Women’s Health
Advanced care for women’s health issues
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Primary Care Services for Women
The Women’s Health Center at Healthcare Associates (HCA) provides primary care and mental health care for all people who identify as women. You can access a full range of care for every stage of your life.
We focus on preventing, screening for, diagnosing and managing conditions or illnesses more common or serious in women.
Conditions We Treat
At HCA, we respect every woman as an individual. We know that you have your own cultural, emotional, medical and social needs. We coordinate your care to provide the planning and treatment you need to stay healthy.
Our areas of expertise include these and others:
- Breast health
- Cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention
- Contraception and family planning options such as birth control
- Headache prevention and management
- Health and wellness for women with disabilities
- Incontinence and pelvic floor problems
- Medical complications during pregnancy
- Menopausal symptoms (hot flashes, vaginal dryness)
- Mental health care
- Metabolic disorders (polycystic ovary syndrome)
- Osteopenia and osteoporosis
- Primary care for cancer survivors
- Reproductive issues
- Routine gynecologic care
- Safer sex and treatment of sexually transmitted infections
- Sexual satisfaction and problems with sexual function
- Urologic and gynecologic conditions
- Vulvovaginal conditions (recurrent vaginitis, vulvodynia, vestibulitis)
- Weight management (pre- and post-gastric bypass surgery care)
Center for Women’s Sexual Health
Many people who identify as women may experience a sexual health concern at some point in their life. At the HCA Center for Women’s Sexual Health, we work with you — and if appropriate, your partner –—to evaluate your condition and find the right treatment.
We care for you in a discreet environment where you feel comfortable discussing your symptoms and situation. Our care team includes doctors, nurse practitioners and mental health specialists.
If you are living with sexual dysfunction, your doctor may refer you to the BIDMC Center for Intimate Health & Wellness. Many sexual function conditions are related to underlying medical, biological and lifestyle conditions. Our sexual health experts know how to treat and manage these conditions.
Women may experience sexual disfunction during distinct life transitions or after an illness. Here are examples:
- After cancer treatment for breast, ovarian and uterine cancers
- After pelvic surgery or trauma, such as childbirth injury or a hysterectomy
- During and after menopause
- During pregnancy, after childbirth and while breastfeeding
- Mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression
- Neurological impairment from illness or trauma
- Taking antidepressants, oral contraceptives and other medicines
- Vascular problems related to diabetes and heart disease
Physiological conditions and relationship issues also impact sexual health. Your care team makes a diagnosis and finds the right treatment.
Physiological conditions we address:
- Aversion to sexual activities
- Difficulty achieving orgasm
- Difficulty getting aroused
- Low sexual desire
- Never having had an orgasm
- Pain during sexual activities
- Persistent sexual arousal
Personal and relationship concerns we treat:
- Body image
- Communication with partner
- Fear of inadequacy
- Fear of intimacy
- Negotiating safer sex
- Self-worth and self-esteem
- Sexual trauma history
Our sexual health care team offers a full range of treatments:
- Comprehensive medical and psychological evaluation
- Diagnostic testing (blood tests, blood flow testing, sensation testing)
- Mental health counseling for you, you and your partner, or as part of a group
- Referrals to specialists, including physical therapists and sex therapists when needed
