Family planning Supporting a friend or family member Understanding the news Zika Virus Advances in surgery

1. WOMEN’S HEALTH
AVocabulary Guide For Men

2. Why do MEN need to know about
WOMEN’S health?
• Family planning
• Supporting a friend or family member
• Understanding the news
• ZikaVirus
• Advances in surgery

3. Women’s HealthTerms
Gynecology
• The study of the female reproductive
systems and any related injuries,
illnesses or diseases
Gynecologist
• A physician that specializes in
women’s health
• Particularly in the diseases of the
female genital tract, uterus, fallopian
tubes, ovaries, cervix, vagina, and
vulva

4. Women’s HealthTerms
Obstetrics
• The study of pregnancy, childbirth,
and postpartum period which
involves the care of women during
and after pregnancy
OB-GYN
• An abbreviation used to describe a
medical specialty that focuses on
obstetrics and gynecology

5. Women’s HealthTerms
Hysterectomy
• A surgery to remove a woman’s
uterus, or womb
• The doctor may also remove the
fallopian tubes and ovaries
Breast Cancer
• An uncontrolled growth in the
breasts cells that develops into a
malignant tumor
• This disease mostly occurs in women,
but has a 1-6% chance of occurring in
men

6. Women’s HealthTerms
Menopause
• The period in a woman’s life in which
there is a permanent cessation of
menstruation
• Usually develops between ages 40
through 50
• May occur earlier if a woman has a
hysterectomy. Such cases are
referred to as “surgical menopause”
Cystocele
• A prolapsed or dropped bladder and
occurs when the wall between a
woman’s bladder and her vagina is
torn during childbirth
• Also known as, anterior prolapse

7. Institute for
Women’s Health
If you or your loved ones need help with a
women’s health concern, please reach out
to the Institute forWomen’s Health in San
Antonio,Texas.