| If a woman ever experienced unusually painful | | | | are more prone to acquire the illness. But even if |
| menstruation or noticed lumps in their breasts and | | | | a woman doesn't have breast cancer history, it |
| vaginal discharge similar to cottage cheese, there | | | | wouldn't hurt if she regularly examine her breasts |
| is a great possibility she's in trouble. Any sensible | | | | for safety measure. |
| woman should immediately set an appointment | | | | Apart from breast cancer, another illness |
| and see her trusted gynecologist. Women's health | | | | concerning women's health is sexually transmitted |
| is often a subject taken for granted. Most | | | | disease. STD can manifest in the form of |
| women wait until they are rushed to the hospital | | | | chlamydia, syphilis, genital herpes, and gonorrhea. |
| before they do something about their condition. | | | | Even if a lady is not sexually active and doesn't |
| Experts in women's health advise ladies to be | | | | engage in extra-marital sexual affairs, she can still |
| 'listen' and 'understand' their bodies. Even a | | | | obtain STD from her philandering husband or |
| seemingly trivial symptom should not be ignored | | | | boyfriend. General symptoms of STD include thick |
| as it may be a telltale sign of deadly breast | | | | and smelly vaginal discharge, bumps or rashes, |
| cancer or a form of sexually transmitted disease. | | | | and burning sensation in the feminine area. A |
| Women can actually detect early stages of | | | | woman infected with STD can also experience |
| cancer through simple do-it-yourself breast | | | | pain when having sexual intercourse and irregular |
| assessment. Two or three days after every | | | | bleeding in between menstrual cycles. Medication |
| menstruation period, a woman should gently | | | | varies from one STD kind to another (and also |
| check her breasts for possible lumps or change in | | | | depending on the severity of the case). For |
| color and texture. Gynecologists say cancerous | | | | prevention, experts advise women to use |
| lump is usually a firm and solitary mass that just | | | | condom which is not only a form of contraceptive |
| stays in a particular spot. If a lump changes | | | | but also serve as protection against STD. |
| position, there's a big possibility that it is | | | | Husbands, on the other hand, should avoid |
| non-malignant. Aside from lumps, a woman should | | | | womanizing and extra-marital sexual intercourses |
| also watch out for the disturbing presence of | | | | as much as possible. The fight against STD should |
| veins, breast discharges which are watery or | | | | be a concerted effort between husband and wife. |
| mucus-like, and nipples that are inverted. | | | | In the case of STD, husbands are also involved in |
| According to women's health advocates, those | | | | the issue of women's health. |
| who have a breast cancer history in their families | | | | |