What departments are there for reproductive health

At present, in the domestic public medical system, the conventional departments related to reproductive health mainly include the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Gynecology, Andrology, Urology, Dermatology and Venereology, as well as the reproductive health department dedicated to the maternal and child health care system. Some private consumer medical institutions will also set up corresponding departments related to private plastic surgery and reproductive anti-aging.

Many people don’t know which number to sign up for when encountering related problems for the first time. In fact, there is no need to be too entangled, just choose according to your needs. No matter what the problem is, grab the most popular reproductive medicine number. Not long ago, when I was rotating in the reproductive clinic, I met a girl who just wanted to have a routine pre-pregnancy check-up, and it took her three weeks to get registered. In fact, she had no history of infertility or adverse pregnancy, and the gynecology department of an ordinary community hospital could do the check-up, so there was no need to join in the fun. Generally, only those who have been preparing for pregnancy for more than a year but have not become pregnant, and who need assisted reproductive procedures such as ovulation induction, artificial insemination, and in vitro fertilization, need to go to the reproductive medicine department. Moreover, this department supports the same diagnosis for men and women. Couples can evaluate their fertility together by signing up for one appointment, which saves them the trouble of visiting separate departments.

If you have no fertility-related needs, but just ordinary reproductive system discomfort, such as vulvar itching, abnormal leucorrhea, and abnormal non-menstrual bleeding in women, general gynecology can completely handle it; if men have problems such as erectile dysfunction, glans inflammation, and scrotal swelling, you can go to men's department or urology department. Many grassroots hospitals do not have separate men's departments, and urology department covers such diagnosis and treatment needs.

There are also special situations that many people will encounter: after having high-risk sexual behaviors, if they are worried about contracting sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and genital warts, they can just go to the dermatology and venereal disease department. There was a young man who was found to have a small rash on his genitals after he was in high risk. The more he searched Baidu at home, the more he became afraid. It took him half a month to dare to come to the hospital, and he went around a lot to find the right department. In fact, these infectious diseases related to sexual contact are the routine diagnosis and treatment scope of the dermatology and venereology department. The clinics are all one-to-one treatment, and privacy protection is in place, so there is no need to be embarrassed.

If a child at home has problems such as precocious puberty or abnormal development of the reproductive system, in addition to pediatric endocrinology, you can also consider going to the reproductive health department of a maternal and child health hospital. This type of department usually deals with many groups of women, children, and teenagers. When dealing with such problems, it will pay more attention to the child's psychological feelings, the consultation method will not be too blunt, and the child will be more accepting.

Finally, I would like to mention that many private institutions now promote "reproductive anti-aging departments" and "private plastic surgery departments", which are not within the scope of routine diagnosis and treatment of public medical services. There is still some controversy in the industry about the indication boundaries of such projects. Many institutions are over-marketed, such as packaging ordinary vaginal inflammation examinations that cost tens of dollars as "reproductive health assessments" and selling them for thousands of dollars. If there is relevant consumer demand, be sure to verify the professional qualifications of the institution and the doctor first, and don't be fooled into doing unnecessary projects.