Girls/women?
Question:
Why?
Is there anything i can do by my self to stop the pain?
How do you deal with it when you have an important interview?
Answers:
I don't know why - but I know that there are girls who have it bad, and girls who don't, and the ones who don't usually can't sympathize at all! There's no "sucking it up" when your whole back and stomach cramp up, your legs start to shake, you start gagging and retching from the pain, and black out if you try to stand up! That was my monthly experience until I started birth control pills (my doctor recommended them after making sure nothing was physically wrong with me). Birth control helped alot. I also have to take prescription-strength Advil. Even with both those things, I still get cramps that I would rate about a 5 on a scale of one to ten - bad enough to be distracting, but I can deal with them. I've broken my tailbone and would only rate that about a 6, just to give you an idea of the scale.
If you have an important interview, maybe you can ask your doctor for hormone pills that might throw your period off so it doesn't come when you have the interview.
Keep your chin up, don't listen to any women who tell you to "get over it, it's part of being a woman", and talk to your doctor!
Other Answers:
suck it up... because god make us this way....
how about not having a period in over a year. but when i did have mine i went on the pill and it really helped
I take motrin for the pain ... but it's usually worse if you have a tipped uterus, there is no remedy for it, If they are too intense you can get on birth control they have helped people i know control the lenghth and pain of their periods
having a snack every few hours helps a lot
i use Feminax tablets for when im at work & if its really bad i find a hot water bottle works within 5 mins & seems to last for a few hours. but that could just be my stupid body!
I heard calcium supplements help, try some tums!
plain old hot water bottle-this eases the pain-you can also buy a mini tens machine from your chemist now that you wear to control the pain- being a woman is a pile of dog doo- good luck x
chew baca is the reason he makes them hurt
Some women have health problems such as endometriosis that can go undiagnosed for years, other women are just more prone to menstrual cramps because it is believed that their bodies produce more prostaglandins that trigger the uterus to contract to push out menstrual flow – if your mother had painful periods it is very likely you will too as this does seem to be a hereditary trait.
For most women I believe it comes down to ignorance about their bodies and options available to them, a lot of women think that menstrual cramps are inevitable when in fact for most women they can be prevented completely with change to diet, life style or even a few cups of the right herbal tea once a month.
If you want to avoid menstrual cramps I recommend you look at web sites and books that deal specifically with the problem, certainly avoid painkillers and hormonal birth control at all costs – painkillers simply numb the pain they do nothing to cure the problem and your body can build up tolerance, hormonal birth control effects your whole body, as an extreme form of birth control using it to deal with common menstrual cramps would be like using an A-bomb to tidy your living-room.
If it is a serious problem for you then see a doctor, most doctors will try to avoid the work by trying to get you to use hormonal birth control but this will not solve your problems just suppress your cycle in such a way to hide them – if you have a problem push them until they find what is wrong.
Ideas on prevention and treatment of menstrual cramps;
DIET:
-Avoid salty foods and alcohol, these can increase bloating by retaining water, and so make you feel generally sluggish as well as making the cramping worse.
-Drink lots of water, this can aid in avoiding bloating. This will also help with headaches or migraines brought on by menstruation. Also adding lemon juice, a natural diuretic can decrease bloating.
-Eat your greens, and a healthy diet can make you feel a lot better at the best of times, but during menstruation it can be a good pick up and help avoid that sluggish feeling.
-Avoid foods like dairy and caffeine, generally these can cause problems for people, during menstruation this can be particularly true, many find these increase period pains.
-Avoid soy as soy products are notorious for affecting women's hormones.
-Reduce food intake before your period, this will help prevent bloating and so in turn help reduce cramps and general nasty feelings around your period.
SUPPLIMENTS:
-Cell salts, balance the mineral in the body and help the body's utilization of the
mineral from concentrations in the blood and minerals from food and supplements.
-Take more calcium, magnesium, and potassium, all of these are needed by your body to help the shedding of the lining of your uterus. Try taking instead of painkillers, or throughout your period, or even your whole menstrual cycle.
-Vitamin B complex, this helps to reduces muscle spasms, so in taking these the spasms your uterus goes through can be significantly decreased.
-Try taking herbal treatments on a daily basis such as evening primrose oil, this is commonly used to help regulate menstrual cycles that will have the knock on effect of reducing or preventing cramps.
HERBAL:
Anti-spasmodic herbal treatments are a good route to go, as are herbs that also have benefits of relaxation and benefits for the digestive system as lessen the bloating you lesser the pain. Herbal teas are best, drunk from the start of your period a few times a day, fresh herbs are always best, and you should make these teas by bringing water to the boil, but putting the herbs in while simmering – boiling can destroy some of the benefits of the herbs. If fresh tea is not an option then health stores, or even supermarkets have herbal teas, and health stores will be able to advise you on what to get, even a simple women's blend would help.
The best herbs to go for are;
-Chamomile
-Valerian
-Yarrow
-Raspberry leaf
-Peppermint
-Clove
-Cinnamon
-Lemon balm
-Black Haw
-Blessed thistle
-Wild marjoram
-Red raspberry
-Wild strawberry
-Blue cohosh - Do not use if you have high or low blood pressure or heart disease. Do not use if you have been advised not to use the pill as blue cohosh is an oestrogenic herb with estrogen-like effects.
