What This Service Includes
This is a complete women's health consultation, carried out at primary-care level by doctors registered with the Portuguese Medical Association. Our doctors assess the complete clinical picture — medical history, hormonal profile, lifestyle factors, and current symptoms — and advise on the most appropriate management based on the findings.
This service is for women's health issues at primary-care level. For acute illness or sudden symptoms, our GP Consultation may be more appropriate. For ongoing chronic disease management, see our Family and General Medicine Consultation.
Situations Commonly Assessed
Contraception and Reproductive Health
- Contraception assessment and ongoing review — combined pill, mini-pill, patch, ring, injectable, and non-hormonal options
- Contraception-related side effects and their management
- Pre-conception advice and planning
- Fertility concerns — initial assessment and referral when indicated
Hormonal Health
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) — diagnostic support, management, and monitoring
- Endometriosis — symptom management and referral coordination
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
- Irregular, heavy, or painful menstrual cycles
- Hormonal imbalance affecting mood, weight, energy, and skin
- Thyroid conditions — particularly relevant to women's hormonal health
Menopause and Perimenopause
- Perimenopause assessment and symptom management
- Menopause — hot flushes, sleep disturbance, mood changes, cognitive symptoms
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — assessment, initiation, and ongoing review, at the doctor's discretion
- Post-menopausal health and long-term wellbeing
Sexual Health
- Reduced libido and hormonal contributors
- Vaginal dryness and discomfort — assessment and management
- Pain during intercourse — clinical assessment and referral when indicated
- Sexual dysfunction with a hormonal or psychological basis
General Women's Health
- Urinary tract infections and recurrent UTIs
- Breast health concerns and referral when indicated
- Cervical screening questions and referral coordination
- Hormone-related skin and hair issues — acne, hair loss, hirsutism
- Women's mental health — anxiety, depression, and postpartum mood issues
- Weight management with a hormonal or metabolic basis
- Preventive care and health screening relevant to women
What Your Consultation Includes
Complete Clinical Assessment. Your doctor carries out a detailed review of your medical history, current symptoms, menstrual and reproductive history, medication, hormonal indicators, and lifestyle factors — building a complete clinical picture tailored to your specific concerns.
Hormonal and Metabolic Assessment. Women's health symptoms often have hormonal or metabolic roots that go unnoticed in standard acute consultations. Your doctor assesses the complete hormonal picture when relevant — including thyroid function, reproductive hormones, and metabolic indicators.
Personalised Clinical Management Plan. Based on the assessment, your doctor advises on the appropriate next steps — which may include lifestyle recommendations, referral for tests or specialist assessment, clinical recommendations at the doctor's professional discretion, or coordination of ongoing care.
Referral and Care Coordination. When gynaecology, endocrinology, or other specialist support is needed, your doctor advises clearly and coordinates the referral to the appropriate service — ensuring continuity between primary and specialist care.
Ongoing Care Pathway. When your condition requires structured long-term management — hormonal conditions, PCOS, endometriosis, or menopause — your doctor advises on the most suitable ongoing care pathway.
Why Women's Health Deserves This Consultation
Women's health conditions are chronically underdiagnosed and undertreated. Endometriosis takes, on average, several years to be diagnosed. PCOS affects one in ten women and is often undetected or poorly managed. Perimenopause symptoms are routinely attributed to anxiety or stress. Hormonal contributors to mood, weight, skin, and energy are consistently underassessed in standard acute consultations.
A dedicated women's health consultation exists precisely because these conditions require clinical time, hormonal literacy, and a doctor who addresses your symptoms with the full context of women's health — not a 15-minute acute consultation designed for a respiratory infection.
A Note on Confidentiality
Women's health issues — particularly those involving contraception, sexual health, hormonal conditions, and menopause — are among the most personal medical topics you can discuss. Our consultations are carried out by encrypted video call, in full compliance with Portuguese and European data protection law. Your records are not shared without your explicit consent, and your consultation is completely private.
Why Choose Our Care
Doctors registered with the Portuguese Medical Association. All assessments are carried out by doctors registered with the Portuguese Medical Association, at standard primary-care clinical level — the same standard you would receive at an in-person consultation.
Same-day and advance appointments. Available the same day for situations requiring a quick response, or by advance booking for scheduled reviews — because women's healthcare should fit your life, not the other way around.
Completely confidential. Encrypted video call, strict data protection compliance, and complete clinical privacy. No receptionists, no waiting rooms, no one who knows your name at the door.
Hormonal literacy. Our doctors approach women's health with the clinical depth it requires — including assessment of hormonal, metabolic, psychological, and lifestyle contributors often overlooked in standard consultations.
Multilingual. Consultations available in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Czech, and Romanian — particularly relevant for the international and expat female population in Portugal, who often face additional barriers to accessing women's healthcare in a new country.
