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Re: Two Questions Please

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 May 2001 14:31:53 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 24 May 2001, Donna wrote: >
>My period has been somewhat regular. I am taking a RX for lodine to
>help
>relieve severe cramping. The last couple of months I have noticed a
>change
>in my bowel habits I get constipated a week or two prior and then I feel
>like
>I have diarrhea when my cycle or flow starts is this normal?

this could be a sign of endometriosis

Also I >started
>using tampons and I have noticed that two or three days after my cycle
>or flow
>starts that it is very painful to insert a tampon in almost as if I was
>dry,

and tampons can suck al the moisture out, so inserting subsequent ones can feel dry

>so I resort back to is there anything I can do for this?

try lubricating the very tip of hte tampon before inserting it and using a rounded tip applicator

--
M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7407404-7691069http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740n.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761526986/o/qid˜6597740/sr=8-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7407404-7691069

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