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menses

(Science: medicine) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.

Origin: L. Mensis month, pl. Menses months, and the monthly courses of women. Cf. Month. The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation; a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped.


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please help! mystery illness

... and i was wondering if anyone out there had similar symptoms or knew possibly whats wrong with me. It seem like it happens mostly before i get my menses. I usually get heart palpitations, my eyes get real red and then i get my period. Its a weird but very scary spell. The past 2 months were a ...

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by hellojenny1982
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:22 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: please help! mystery illness
Replies: 3
Views: 4401

The pill and bloating.

... kinds of reactions to the pill. My roomate started off one one version at it made her TREMENDOUSLY depressed. Other friends have had painful, long menses... while cramping has been ubearable for others. Bottom line, the pill can have many unintentinal side effects. See your doctor, she/he can DEFINITELY ...

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by LilKim
Mon May 07, 2007 7:18 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: The pill and bloating.
Replies: 11
Views: 54402

HELP!!!-weight

... fibroid tumors on my ovaries. And we have elected to not opperate at this time. I do have intestinal problems too, that seem to be aggrevated by menses. If ther are fibroids growing that could do it and they could press on other organs. My sister in law had one the size of a football! so If they ...

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by Linn
Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:06 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: HELP!!!-weight
Replies: 7
Views: 4678

The Fiber Disease

... of someone else. Do you have any "Neuropsychiatric symptoms and signs" - John John, I sometimes get bummed just before my.....ah..menses :lol: do we want ot go there? and when I had really bad attacks of this I feel bummed, but that is natural :wink: Now I do have nerophysiological ...

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by Linn
Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:02 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 4470031

wash hair during period

... wash their hair during their period and carry heavy object and drink cold drinks. This will course the incomplete of ovulation and the remaining menses will turn into toxic and the imbalance of hormone will lead to ovary and breast cancer. During the research she found the method of prevention ...

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by kiekyon
Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:55 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: wash hair during period
Replies: 6
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