Archives: 2009 May 08
THE TAMPON DEBATE: IS THEM A CONNECTION TO ENDOMETRIOSIS?
In my practice, numbers of women who use tampons exclusively (or use them in combination with pads far heavy flow) worry that tampons may be implicated in the onset and progressive growth of endometriosis. There are a number of reasons for their concern: If tampons block menstrual flow and keep blood in the vagina, they [...]
SKIN CARE: HIVES
Hives, known medically as urticaria, are a very common problem They are sometimes known as ‘heat lumps’, appearing as raised’ red lumps which tend to come and go over any part of the body and which are extremely itchy. They are the result of increased capillary permeability, or ‘leaky bloodvessels’. The condition has been closely [...]
NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS OF APPETITE CONTROL: FAT
A preference for fatty foods may have developed during hunter-gatherer times because high-fat foods were both scarce and probably beneficial for survival.10 this legacy now counts against us in a world of greater availability of fatty foods with desirable textural qualities like thickness and smoothness. Does a high-fat meal reduce appetite? Professor Blundell and his [...]
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN CASE OF ENDOMETRIOSIS: RELIEF, DENIAL, CONFUSION
When a doctor finally puts a name to all that pain and suffering you feel relieved. At last someone has recognised that you do have something wrong with you and it is not all in your head. No, you are not neurotic and your symptoms have a name. Endometriosis. You do not have cancer and [...]
HOW IS ENDOMETRIOSIS DIAGNOSED: KYLIE’S STORY
I started menstruating at the age of 13. For the first 12 months everything was fine, but I then started to develop acute pain in my right side. I went to my GP who referred me to a surgeon and I was then rushed to hospital to have my appendix removed. Strangely, my appendix was [...]
