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Re: painful periods/ my sister
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:06:20 -0500 (CDT)
Moodflower,
You could also have your sister try Provera I read that info on the
website and it's suppose to help with pain too.
http://www.healthsquare.com/pdrfg/pd/monos/provera.htm#WHY.PRES
At Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Lynn D. Montgomery, MD wrote:
>
>At Wed, 25 Apr 2001, mood wrote:
> >
> >when my sister was 18 turning 19, she began having severe pain with her
> >periods. one time, she woke me up in the middle of the night cause she
> >was moaning, and she passed out from the pain. she's a really tough
> >girl, and it takes her a lot to admit she has pain. she said the
> >periods were not very heavy. she then went on birth control pills, and
> >the pain seems to be a lot less now. she asked her doctor why the pain
> >would be so bad, and the doctor said that it got worse probably because
> >she had started ovulating. is this a common thing? i read somewhere
> >that debilitating pain is not "normal", yet the doctor seemed to think
> >that ovulation could normally cause this type of pain. what are your
> >opinions on this?
> >
> >--
> >mood flower
> >
>
>Mood flower,
>The pain associated with menstruation is likely the result of the uterus
>and its reaction to the blood within it at the time of the period. The
>uterus does not like blood and because of that it cramps when there is
>blood present. In some women, this cramping is very painful. By taking
>the pills, it lessens the amount of bleeding with each period, thus
>lessens the amount of discomfort or cramping...
>Lynn
>
>--
>Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
>Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
>Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
>Missoula, Montana
>
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