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Late Menstruation - Articles
DYSMENORRHEA( PAINFUL PERIODS ) AND HOMEOPATHY
by
Dr. Fasil M.
Posted
Wed 28 Dec 2011 6:46am
Dysmenorrhea
is the leading cause of recurrent short-term school absence in adolescent girls
and a common problem in women of reproductive age. Risk factors for
dysmenorrhea include nulliparity, heavy menstrual flow, smoking, and depression.
Empiric therapy can be initiated based on a typical hi ...
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No Menstruation
by
Edward Ramirez, MD
Posted
Sat 19 Sep 2009 12:00am
Question
I am 26 and have two children. I am about 5'7.5" tall. My last spontaneous menses was April 6, 2005. After this, I became pregnant with my first child. After her birth, I dropped from 168 pounds (the same weight as prepregnancy, but since I stopped drinking alcohol and eating unhealthily and started walking daily, I maintained healthil ...
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Sickle Cell & Your Period
by
Tosin Ola
Posted
Sat 27 Feb 2010 1:51pm
I was wondering if anyone else has pain right before their period starts or during. I never was a woman to get cramps or migraines but i do get pains in my left knee right before my period starts. Lately I've been also feeling drowsy and drained.
I have said on here several times that ones menstrual cycle can trigger a crises. What I also forg ...
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Infertility Terms - making sense of the jargon !
by
Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Mon 06 Apr 2009 11:44pm
All this may be TMI, but if you need to talk to your GYN, or help your DH make sense of what your RE is saying, this is a useful crib sheet !
This is from the book How to Have a Baby: Overcoming Infertility
by Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, MD and Dr. Anjali Malpani, MD.
Abortion: the medical term for miscarriage. The various types include:
...
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Making menstruation personal again
by
Karen R.
Posted
Tue 28 Oct 2008 6:16am
Have you read Joan Jacob Brumberg’s The Body Project? If you have not, put down your computer and run - literally RUN! - to the nearest bookstore/library, get yourself a copy, and start reading.
Okay, so maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But it is truly worth a read for the historical context and insight it gives to how we teach girls a ...
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Conference Menstruation Syndrome
by
domesticextraordinaire
Posted
Thu 18 Aug 2011 12:00am
I know, I know, you are reading the title and are all "what?!!?" or you are nodding your head in agreement that you, too, suffer from the deplorable condition.
I am sure that you have read one million and one recaps of people and their BlogHer experience, which is funny because I am pretty sure that one million and one people didn't attend, ...
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Artemisia Cousins (Damong Maria and Sweet Annie)
by
Nanay's daughter
Posted
Mon 26 Mar 2012 5:13am
Last Wednesday and Thursday, I took my first sick leave in 2012.. due to a prolonged Premenstrual symptom (PMS) due to missed period. Tried to induce my menstruation on my own with coffee enemas for 2 consecutive days, eating lots of fiber, drinking juices and water, did not do the trick. I also took 100mg of Niacin, followed by a full body mas ...
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The Color of Transparency: My Health Consultation with Dr. Ritamarie
by
Tera W.
Posted
Mon 11 Jan 2010 1:27pm
I’m sitting here nibbling on dried mission figs and sun-dried tomatoes. Strange combination, I admit. Technically, both of these food items are “breaking the rules” of my new suggested foods list. As I prepare for the 6-Week Detox, the list of foods I’ll be weaning myself off of is long, but since today is the first real day of getting started, ...
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Some Women Have Hot Flashes Late Into Menopause
by
Anita
Posted
Wed 18 Jun 2008 6:09pm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Persistenthot flashes and night sweatsinto the late postmenopausal years may occur but they are not common, according to new research.
"Hot flashes are among the most frequent complaints of women during the menopausal transition," Dr. Alison J. Huang, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues ...
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