram. Whereas Screening mammograms are […]
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What are calcium deposits in the breast?
Calcium is essential for many biological or physiological processes in the body. For some reason, there could be a build-up of calcium in body tissues. The breasts are not exempted from this phenomenon. When calcium gets deposited anywhere within the breast tissues, we call it Calcification. Calcium deposits in the breast are observed in mammograms […]
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