can taking vitamins effect a womans period?
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It shouldn't have any effect as vitamins are perfectly natural. Speak to your doctor if you're concerned. The only thing I can think of is that your body is producing more iron after taking iron tablets but that shouldn't be a problem. In fact, Vitamin E is thought to help reduce pain.
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Here's a great link to an article all about the menstrual cycle. Happy reading! :)\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/hw/healthy_women/tn9931.asp
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Most premenopausal women experience changes in their menstrual cycle. When estrogen levels begin to drop, the follicular phase of the cycle may be shortened, and this can shorten the total cycle from 28–30 days to 24–26 days, resulting in more frequent periods. On the other hand, some women begin having longer cycles because they are not ovulating as frequently. These changes can be quite different on an individual basis. Additionally, this declining/fluctuating estrogen level can produce a host of disturbing symptoms: hot flashes, increasing vaginal dryness, sleep problems, mood swings, breast tenderness and many other complications. \n\nThere is a relatively small number of women who hardly notice any changes before menopause. Their periods just stop overnight with few, if any, symptoms.\n\nAnother small percentage of women experience significant, dramatic symptoms that, when left untreated, ultimately lead to surgical intervention. Many women find at this time too many physicians strongly urging surgery and failing to provide information about the alternatives to, and consequences of, hysterectomy.
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I have found that severe anemia does strange things to periods as well.  If you have been advised by your doctor that you are anemic, you may want to continue taking iron supplements.  I had interminable periods, spotting at other times and at still other times horrifically heavy flow, when I started taking an iron supplement in the AM and one in the PM, viola!  Cured -after several decades of Doctors running all sorts of expensive and inconclusive tests.\n\nIt does sound as if a Doctor visit is in order for you. However,if all the tests are inconclusive. Don't give up.  Sometimes there are incredibly simple solutions available.
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Your periods may me naturally heavy. Birth control pills help lighten and regulate periods. They also have the side effects of blood clots and stroke especially if you are a smoker and a family history of cardiovascular events. \n\nYou could have endometriosis. This causes heavey periods with a lot of cramping. Sometimes doctors will do a dilletation and curretage---d and c. For that, your cervix is dilated and a sharp spoon shaped instrument is used to scrape away the lining of the uterus. The risks are the same as most surgeries including perforating the uterus and ending up unable to have children.\n\nYou could have fibroid tumors. Fibroid tumors are benign, often shrink after menopause and are sometimes left in and sometimes surgically removed. \n\nEating a balanced diet helps. Avoid caffeine and processed foods. Oil of evening primrose is helpful for female problems.\n\nYou really need to work with your doctor to find the cause and the solution.
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Yes, this has happened to me alot in the past. I have even missed periods completely. Birth Control pills can help to regulate it. And (BONUS) they also help to reduce cramping. Lowering my caffiene intake helped alot too.
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Everyone is different. Some women do not have regular menstrual cycles. There are things that can change your cycle. For example if a woman is does not meet her nutritional needs or is anorexic she may not get a period for a while. If you are very athletic this will also change your cycle. The most important thing for you to do is to see your doctor about these concerns. Remember people will always offer advice but nobody but you and your doctor can find the correct answer to your question.
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No.  It takes time for the hormones to accumulate and build in the body.  There are pills that will keep you from having a period.
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My mother reached menopause. She said she never had the side effect youre referring to but she thinks that a healthy diet helped. She buys only organic food, even condiments like sugar and flour are all organic. She eats a lot of wheat and fiber. The only other preventative is to take estrogen pills. Hormone pills will continue your menstrual cycle, but at least you wont get liver spots and the hunchback that old age causes!
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Asthma and the Menstrual Cycle \n\nAlthough they don't know exactly how, researchers suspect that reproductive hormones may play a key role in the experience women have with asthma. \n\nA study conducted at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia of 203 women who came to the emergency room with a severe asthma attack found that more women had the attack around the beginning of their period than at other times in the menstrual cycle. \n\nEmil Skobeloff, M.D., clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the William H. Spivey Research Lab at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, who was the lead researcher on the study, suspects that the occurrence of these severe attacks is somehow related to the declining levels of estrogen at that time in a woman's cycle. This would mean that the days surrounding the start of a woman's period--when estrogen levels are dropping--may be the time when women are most susceptible to severe asthma attacks, he says. \n\nDr. Skobeloff first suspected that reproductive hormones might play a key role when he noticed that women are admitted to hospitals more often than men for serious flare-ups of asthma and, after puberty begins, new cases of asthma are more likely in females than in males the same age. In one study, 75 percent of the hospital admissions for asthma were women and 25 percent were men. This is in stark contrast to hospital admission rates for children with asthma. In the childhood years, 65 percent of admissions are boys and 35 percent are girls. \n\nFrom http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/62/9.cfm\n\nA menstrual rhythm has been documented for exacerbations of asthma, which may have important clinical relevance to the patient with severe asthma. We report the case of a 26-year-old patient with menstruation-associated asthma who showed a dramatic response to oral contraceptives. It was noted that falls in peak respiratory flow rate coincided with ovulation. We concluded that oral contraceptive therapy is useful in this particular group of asthmatic patients. \nPatients with menstrual asthma comprise 30 to 40% of menstruating female asthmatics.1 Although the relationship between progesterone or estradiol levels and airway hyperresponsiveness and between the menstrual cycle and airway hyperresponsiveness have been evaluated, no definite relationship has been described between each set of factors.2 3 4 While aldosterone levels may be related to the exacerbation of asthma, the levels measured in our patient during the follicular and luteal phases were not different, and administration of a diuretic agent (furosemide) was ineffective. Adrenocorticosteroid agents or hormone therapy have been used to treat the exacerbation of menstrual asthma. Oral contraceptives have also been used but were ineffective.2 5 \nEffective therapy using high-dose progesterone has been reported, and the response is thought to involve smooth-muscle relaxation and control of microvascular leakage.5 However, the risk of serious side effects potentially limits the use of high doses of progesterone. Because the exacerbation of symptoms coincided with ovulation in our patient, an oral contraceptive was given despite previous negative results.2 This completely eliminated premenstrual exacerbation of asthma. On the basis of clinical features, blood test results, and response to therapy, we speculate that menstrual asthma was due to a rapid fall in the progesterone level during the late luteal phase. Symptomatic exacerbation was observed soon after ovulation and was eliminated by suppression of ovulation. This observation suggests that improvement of asthma was due to the maintenance of stable levels of sex hormones and the disappearance of cyclic changes in these levels by administration of oral contraceptives. We conclude that symptomatic exacerbation of menstruation-associated asthma may be prevented by suppression of ovulation. Oral contraceptives are useful in this particu
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It shouldn't.  The pills you take during your period are placebo's to help you remember to take a pill every day.  You're body isn't receiving the hormones during that time, so starting at a different time of day, as long as you are consistent and don't forget to take one, you should be just at protected.
