Gynecology is a field of clinical medicine that studies anatomical features, physiological processes occurring in a woman’s body during various periods of life, as well as diseases of the female genital sphere, methods of their recognition, prevention and treatment. Therapy and prevention of gynecological diseases is a concern not only for women’s health, but also for motherhood, the health of future generations. In this regard, the indisputably important social importance of gynecology as a science and as a clinical discipline.

The task of gynecology is to protect a woman’s health throughout her life. In recent years, some gynecological diseases have become “younger”, therefore, pediatric gynecology is developing, studying the anatomical, physiological and pathological features of the child and adolescent organism. Obstetrics studies the physiology and pathology of the female body during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Gynecological endocrinology deals with the problem of hormonal changes in a woman’s body, menstrual function disorders and issues of the menopausal period.

Sometimes even the most insignificant deviations in female physiology can have a significant impact on a woman’s body. For their part, infectious, endocrine, nervous and other diseases can provoke diseases of the female genital sphere. Therefore, the treatment of gynecological diseases sometimes requires the involvement of other medical specialists: a mammologist, a urologist, a venereologist, an oncologist.

It’s no secret that a woman’s health is the key to her family and maternal happiness, as well as a full sexual life. Therefore, in modern gynecology, prevention of diseases of the female genital sphere, issues of contraception and family planning play an important role. Preventive examination by a gynecologist 1-2 times a year should become the norm of behavior for every woman.

The use of modern and reliable methods of contraception makes it possible to exclude the possibility of an unwanted pregnancy, and, accordingly, its artificial termination. A conscious and attentive attitude to her health will help a woman avoid many gynecological diseases and in the future experience the happiness of having healthy and full-fledged children.

Gynecological diseases can be divided into several groups: inflammatory diseases (adnexitis, vulvitis, vaginitis, cervicitis, endometritis, etc.); diseases caused by hormonal changes (menstrual disorders, polycystic ovaries, uterine fibroids, etc.); dystrophic, hyperplastic and tumor diseases (leukoplakia, kraurosis, cervical erosion, ovarian cysts, etc.). Each disease has its own clinical manifestations, but the most characteristic symptoms of many women’s diseases are abdominal pain, pathological discharge from the genital tract, menstrual function disorders.

Modern methods are widely used in the diagnosis of women’s diseases today: laboratory, ultrasound, endoscopic, laparoscopic, allowing to recognize the disease in its initial phase and timely carry out the necessary treatment.

The gold standard of gynecology assumes that even a woman who feels completely healthy, at least 1 time a year should undergo ultrasound of the pelvic organs, ultrasound of the mammary glands and take a cytological smear.

Creating a Medical directory of diseases on the website “Medic Journal”, we sought to provide you with the most complete information, including about existing gynecological diseases, prevention and control measures.

Medical science and practice does not stand still. Currently, new methods of healing previously considered incurable female ailments are emerging. The handbook of women’s diseases provides information on the latest methods of treatment of the most common women’s diseases.

Postcastration Syndrome

Postcastration syndrome is a symptom complex that includes vegetative–vascular, neuroendocrine and neuropsychic disorders that develop as a result of total ovariectomy (surgical castration) in women of reproductive age. The clinic of postcastration syndrome is characterized by vegetative symptoms (hot flashes, tachycardia, sweating, arrhythmia, hypertensive crises), changes in metabolic processes (obesity, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia), psychoemotional disorders (tearfulness,…

Posthysterectomy Syndrome

Posthysterectomy syndrome is a set of neuropsychiatric and metabolic disorders that occur after removal of the uterus (hysterectomy) while preserving one or both ovaries. Clinically, post-hysterectomy syndrome is manifested by neurovegetative and psycho-emotional disorders: tachycardia, sweating, hot flashes, hypertension, depression, weakness, lability, anxiety, etc. When diagnosing posthysterectomy syndrome, they rely on gynecological history, ultrasound data…

postpartum infections

Postpartum Infections

Postpartum infections are a group of diseases of infectious etiology that develop within 6 weeks after childbirth and are directly related to them. They include local wound infections, pelvic infections, generalized septic infections. In the diagnosis of postpartum infections, the time of their development and the connection with childbirth, the picture of peripheral blood, the…

Postpartum Endometritis

Postpartum endometritis is a purulent–inflammatory disease of the uterine mucosa that develops in the early period after childbirth. With postpartum endometritis, fever, intoxication syndrome, tenderness in the lower abdomen, abundant pus-like lochia, subinvolution of the uterus are noted. The diagnosis of postpartum endometritis is based on clinical data confirmed by the results of ultrasound of…

postpartum thrombophlebitis

Postpartum Thrombophlebitis

Postpartum thrombophlebitis is an obstetric complication characterized by inflammation of the walls of the veins, thrombosis in the pelvis and lower extremities, developing in women after childbirth. The disease is manifested by an increase in body temperature, tachycardia, local pain. The diagnosis is made on the basis of anamnestic data, the results of a clinical…

postpartum psychosis

Postpartum Psychosis

Postpartum psychosis is an acute mental disorder that develops in the first weeks after childbirth. It is manifested by depression, insomnia, confusion, delusional ideas about the incurable disease of the child, delusions of persecution, hallucinations. The behavior of the patients becomes inadequate: they refuse to take care of the newborn, harm him, commit suicide attempts.…

Baby Blues

Baby blues is a form of psychoemotional disorders that appears a few days after childbirth. She is characterized by a depressed mood, apathy, a feeling of constant causeless anxiety. Some women feel guilty for their usual actions. Symptoms have different degrees of severity: from mild apathy to severe forms and thoughts of suicide. Diagnosis is…

Postpartum Obesity

Postpartum obesity is an endocrine-metabolic disorder that develops in women within 3-12 months after the birth of a child. The formation of postpartum obesity is associated with impaired hypothalamic function. The disease manifests itself progressively by weight gain, inulin resistance, the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, sometimes occurring with insulin deficiency. Later there are…

postpartum bleeding

Postpartum Bleeding

Postpartum bleeding is bleeding from the birth canal that occurs in the early or late postpartum period. Postpartum bleeding is most often a consequence of the main obstetric complication. The severity is determined by the amount of blood loss. Bleeding is diagnosed by examination of the birth canal, examination of the uterine cavity, ultrasound. Treatment…

postpartum cervical ulcer

Postpartum Cervical Ulcer

Postpartum cervical ulcer is a limited wound defect of the mucous membrane and underlying tissues of the cervix, which occurred at the site of internal postpartum ruptures or wounds. The course of postpartum cervical ulcer is characterized by a local infectious and inflammatory reaction, subfebrility, colpitis, vulvitis. Diagnosis of postpartum cervical ulcer is based on…