“Annuale’s not for everyone. Do not take if you are using MAIO Inhibitors or if your occupation requires you to operate heavy machinery. Do not take Annuale if you ever plan to become pregnant, as it may turn your baby into a firemonster. In the days around your period, you may develop a leathery tail. […]
First of all, I apologize for luring you into reading this, based on false pretences. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as screening for ovarian cancer. But there is a lot that gynecologists want you to know and much that you may find interesting, so please read on. It is understandable that one would expect […]
I think it is a good thing that women do not need to see a doctor for every ailment, that they can self-diagnose and treat with over-the-counter medications. But sometimes, self-diagnosis leads to the wrong treatment and worsening symptoms. Case in point: chronic yeast infections. Yes, there are definitely women who have frequent and recurrent […]
There are a lot of urban medical myths that are passed down from one generation of medical students to the next. Allegedly, a patient once listed “Fireballs of the Eucharist” as the reason for her visit with a gynecologist. There is an inner (very immature) child in me that thinks of this phrase and (internally) […]
It’s a common scenario: A young woman goes to the Emergency Room with pelvic pain. She’s told that it must be Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (a condition often caused by an untreated STI), but she’s monogamous and has no risk factors or fever. She’s treated with antibiotics but all of her cultures come back negative and […]
You need an IUD. Trust me, I’m a doctor. IUDS ARE 99% EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING PREGNANCY, MORE EFFECTIVE THAN BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AND WAY, WAY MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CONDOMS. They are also very reversible: your hormones and fertility go back to baseline within a day or two. Okay, obviously this post does not apply to […]
I was a teen in the 80s, and I remember a Time Magazine cover from 1982 that referred to herpes as the modern “Scarlet Letter.” Many of my younger patients don’t recall the intense stigma associated with herpes. Heck, they don’t recall that HIV used to be a death sentence. Times have changed, thank God! […]
