Blog1 -What health issues are you most concerned about?

As women we have number of issues to worry about. Few things that pop into my head are breast health, ovary health, and uterus health. Other major issues include cholesterol, osteoporosis, blood pressure, obesity and diabetes. I personally am more concerned with ovary health, uterus health, osteoporosis and obesity.

Ovary and uterus health seem to interlink with each other in the sense that all is in one place and can spread either direction. For example, if HPV is not caught in time it can turn into cervical cancer, and ovarian cancer in many ways effects uterus. After having several issues with uterus at young age along with ovarian cyst, I was encouraged to get educated about my own body. Women’s health is important because if we are not educated then how we to prevent issues that can indeed help save a life.

My other concern as a woman is obesity and osteoporosis. Naturally women care a higher percentage of body fat because we are the once who get pregnant. Its body’s natural way to keep the baby inside protected. We also gain extra pounds during pregnancy to insure baby has sufficient amount of fluids and thermal balance. Don’t quote me because this is all from my general knowledge and not deeply researched. Few extra stored up fat is okay but excess fat on the other hand can lead to many numbers of issues. It is understandable that women have lesser number of lean body mass and it takes longer to lose that baby fat or just few extra pounds from the holidays. That is why it creates a greater attention not just in women but obesity in general. The obesity rates are growing daily. But since women are more likely to suffer from osteoporosis, we should be concerned with weight issues. When you are overweight, it creates greater pressure and stress on your bones. Along with overweight, number of other issues occur such as blood pressure and diabetes which then allows even low ability to stay healthy and keep up the immune system.

I spoke to three women about some of these concerns that I have and I wanted to see if their concerns were the same or if they had few extras since they are different in age. My friend Claudia is 32 years old who works full time and has two young kids. Her concern was obesity. Her Hispanic back ground doesn’t offer healthy choices. She told me that it’s harder to cook everyday with full time job. She was not only concerned for her weight but also her children since on the run they end up eating easy junk food. She felt like fast food restaurants should have more healthy options. I agreed with her because I am part time student and I work full time. It might not seem a lot but all of that is time consuming and without planning meals weekly, weight can accumulate. My husband’s grandmother who is 71 years old had little bit different issue. She was more concerned with cholesterol. She told me it affects her heart, arteries, and even her oxygen. She is on different medications to help her lower it. My friend Christina is 24 and is pregnant with her second child.  She is concerned about diet related illness like diabetes and high blood pressure. To my surprise, their concerns were similar. At different ages and stages of women’s lives, the concerns vary but they are still similar in nature.