17/08/2020

COVID-19 Pregnancy Research Produces Reassuring Results

Recent research into COVID-19 cases in pregnant women has demonstrated reassuring results. Despite the overall fear and confusion that the pandemic has caused, there have been relatively few maternal deaths in patients afflicted with a coronavirus strain….

23/07/2020

Vaginal Soreness And Vaginal Dryness After Intercourse

Sex is often one of life’s most pleasurable activities. However, for some women, the enjoyment they gain from sexual intercourse is limited by vaginal soreness and dryness following sex. This can impact the sex life of you…

12/06/2020

Overactive Pelvic Floors and Treatment

Pelvic pain is a common condition that affects 1 in 5 women and 1 in 12 men. Pelvic floor dysfunction can lead to pelvic pain and, if left untreated, poor pelvic health. Overactive pelvic floor muscles (PFM…

13/05/2020

Endometriosis Part 3

I’ve talked about the possible causes of endometriosis, the signs and symptoms as well as the ways to diagnose it. Today I’m going to focus on why we manage it and how. The two reasons we treat…

13/05/2020

Endometriosis Part 2- Deep Endometriosis Ultrasound

Last week I said that my next post would be about diagnosing endometriosis on ultrasound. I would firstly like to point out that a laparoscopy (key hole surgery) with a biopsy is still the gold standard of…

03/05/2020

Endometriosis Part 1

Some of you may have seen the episode of “Insight” last week about Endometriosis. I thought it was a good time to start writing about it. This topic will be discussed in a number of parts due…