Women's health needs care

Chronic stress, poor nutrition, poor environment - these and other factors negatively affect the woman's body. doctors know how to preserve women's health and share their professional secrets.

Once a year - to the gynecologist!

Rule one: visit a gynecologist at least once a year. This will allow timely detection of diseases and prevent their development. A visit to a specialist is also good for preventive purposes. Gynecologist Natalya Guseva insists on this.

- Erosion of the cervix is ​​one of the most common diagnoses. Many women ignore it and live their lives calmly, not paying attention to the symptoms. What can this lead to in the future?

The fact is that cervical erosion (or rather, ectopia) in young women can be normal. In this case, no treatment is required. However, it is necessary when it comes to the infection of the cervix with human papillomaviruses (oncogenic strains). Against this background, there is a high probability of developing more serious changes - dysplasia. It can be both mild (asymptomatic) and severe, up to the formation of malignant erosion. To treat erosion or not, only a gynecologist can decide. This is why it is so important to visit this specialist regularly.

- What method of contraception is the safest and safest for health?

- Of course, this is a barrier method (condoms). A wide selection of the pharmaceutical industry allows the doctor to choose the drug for each woman based on the characteristics of her body. As for hormonal drugs, I do not recommend starting them on your own: first, the doctor must study their compatibility with your body.

- What break do you recommend between pregnancies?

- The optimal break is 2-3 years. During this time, the female body manages to recover and prepare for bearing a child.

Are your legs swollen? There is a solution!

Summer is a real test for women's legs. Swelling, calluses and other troubles, it would seem, are inevitable in hot weather. But surgeon-phlebologist Sunita Shah is sure: with the right approach, you can get rid of these problems.

- Why do legs swell more in summer than at other times of the year, and what are the ways to deal with it?

- There are several reasons. In hot weather, people drink more fluids. An excess of fluid is deposited in soft tissues, resulting in swelling. Another reason is tight shoes, shoes with heels or wedges. It provokes deformation of the foot, disrupts blood circulation, contributing to the occurrence of edema. The third reason is the heavy load on the legs in the summer. Many women work in summer cottages and spend a lot of time in one position while cultivating vegetable gardens. At the same time, blood circulation in the legs becomes abnormal and a water imbalance occurs. Swelling appears.

If leg swelling bothers you only occasionally, for a reason you know, there are effective ways to get rid of it. Warm baths with sea salt help well. I also recommend doing a light self-massage: in the direction of the lymph flow, move your hands from the bottom to the top of the leg - as if you were "driving away" the liquid. It is better to sleep with the cushion under the lower limbs: the legs should be above the head. By morning, there will be no trace of puffiness.

If the puffiness becomes chronic, you need to see a doctor. He will determine the cause and recommend how to fix the problem.

- Women face another problem - varicose veins. How to deal with it?

- If symptoms of varicose veins are found, the first thing to do is to visit a phlebologist. Modern high-quality diagnostics necessarily include ultrasound examination of the venous system of the lower extremities. Based on the ultrasound data, the doctor will select the optimal treatment for you - echo-controlled sclerotherapy of the great veins, microsclerotherapy, endovenous laser obliteration (EVLO), compression therapy. All of them effectively cope with varicose veins