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There are many things that can affect a woman's cycle. If you just began a medicine and it is causing you discomfort or additional pain, you should call your DR. and tell him. There maybe something else he can give you that has less  side affects.
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7 Tips To Reduce Menstrual Cramps\n\nDid you know that menstrual cramps is the single greatest cause of lost school and working hours among women?\n\nAlso known as dysmenorrhea, menstrual cramps are the cause of an estimated 140 million hours of lost school and work. However, you do not have to live in pain. Below are some helpful tips that can help women during this particularly painful time of the month.\n\n1. Try to eat smaller, more frequent meals. A lot of food\ncauses blood sugar to rise and fluctuate. instead of eating three large meals, eat five or six small meals a day, each about two and a half hours apart.\n\n2. Exercise. Exercise can help alleviate menstrual cramps by raising the level of beta-endorphins, which are chemicals in the brain associated with pain relief. Studies have shown that beta endorphins have a positive effect on mood and behavior.\n\n3. Try an over the counter Ibuprofen. Advil, Nuprin, and Motrin IB all contain Ibuprofen, which is one of the best pain relievers around. 200 milligrams every four to six hours is the recommended dosage, or twice that if symptoms warrant.\n\n4. Oral contraceptive pills: Have been found to decrease the amount of menstrual tissue formed and lower the pain level (amplitude) of the uterine contractions.\n\n5. Mefenamic acid: Also found over the counter, effectively relieves severe menstrual pain while also reducing heavy menstrual bleeding, easing menstrual migraine, and easing the\nphysical and emotional symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.\n\n6. Reduce salt intake: To prevent water retention that causes bloating. Also, avoid liquor and other alcoholic beverages to reduce headaches.\n\n7. Learn to relax. Rest, sleep and relaxation exercises can help reduce the pain and discomfort of menstrual cramps. A relaxing massage or bath with oil made with chamomile, lavender, marjoram, ginger and/or clary sage. They are aromatic and can aid in relaxation.\n\nNever surrender to pain. There are steps you can take to help alleviate the pain and discomfort. So, the next time you experience any painful menstruation symptoms, be sure to try these tips.
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Exercise and ibuprophen. Also, calcium and magnesium taken every day decreases PMS and cramps, at menstrual time, to almost zero.
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I assume you mean you have a period often and you don't like it? If you are on a normal 28 day cycle then don't worry about it. The problem with taking a drug to "fix" our natural experiences is that there are short and long term side effects that may be worse than the original experience. The first step to improving your period is to eat a clean diet (fresh fruits and vegetables) and find an exercise program that you enjoy (maybe Yoga or Tai Chi). This won't solve every problem but you will be healthier and feel better during your cycle.
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Aleeve or Nuprin can help that.\n\nI did find this on natural alternatives:\n\nAre there any alternative treatments?\n\nYes. Although few scientific studies have been done in this area, many women have reported benefits from acupressure, acupuncture, and various herbal remedies, which are believed to help lessen menstrual cramps as well as the symptoms of PMS. The ancient Chinese arts of acupuncture and acupressure are based on the belief that by stimulating specific points on the body with hair-thin needles or a practitioner's hand pressure can unblock the flow of energy within the body and relieve pain.\n\n\n\nIn the herb department, cramp bark or black cohosh are thought to safely relieve menstrual cramps. Many women also swear by evening primrose oil, though no scientific evidence yet proves its effectiveness.\n\n\n\nObstetrician/gynecologist Christian Northrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, also reports that dietary changes have brought her patients relief from menstrual cramps. She recommends that women can decrease their intake of eggs, red meat, and dairy products or switch to organic dairy foods, on the theory that milk containing added hormones and antibiotics may stimulate female hormones in ways we don't yet understand. Among her other recommendations:\n\n\n\n•Get plenty of essential fatty acids, which are found in canned sardines, salmon, flaxseed oil, and ground flaxseed, among other things (according to Northrup, this seems to moderate cramps even if you don't change your diets in other ways). \n•Take extra magnesium and a multivitamin-and-mineral supplement. \n•Take extra vitamin E during your menstrual cycles. \n•As much as you can, eliminate trans-fatty acids from your diet (these are found in foods like commercially prepared pastries, which contain margarine, solid vegetable shortening, and other partially hydrogenated oils). \n•Cut down on stress.  \n•Try yoga or massage.
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for one taking certain vitamins can help keep you from becoming anemic, developing cancer, keep you from getting sick, have more energy, be more healthier, have a healthier looking skin, retain information better.. etc....