There are some of the diseases, which are peculiar to females. Of them, the chief disorders are connected with menstruation, discharge, or white liquid laced with pus, diseases connected with pregnancy and childbirth, prolapse of the uterus, infertility, and frigidity.
Menstruation is a periodic change occurring in females. It is also seen in some higher apes, which consist of discharge of blood from the cavity of the womb. It begins between the ages of twelve to thirteen years in warm climates and later in cold regions. The duration of each menstrual period varies slightly from 28 to 30 days. The menstrual flow stops when a woman becomes pregnant, and stops completely around the age of forty-four or fifty years when it is known as the menopause or the grand climacteric.
The two main disorders relating to menstruation can be mentioned as amenorrhoea i.e. nashtartava, dysmenorrhoea i.e. kashtartava, and menorrhagia or metrorrhagia.
