WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: Do you get menstrual cramps during exercise?

Re: Do you get menstrual cramps during exercise?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 09:34:06 -0500 (CDT)

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FWIW, I've not seen any medical literature describing or evaluating this complaint.

HSM

At Sat, 9 Jun 2001, courtney wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I have read several women's accounts of the same symptoms and no one in
>the medical profession (that I have found thus far) seems to know what
>causes this or have a solution for it. I am including my contact
>information, so if you have these symptoms, maybe at least we can get a
>group of us to compare notes on what we've been able to discover.
>
>The symptoms are:
>*Severe cramps about 20 minutes into a fast paced or hill run.
>*Cramps are very intense and painful, sometimes I get sweating and
>nausea
>*I have to stop running, if I try to keep running they get worse.
>*Cramps last 15-20 minutes and then disappear
>*There seems to be no specific pattern related to the timing of my cycle
>*Symptoms do not persist when I'm on the pill - hormonal regulation
>seems to control the cramps
>*Cramps often tied to a bowel movement - one seems to get the other
>going.
>*After the cramps have passed, I can continue running, and actually
>ususally feel better and stronger.
>*We've been trying to get pregnant without success, don't know if this
>is related.
>
>If you'd like to email me directly, please do so at
>courtilini@hotmail.com
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Courtney
>

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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