-Dong quai - Do not use if you are at high risk of cancer or heart attacks, also do not use if you take aspirin or other blood-thinning agents.
ACTIVITY:
-Gentle exercise is of course an obvious one, yoga is fantastic, it is a nice easy form of exercise that helps you stretch out, it also has added benefits of incorporating relaxation and deep breathing.
-Baths, heat can significantly decrease menstrual cramps, as well as this it has the effect of relaxation, more so if you use essential oils such as lavender.
-Breathing exercises, some people find this a little strange, that breathing is something we do naturally anyway, however we often get out of practice and taking the time to understand how your body moves as you breath and mental exercise can help calm you down.
-Sex, whether by yourself or with a partner can help a lot, during orgasm it is believed that a hormone which causes uterine contractions is released calls Oxytocin, which can help to push out menstrual material. The relaxation and improved circulation to the pelvic area after sex can also ease period pain.
-The acupressure/acupuncture points that should be stimulated for menstrual cramps are: BL24 (Qihaishu), BL25 (Dachangshu), BL30 (Baihuanshu), BL31 (Shangliao), BL32 (Ciliao), BL34 (Xialiao), CV2 (Qugu), CV6 (Qihai), KI5 (Shuiquan), and KI6 (Zhao Hai). If you don't have time to learn this yourself you can go to a professional, if money is an issue perhaps just go once and ask them to show you some methods to ease off the pain.
ESSENTIAL OILS:
-Lavender is an obvious one, in an oil burner, scented candles, in your bath, generally all around you it will help you relax so in turn help ease off cramps. You can also pick up from some health stores small pots of oil that you rub into your temples that are really handy when you are out of the house.
-Clary Sage is very well known to help with cramps, just massage a few drops onto your belly starting a day or two before your period starts and use three times a day after that if cramps persist.
-Pennyroyal in a carrier like almond oil, rub a little into your stomach as described above – whatever you do, do not use a lot, because it can be a very nasty oil to use that will make you bleed, only use a few drops in a carrier oil.
VAGINAL HEALTH:
-Don't use tampons, they can increase risk of infection which in turn can effect menstruation (healthy uterus equates to healthy menstruation). There are certain brands that should be avoided, such as Tampax, these expand lengthways rather than widthways, and as such they can expand into the delicate cervix increasing pain. Commercial tampons are the most harmful menstrual options available and are seriously unhealthy, particularly scented tampons. There are alternatives that can improve this, I highly recommend menstrual cups.
-Regular check-ups, for smear tests, swabs and pelvic exams should be done on a regular basis to insure your vagina is in good health.
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Just for Trigger - Chew Baca - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/remyartista/blood2.jpg
*grins*
the 'pill' comes in a variation of 'formats'
i was put on pill at 14 as suffered from chronic pains
they soon killd most of the pain & i highly recommend it
Go to the doctors and ask for help with your painful periods, its not fair suffering like you are, maybe you could ask your doctor for a referral to a gynaecologist about the pain you could have a simple underlying gynaecological problem that is causing you so much pain each month, have you tried Paramol tablets, they are really good pain killers that you can buy at any pharmacy, they are more expensive than normal pain killers but worth the extra money and should hopefully get you through your interview and the time it takes to get to the doctors, good luck hope this of some help and that you get the job/promotion at your interview.
if birth control pills were dangerous, would the amount of women that use them still be using them??
Otherwise Ibuprofen works wonders!
you can use the pill and no not dangerous at all also changing what you eat can do this but once in while its cause your having a good clean out take paracetamol and codeine from chemist hot bath hot water bottle big bar of chocolate
my daughter has suffered very painful and heavy periods since she was 12, she takes ponstan which the dr prescribes 4 her, she was advised to go on the pill to help with the pain and the heavy periods, talk to ur dr or go to a well women clinic they will b able to advise u btr, everyone is different in thier needs for these problems, good luck
i have date from 1990 where Kinsey Institute published report on sexual health, and they wrote that it is not dangerouf for you as long as you do not do breaks, what means you take pills till the time you want have kids, also some doctors recommend to wait one month and other even one year before having kids, important thing is to use new and what it means more expensive pills, which have less hormnoes and by this have minimal risk, if any, of causing problems, ofcourse if you smoke and take pills there is risk and big one, i dont remember about alcohol,
you should go to gyn. and ask him/her to do you proper test and pick right pills for you, the best go to two, if both will pick the same it means its the right one.
When have a bad period pain i just either take some paracetamol or a nice hot water bottle on my tummy works wonders
SUCK
IT
UP
try Feminex they are a pain killer designed for women with sore period pains hot water bottles are good too but obviously not while you are at an interview. good luck
I used to get really bad pains, so much so i could hardly move sometimes. Since going on the pill it has much improved. I used to find gentle exercise used to relieve a lot of it and a hot water bottle on my tummy used to help too
Nice bar of chocolate didn't go a miss either!! :O)
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