OBGYN in Greensboro, Femina Womens Center
Preventative Health


 At The Femina Women's Center, we believe in keeping women healthy. Regular preventive health screenings are important in achieving overall wellness. Problems can be discovered early or even avoided.  Preventive health care includes exams, screening tests and immunizations.  Certain signs and symptoms are age specific.

 As part of routine screening or annual visits, you will be asked questions about your health.  A physical exam is performed. A pap test is recommended for women age 21 years or older.  For younger girls, a pap test should be performed 3 years after the first sexual experience.

Other tests to be performed are suggested for women in specific age groups i.e., screenings for sexually transmitted infections, colorectal cancer screenings, glucose testing, lipid profile assessment, thyroid hormone screening and bone density screening. Routine immunizations may be offered as well i.e., TDAP, hepatitis B, human papilloma virus (Gardasil®), meningococcal vaccine, herpes zoster and the flu vaccine.

                               Healthy lifestyle choices and habits are key to promoting good health.  A basic approach includes:
                                         •  A well balanced diet                                                       •  Avoid tobacco use
                                         •  Regular exercise                                                            •  Limit alcohol intake
                                         •  Avoid recreational drugs                                               •  Safety practices i.e, seat belt use
                                         •  Practices to avoid skin cancer                                     •  Regular eye exams
                                         •  Regular dental care                                                       •  Self-breast exams 

At Femina Women’s Center we have taken the time to ensure that when you visit us online, we can be a major resource for you and your entire health care needs. We have done a lot of research online to provide you with information all in one place.  Femina Women’s Center wants to be a major resource for you and take care of all your health care needs and concerns.

Within our site you will find helpful links to articles, guidelines and/or checklists that you can use at your disposal all in one location. If the word you scroll over is in italics or highlighted, it is hyperlinked to take you to the information you need once you click on it with your mouse. Throughout our whole site we make it easy for you to get exactly what you need; we know that your time is valuable.

Femina Women’s Center specializes in all areas of preventative women's health to keep you optimized, feeling good, and healthy. To learn more about preventative measures download this PDF form from The Department of Health & Human Services.

Cervical Cancer
To learn more about preventative measures download this PDF form from the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention. Dr.

STDs/ HPV
HPV /Human Papillomavirus or STDs are the most common sexually transmitted infection.To learn more about preventative measures download this PDF form from The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gardasil®
It is finally here ladies! A vaccine to help prevent certain STDs.  It is given as three injections over six months .

Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)
To learn more about preventative measures check out this article on women’s health. We can help you control this at Femina Women’s Center, it does NOT control you.

Pregnancy Health
For a complete guideline and breakdown of preventative care while pregnant and/or for healthy adults, click on the link here to read this PDF form from Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Staying Healthy At Any Age
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force provide this comprehensive stay healthy at any age checklist that you can view here.

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Menopause or Menopausal Management Femina Women's Center Preventative health
It’s that time in your life when your body can’t decide whether it is hot or cold or your mood swings act like a pendulum and don’t need any more momentum. At Femina Women’s Center we know that this is a roller coaster ride not worth the wait to ride! We will help guide you through all the changes you will face, physical, physiological and psychological. When you approach Menopause there are many different aspects that your body will face.:
  • your sex drive drops
  • personality factors and psychosocial development changes may occur
  • your Estrogen and Progestogen levels change
  • menstruation changes and stops
  • sleep can be disrupted
  • your skin, hair, mouth or eye changes
  • headaches
  • urinary concerns
  • osteoporosis

When you come in to your appointed time to visit one of our physicians, please  feel free to fill out this menopausal form created by The North America Menopause Society. Together we will make the roller coaster ride a swift and safe one! There is no way to avoid the bumps and steep peaks that menopause will cause. So it is important to address these changes that your body is undergoing and allow professional qualified physicians like those at Femina Women’s Center guide you through it. We are here to help and understand every stage you are going through; it is our specialty.

Hysterectomy
At Femina Women’s Center we perform hysterectomies as well as alternative surgical /nonsurgical treatments. Hysterectomy is an operation to remove a woman's uterus. The uterus is the place where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. Sometimes, the ovaries and fallopian tubes also are taken out. Hysterectomies are very common - one in three women in the United States has had one by age 60.

Reasons to have a hysterectomy include:

  • endometrial hyperplasia with atypia, an overgrowth of the uterine lining in which uterine cells contain precancerous changes
  • cancer of the uterus, ovaries or fallopian tubes
  • genital prolapse, in which the ligaments that support pelvic structures like the uterus weaken and the organs drop
  • invasive cervical cancer
  • colon or bladder cancer that has spread to the uterus
  • uncontrollable bleeding after childbirth
  • Chronic pelvic pain; surgery can be a last resort
  • Fibroids
  • Endometriosis not cured by medicine or surgery?                                                                                         

◊ Asking the right questions of your doctor can help improve your care. 
◊ Check out this public service announcement video from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
◊ Guide on preventing Osteoporosis That Help Prevent Broken Bones, from The U.S. department of Health and Human Services.
◊ “An Apple a Day Will Keep The Doctor Away.”  Here you will find tips for women who want to lead a healthy life from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.    

 
  
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