Cramps are a reality for most teens and women in their 20s and early 30s. They are caused by strong uterine contractions triggered by the release of prostaglandins during the menstrual cycle. These strong contractions cause the blood supply in the uterus to temporarily shut down and then increase the contractions and pain. This helps […]
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Menstruation. Every woman has the experience and every woman has her own personal thoughts about how it affects her life. Menstruation is the visible phase of the menstrual cycle that is counted from the first day of bleeding of one cycle to the day before the 1st day of bleeding of the next. Menstruation is
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There are times when a woman\’s reproductive problems are significant enough that her gynecologist recommends a hysterectomy. This is a surgical procedure in which all or parts of the reproductive organs in her pelvic area are removed. This means that she may lose her ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, or cervix or a combination of all
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Most women have experienced menstrual cramps; in medical terms called dysmenorrhea. For some women, menstrual cramps can be debilitating, while others only experience mild discomfort. Physicians have found that dysmenorrhea maybe primary, in young women who have just begun their menstrual cycles or secondary, caused by other conditions such as endometriosis, fibroid tumors or ovarian
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Most teens start menstruating when they are between 11-13 years old, but the first period can start as early as 9! So when do you start to talk about teen menstruation? How early is early enough? You can generally predict the start of a girl\’s menstrual periods by the development of her breasts. Girls develop
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A normal menstrual period occurs every 21 to 32 days and will last between four and seven days. Unfortunately some women experience breakthrough bleeding, or spotting, between their normal periods. This spotting can last for a couple of hours to a couple of days depending upon the reason behind the condition. Whether it\’s the first
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Menorrhagia is a condition which causes heavy menstruation or menstrual bleeding each month. It is in fact, a symptom of heavy menstruation and not a condition. It is a symptom of an underlying problem but not the problem itself. There can be many different causes of excessive bleeding in women. A gynecologist, a physician who
Irregular menstrual periods have a medical name, Oligomenorrhea. Most women have between 11 and 13 menstrual periods each year, but this is the norm and not necessarily what happens to you. In the teen years periods are often irregular and it may take several years for hormones that control the reproductive cycle to stabilize. Menstrual
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tampons are spiked with asbestos to increase bleeding and boost sales; and rayon tampons are especially dangerous to a woman’s health. These are Internet legends and the truth is . . . Asbestos has never been a component in the manufacturing of tampons. Asbestos can only get into tampons through some sort of tampering. Rayon
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A woman\’s menstrual cycle is an incredibly complex biological process that enables a woman to be able to carry a pregnancy to term. It is a process that occurs on a monthly basis and prepares the body for pregnancy each month. Researchers have also found that the hormonal cycles which regulate the menstrual cycle are
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