Women should not allow shyness or embarrassment to stop them from seeking medical help for gynaecological problems. -- Filepic
A new study in Britain indicates that a large number of young women aged 18 to 24 are refusing to see a doctor when they have gynaecological issues, simply because they can’t bring themselves to utter words like vagina, labia, vulva, discharge, and the like.
Even when in pain, they would rather consult Dr Google than talk to a healthcare provider. By doing so they put their lives at risk when life-threatening diseases like ovarian cancer go undetected. I wonder how many young Malaysian women feel the same way.
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