Women’s Health: Knowledge and Nutrition to Last a Lifetime

Welcome to VÄXA's Women's Health Section! Let us help you maintain, improve, or regain an overall vitality, self-confidence, and peace of mind about your health. From vitamin supplements for women to explanations of chronic illnesses, VÄXA's products and information are here to empower women of all ages and backgrounds.

The saying "men are from Mars, women are from Venus" rings especially true when it comes to health. Men and women have very different health needs and suffer from illnesses and diseases in very different ways. For women, complications due to hormones, anatomy, pregnancy, and more can all arise.

Women are particularly prone to mood disorders and psychological problems that men may not experience or are far less likely to suffer from. Anxiety, hormonal imbalances, depression, and more may cause women to have different health needs than men, and these should be handled with the specific patient in mind.

Aside from the fact that women suffer from common conditions differently than men, issues specific to the female gender can also cause problems. Menopause, menstrual problems (like PMS and PMDD), pregnancy complications (including post-partum depression), yeast infections, and much more all plague women worldwide and require specialized care and treatments.

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Women have a host of health concerns specific to the female body that aren't an issue for men. As a result, women have special requirements, and if we ignore them, we may find ourselves amid a barrage of prescription medicine which could have been avoided.

VÄXA provides a natural and targeted approach to many women's health issues. Armed with information and natural remedies, you'll have to the power to confront common feminine ailments such as a chronic yeast infection or urinary tract infection (UTI). Below you’ll find some information about these conditions that may help you understand what causes them, how to avoid them, and what types of natural remedies may help you to fight them.

A yeast infection, also called Candidiasis, occurs when the fungi Candida overgrows. This type of yeast lives on our body and thrives in warm, moist areas, which is why vaginal yeast infections are especially common for women. In fact, it is estimated that 75 percent of women experience a yeast infection at some point in their lives. Symptoms include vaginal burning, itching, pain during intercourse, pain while urinating, and white discharge. There are a variety of things that could cause a yeast infection to occur, including:

• Hormonal changes in the body, such as those during pregnancy or your menstrual period
• Taking birth control pills, steroids, and certain antibiotics
• A lack of sleep and/or increased stress levels

It's possible to greatly reduce your chances of developing a yeast infection by eating a healthy diet, wearing cotton underwear, and maintaining healthy yeast levels in your body via diet.

A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is another ailment that is extremely common in women. It is a bacterial infection that affects the urinary tract, and is more common in women than in men because a female's urethra is shorter and closer to the anus and its bacteria, and because females don't have secretions from the prostate that fight bacteria. Symptoms include pain or pressure in the lower abdomen, cloudy urine, pain while urinating, and an urge to urinate frequently. Certain factors can increase the likelihood of developing a urinary tract infection, including:

• Frequent sexual intercourse
• The use of contraceptives like diaphragms
• The use of gel or foam spermicides during sex
• Estrogen loss due to menopause

You can reduce your risk of developing a UTI by wearing cotton underwear, drinking plenty of water, avoiding douching, drinking no-sugar-added cranberry juice (clears bacteria away from the walls of your bladder), and maintaining a healthy pH balance in your body.