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Could we please have a gynae/women's health section?

113 replies

Graphista · 07/06/2018 14:44

I was surprised to find recently when wanting to start a thread on issues surrounding difficulty getting referrals/diagnosis that there isn't a women's health/gynae section.

I know there's a 'family planning' section but many gynae issues cause infertility/inability to stay pregnant so people with these issues may not want to be dealing with seeing that title or using that section?

Plus there's so much more to women's health than pregnancy/fertility.

OP posts:
CurlyWurlyTwirly · 09/06/2018 06:37

Definitely! Great suggestion op

LoveProsecco · 09/06/2018 06:32

Great idea!

TinkyWinkyStoleMyHandbag · 09/06/2018 01:08

Great idea.

IamXXHearMeRoar · 09/06/2018 00:57

yup

CarpeVitam · 08/06/2018 20:53

Absolutely!

Jellylover · 08/06/2018 20:48

Definite yes from me

Dragonlight · 08/06/2018 20:45

Yes please!

Original poster
Graphista · 08/06/2018 20:43

trolls turn up anyway, they're soon got rid of aren't they?

OP posts:
Wassat · 08/06/2018 18:50

Yes!

Sagegreen · 08/06/2018 18:47

Yes good idea

Tumilnaughts · 08/06/2018 18:38

I would use it!

silver1977 · 08/06/2018 17:52

Yes please

SinisterBumFacedCat · 08/06/2018 17:47

Here's the current list. I think gynae issues would have significantly more traffic than swine flu

Could we please have a gynae/women's health section?
SinisterBumFacedCat · 08/06/2018 17:35

about I started a thread in AIBU about exactly this last year and was largely told "no" as it was a magnet for trolls and perverts. Also that it could easily be fit into the current sections, however I think there is currently an overlap with General Health/family planning/menopause, but those sections are either so specific or broad that it would be difficult for women with sexual health to find information.

So yes, yes please!

YellowRubberDucky · 08/06/2018 17:26

Good idea!

winterinmadeira · 08/06/2018 17:25

Yes please. I work in health service and this would be v relevant to me

bluebird3 · 08/06/2018 17:25

Yes please!

ExpectedItemInTheBraggingArea · 08/06/2018 17:22

I'm interested. Thanks for this!

ladyandthechocolate · 08/06/2018 16:57

@graphista
Endo won’t specifically cause disc prolapse but there may be an indirect link in 2 ways.
1- you may just be predisposed to having less robust discs. Unfortunately some people are in a way that some people have endo and some don’t. There may be a link but we cannot be sure. So fact that you have endo might make you more likely to have crappy discs but it’s not a direct cause and effect.
2- because endo is such a horrid thing to have it can mean people are less active or move differently compared to if you didn’t have it and your pelvic floor and core muscles might not be quite as supportive and ‘active’. This could be a factor but isn’t necessarily so.
HTH Smile

colouringinagain · 08/06/2018 10:44

Yes please

Theycouldhavechoseneve · 08/06/2018 10:43

Great idea

regularbutpanickingabit · 08/06/2018 10:42

Most definitely. Am currently looking for advice and more hesitant about blocking up a general health board.

Sweets123 · 08/06/2018 08:33

Yes please

hippospot · 08/06/2018 08:31

Definitely interested. I've often looked for PMS and it can fall in family planning or menopause. Neither is entirely relevant.

smashhits90s · 08/06/2018 08:25

Absolutely