just recently started taking birth control, I had taken it previously and had no side effects or anything but I went off of it for several months. In order to skip my period this month, I took the first 3 sets of pills and skipped the placebo pills and started taking a new [...]
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Women's Health
Birth Control Pills and Spotting
Friday, June 16th, 2006Periods After Menopause
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006Postmenopausal Uterine Bleeding
I hope you can help me until I can get to my doctor on Monday morning. I am 50 years old, will soon be 51 (September). I have not had a period since August/September of 2004. All of a sudden I started spotting on Thursday evening and it has progressed [...]
Menstrual Bleeding, Ovarian Dermoid Cyst
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006I have a few questions I would like to ask. first I have a cyst on my cervix and a 4 cc dermoid (sp) in my left ovary ( last time I had it checked it was 8 months ago). I have been menstruating sense Feb 24 non stop with a medium flow and some [...]
Continue readingVaginal Discharge, Itching, Pain, Burning
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006I am a 37 year old woman. I am having symptoms of feeling as I have a fullness in the lower abdominal region, an abnormal discharge (not all the time but when it does occur it is a thick white color ~ no oder) sometimes feeling a wetness in the vagina. There is also occasional [...]
Continue readingAdult Bedwetting
Friday, May 26th, 2006Im 19 and female. I havent “wet the bed” since I was young, obviously. But recently it’s happened again. I’m not really embarrassed like most people would think you “should” be. I’m just confused.
It usually happens when I dream about going to the bathroom. Its happened about 3 times [...]
Pregnancy, Childbirth, Hip Dislocation, DDH
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006I was born with the condition referred to as congenital dislocation of the hip. I was in a spreading device for three months after the diagnose. Now I am 27, both my hips sometimes hurt and it sometimes feels like they are not in their socket correctly. It’s only one hip at the time, happens [...]
Continue readingVasectomy Reversal, In Vitro Fertilization, Advanced Reproductive Techniques
Saturday, April 1st, 2006Me & My husband are REALLY wanting to have a baby…But when he was married to his EXwife-he had the surgery done to where he wouldn’t be able to have anymore children(not sure of the pacific name)…He had it done then because of marital problems that were due to his EXwife >NOT because of any [...]
Continue readingHysterectomy, Adhesions, Gall Bladder Surgery, Constant Pain
Saturday, April 1st, 2006I had a hysterectomy about 2yrs ago. I live in constant pain like I have a
period every day all the time. Intercourse doesn’t hurt, but the next day I
fill like someone hit me in the stomach with a 2×4. It hurts to get out of
the bed. The Dr. I go to says I have Inerrable [...]
Vaginal Dryness, Pap Smear, Multiple Sclerosis, MS, contraceptives, hormones, depression
Saturday, March 25th, 2006I was raped when I was 12 and had sexual disease testing regularly since out of paranoia, always normal. I was sexually active around age 20, at that time had frequent UTIs, bleeding between periods, cramping, vaginal dryness, and frequent yeast infections. It stopped when I became celibate again, I have a latex allergy, and [...]
Continue readingStretching of Vagina
Tuesday, March 21st, 2006his is probably a stupid question but here goes, If a women’s vagina gets stretched out by a large penis, will it ever become smaller again if she stops having sex or has sex with a smaller man?
Dr. Joshua’s Answer:
No such thing as a stupid question. Remember that a woman’s vagina is stretched in childbirth [...]
