Women's health taboos

I can't think of anything I would not be willing to discuss with my family, my GP or indeed anyone else who brought a subject up. I live in a medical family and no-one is bashful about anything. My DD's descriptions of attempting a manual removal of faeces were pretty graphic!

The request from Sky seems pretty darned vague to me!

Actually, I don't think I would want to discuss constipation with the doc. But there again, we don't need to. We've got the internet. It's all there. We are all doctors these days. (Only about minor problems, of course)

I suffer from awful problems with my colon and have become completely inured to discussing these in minute and intimate detail with various GPs and hospital medics over the years, and have had to endure various tests and examinations in an attempt to resolve the issues.
So, no, I don't think there are any health issues that could possibly be a taboo for me!

Prunes.

Constipation can normally be alleviated by a drinking plenty of water and having a diet including lots of fruit and vegetables.

I do think it makes a difference if your GP is a woman too. I'd be happy to discuss any health problems with mine but would feel less comfortable doing the same with a male doctor. It may be silly, but a lot of women feel that way.

I think incontinence is a taboo and especially faecal incontinence. For patients it is incredibly difficult to manage and to come to terms with particularly because the NHS products available are barely adequate.

I don't think the menopause is so difficult for women to discuss, and in my experience men just don't understand it. Full stop. Unless they go on hormone therapy for prostate problems, then they do have some insight.

Why would menopause and the like be thought sensitive subjects.

I think we should discuss hard poo on here. And what we do to alleviate it. (Dulcoease or Fybogel anyone?)

Enlighten the dim one here.Why would you be asked to do that ?

I have never thought of menopause being a taboo subject and I have discussed it many times on these forums. For me personally I find it very hard (no pun intended) to talk about constipation and wee. I am not a prude (quite the contrary) and it probably stems from my upbringing but I find it difficult to discuss these problems with anyone, including my DH and GP and quite often suffer in silence.