Womens Reproductive Health
There is a lot of information about womens reproductive health to be found on the internet and you can also find a lot of information in your local library or your doctors office or clinic. Women”s reproductive health involves many different subjects. There are health problems involving diseases, cancer, viruses, cysts, tumors, stds (sexually transmitted diseases), infections (such as yeast infection), pregnancy, pre mature birth, miscarriages, fertility problems, and many more. Woman’s reproductive health is studied by the Center of Disease Control and is primarily research on contraception, fertility, infertility, and diseases. This research is to improve women’s health and to prevent disease transmission.
In order to have a healthy, safe motherhood, it begins with a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle. This means no smoking or drinking and eating a healthy diet such as fruits, vegetables, milk products, fish, grains. These foods should be low on sugars and fat and it is best if they can be organic foods. Organic foods do not contain chemicals such as pesticides or herbicides or harmful additives that processed foods contain. The fresher the foods, the better. There is a new food diet pyramid that has been released that is much healthier for us, according to scientists and researchers. This new pyramid diet is not like the seven basic food groups that we learned about in health class years ago. Many of the foods in the old pyramid have been eliminated. The new pyramid may be better for the woman who is planning on having a family. Every woman wants the best for her children and their health is very important to them. The health of the child begins in the womb. What the mother puts into her body affects the baby whether good or bad. This is important for the woman to remember while pregnant.
There has been a decrease in pregnancy in teens over the past ten years. The pregnancy rate of girls between the ages of 15 to 17 has decreased 42% . In 2002 there were more than 750,000 pregnancies among United States teens between the ages of 15 to 19. This resulted in 425,000 live births, 215,000 abortions, and 117,000 miscarriages. Compared to international comparisons, there is more that the United States needs to do to prevent teen pregnancy and birth rates. The United States rates second in teen pregnancies among 46 countries. There should be a way improve these statistics without so many abortions. It is a shame that a baby has to be killed because someone did not use birth control protection.
Other women’s health concerns are cancer, cysts, tumors, menopause, menstruation problems, and more. While there has been an advance in science which has improved the way doctors treat women’s health problems, there is still much room for improvement and a lot of questions yet to be answered.
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