Castle Hill District Travel Medicine Clinic
Women have health issues which deserve special consideration. Today women's health is being viewed as a distinctive speciality. Dr Chhabra has a special interest and expertise in the management of women’s health.
Female Hormones
The sex hormones produced by the
ovaries are not only involved in the growth, maintenance and repair of the reproductive tissues but they influence other body tissues
and bone mass as well. This can be a problem for women who strive for lower body fat (for example, athletes, models, and ballerinas)
or for women with eating disorders. Women with low body fat often do not produce sufficient amounts of sex hormones. They can, therefore,
experience a cessation of menstruation, osteoporosis (porous bones), and fractures.
Menopause
After menopause, a woman's body produces
less of the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone. Symptoms of the menopausal transition can be troubling for some women. In such cases help is available in the form of herbs, homeopathics and bio-identical hormones to help with hot flushes, sleep disturbance
,mood swings and a plethora of other symptoms.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) can be considered
to be a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). More…
Cancer in women
Certain cancers are of specific concern to women. More…
Bio-identical
hormone replacement therapy (BHRT)
BHRT refers to the treatment of symptoms of menopause using hormones that are molecularly identical to endogenous hormones. More…