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TREATMENTS FOR THE CRAMPS: CURRENT THINKING-GOING ON THE PILL

Doctors have known for a long time that the pain of the cramps starts only if you ovulate or produce a ripe egg cell. Not all girls ovulate from the very first period of their lives. Which is why some girls can have periods for several months without any pain at all, and then be taken aback because they're suddenly having very painful periods for no apparent reason. It's also known that if a woman who suffers from the cramps goes on the Pill, one of the pleasant side-effects of this form of contraception is that it stops or reduces her period pain. This is generally thought to be because you don't ovulate when you're on the Pill, or it might be because the Pill contains oestrogen, so while you're taking it your body is provided with a constant level of oestrogen throughout the month, instead of the usual fluctuations. Either way, it is a readily available cure and one most GPS will prescribe.
There are side-effects to the Pill, of course, and most people know about them now because they've had wide publicity. You might put on weight, feel sick, develop headaches, get depressed or, in rare cases, develop a thrombosis. On the other hand you might feel really fit, better than you have felt for a long time. According to Dr Dalton (though not all doctors agree with her) it's the women who suffer from the aching miseries who have the most side-effects when they go on the Pill. Women who suffer from the cramps can tolerate it much more easily. But however it affects you, obviously you must have regular medical check-ups while you're taking it and preferably from the same doctor, or at the same clinic, so they can monitor any changes which might occur in, say, your blood pressure over a long period of time.
The only time when it isn't advisable to take hormone pills like this is when you intend to start a family.
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TAKING ESTROGEN

With the onset of menopause, many women suffer from hot flashes and night sweats. Arlene March, 56, a Los Angeles psychotherapist, says she started getting hot flashes 5 years ago. “I’d be working,” she recalls, “and suddenly feel intense heat all over my body. I’d break out in a sweat. I’d have to stop work. Then Dr. Mishell prescribed estrogen pills, and I’ve not had a day of discomfort.”
Some women experience a drying and thinning of vaginal tissues in the absence of estrogen, making sex painful. They also might suffer urinary tract infections and incontinence. Estrogen therapy often helps.
Among the physicians consulted, the most cautious was Dr. Morris Notelovitz, founder of the nation’s first Menopause Center, at the University of Florida, and head of the Women’s Medical and Diagnostic Center in Gainesville, Florida. He says each symptom needs a different treatment and advises that genital tract problems be given estrogen treatment for a couple of years at most. He also urges special measurements of the bones before prescribing estrogen therapy for osteoporosis.
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