Women’s health

Women’s health

Health issues and subjects specific to women, such as menstruation, contraception, maternal health, child birth, menopause and breast cancer. These issues are often related to the female human anatomy such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to females.

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Anxiety disorder

Health care; Women’s health

Serious medical illness that fills people's lives with anxiety and fear. Some anxiety disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia ...

Incest

Health care; Women’s health

Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also: the statutory crime of such a relationship.

Caesarean section

Health care; Women’s health

Procedure where the baby is delivered through an abdominal incision. Also called caesarean delivery or caesarean birth.

C-section

Health care; Women’s health

Procedure where the baby is delivered through an abdominal incision. Also called caesarean delivery or caesarean birth.

Hives

Health care; Women’s health

Red and sometimes itchy bumps on the skin, usually caused by an allergic reaction to a drug or a food.

Counsellor

Health care; Women’s health

Usually has a master's degree in counselling and has completed a supervised internship.

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 or type 2 (HTLV 1-2)

Health care; Women’s health

Viruses that infect T cells, a type of white blood cell, and can cause leukaemia and lymphoma. HTLV 1-2 is spread by sharing syringes or needles, through blood transfusions or sexual contact, and ...