Serious Sexual Health Symptoms for Women in Recovery

What’s normal for women and what may need a doctor’s attention. Women in recovery from alcoholism, addiction, gambling, co-dependency or other addictions may need to become aware again of sexual health or sexual ill-health symptoms. Here are six of the most common. For most women, a couple of irregular menstrual cycles or an occasional yeast infection are just a part of life — nothing that time or simple treatment won’t cure. Much of the time, pelvic pain, spotting, itching, and other symptoms don’t turn out to be serious. But some gynecological symptoms are mystifying, such as vaginal bleeding that always follows sex or unusual bumps or sores. Nevertheless, some symptoms can point to serious medical problems. No need to panic, but it’s smart to know when to get help.  1. Pelvic Pain When a woman has chronic pelvic pain, doctors will check for benign uterine fibroids and endometriosis. They will also look for pelvic inflammatory disease, which usually appears as a triad of pelvic pain, vaginal discharge, and fever. 2. Irregular Bleeding Abnormal bleeding may stem from multiple causes that aren’t serious, among them, perimenopause or uterine fibroids or polyps. 3. Abnormal Vaginal Discharge Abnormal symptoms include a strong odor; an unusually large amount of discharge; accompanying itching, burning, or irritation; unusual color; or blood in the discharge. 4. Itching Women may have itching without discharge, a problem that can be seen...
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