Woman’s Health & Contraception
Women’s health is a branch of medicine that focuses on the treatment and diagnosis of diseases and conditions that affect a woman’s physical and emotional well-being. We can deal with all common women’s health issues from early teens onwards. Our doctors are knowledgeable about hormone balance and bio identical hormones.
Our female General Practitioner can deal with the majority of women’s health and gynaecology issues including; routine PAP smears, irregular and heavy periods, hormone imbalance, menopause, infertility, premenstrual syndrome, PCOS, libido issues, pelvic pain, vaginal and sexually transmitted infections.
We can treat a wide range of hormone imbalance and deficiencies and offer bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for menopausal symptoms.
We offer preconception health checks which involve identifying health conditions and risk factors could affect a woman or her unborn baby if she becomes pregnant. We can also investigate and treat fertility issues.
Dr Salmond has an Advanced Family Planning Certificate and is very experienced in inserting intrauterine Contraceptive devices.
Common women’s health issues we investigate and treat
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Irregular and heavy periods
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Menopause
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Premenstrual syndrome
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
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Gynecological infections
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Sexually transmitted infections
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Intrauterine contraceptive device insertion and removal
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Libido issues
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Contraception
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Vaginal dryness
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Infertility
In addition, we offer
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Routine pap smears
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Breast checks
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Sexual health checks