European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes monday june 27, 1977 modern Medicine menstrual pains Normal usually easy to relieve by Michael j. Halberstam . The very name the curse suggests the associations society attaches to menstruation a time of pain misery and disable ment rather than a Normal healthy part of being a woman. Expectations doubtless influence to some degree How severe the lengthy Catalon of menstrual miseries ranging from de pression to headache cramps nausea acne and breast discomfort will be. Women arc programmed to feel bad. An Many do. But one kind of female  called Disroon Orrheta or menstrual pain has nothing to do with emotions or expectations. It is a chronic illness with direct physical causes. Desmen Orrheta takes two forms spas Modic and congestive. The former causes acute pain and cramps in the lower Abdo men and arises from Normal physiological changes that take place in a woman s body.,the prevailing though still unproved theory is that spasmodic Desmen Orrheta is caused by release of fatty acids known As Prosta Glandino at the end of the menstrual Cycle. They stimulate Large uterine contractions matting the first Day of menstruation or sometimes one or two Days beforehand. The contractions usually diminish soon after the first Day. When Prosta Glandino reach the digestive tract they May also produce nausea and diarrhoea. Fragile baby puzzles doctors in Florida Case Jacksonville Fla map doctors have been stymied As to Why summer King has had both arms and several ribs broken during her first two months of life. A group of doctors examined the baby and believe she suffers from a rare Bone disease called isl Oogenesis Impe Fecla for which bad example Billy c. Still aids the cause Naples. Flo. Api the Collier county cancer society is apparently willing to for give and forget Chain smoking Billy Carter s appearance at an april fundraiser. At least it s accepting a share of $16.500 in profits from the affair. We did t have anything to do with his visit and 1 sure didst like  Board member Kalph Carter no relation to Billy said. Hut we take Money from any source Peri  announcement that Carter would appear at a fund raising swamp buggy weekend set off a controversy when he cancer society denounced Carter s $10.000 fee and Chain smoking habits and refused to take part in the affair originally planned As a cancer Benefit. There is no cure but which sometimes cures itself As the child matures. When Colleen King. 19. First took summer to a Hospital with a broken Arm four weeks ago x rays showed some ribs also had broken but healed. Doctors began to question mrs. King and her husband. Anthony about treatment of the baby. They allowed mrs. King to remain at the Hospital with the baby As Long As nurses were Able to keep watch. Mrs. King said she was glad of the arrangement so she could prove she had not abused the child. She was called to a Juve Nile court hearing but it was cancelled when the baby s other Arm broke while summer was being handled by Hospital personnel. The department of health and rehabilitative services has put summer temporarily in the care of her maternal grandparents or. And mrs. Matt in Cinosa. The infant s Mother also lives with them. A spokesman for the Agency said the Case will be closed when doctors submit a report showing disease probably caused the baby s broken Bones. Since we be had her. She s had broken ribs which the doctor had to take care  said. Mrs. King said All she and her parents can do is handle summer with extreme care. I planned on having a lot of  mrs. King said. But. With this Well have to give her All we be  spasmodic Desmen Orrheta does not occur until a Young girl starts ovulating usually about a year alter menstruation begins. In fact cramps have traditionally served As a sign that a Young woman is ovulating. Pains become less severe after a woman bears her first child because the cervix the Mouth of the uterus is softened and less resident to the dilating effect of uterine contractions. Menstrual cramps Are rare in women using Oral contraceptives since the Pill acts by blocking ovulation. Congestive Desmen Orrheta causes a Dull aching in the Abdomen nausea water retention constipation headache backache breast pain irritability depression and lethargy. Various symptoms Start before the monthly period and diminish after bleeding starts. This Type of menstrual pain May be caused by polyps noncancerous tutors infections of the Pelvis or by endometrial tissues which ordinarily line the uterus growing elsewhere in the Abdomen. Congestive Desmen Orrheta frequently follows a mis Carriage. About 40 per cent of Normal Young women experience some pain with their periods. Only about three per cent Are incapacitated enough to take to their Beds and forego work and social activities. Severe cases of Desmen Orrheta deserve a gynaecologist s attention. He or she May pre scribe hormone therapy with Oral contraceptives or other drugs dilation of the cervix or in rare cases surgery to Cut the sensory fibres Between the uterus and spinal Cord. Most woman however can relieve menstrual pain at Home with heating pads or hot water bottles applied to the Back and Abdo men aspirin a Glass of wine or a table spoon of Anisette. In a bygone Era Lydi Pinkham s remedy for female ids which contained 20 per cent alcohol relieved menstrual pain quite effectively. Although no medical studies Back their claims some women maintain that having an orgasm alleviates menstrual cramps. Simple physical exercise can also bring Relief walking briskly for 15 minutes doing sit  with Knees Bent sitting or lying Down with the feet elevated or Curling up with the Knees held close to the Chest. For mild cases of menstrual pain reassurance to the woman that what she is feel ing is Normal is the Best possible remedy. For other women treatment along with the knowledge that the symptoms Are far from purely psychosomatic is essential. 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I enjoy working with my hands and have already made some pretty Good looking pieces of  you see any sense in wast ing time on literature math and foreign languages when i know exactly what i want to do with my life and it has t got a darned thing to do with those College courses you re a practical lady and i Hope you will see them  it out dear sweating i think it super that you know exactly what you want to do with your life at age 17, but Don t be surprised if Yon change your mind a few tires Between now and your 21st birthday. Vocational school is of coarse where you should go if you want to Corn a Trade. But i suggest that Yon take two Yean of College first. You u be a better Cabinet maker and a More confident an sophisticated person if you have a couple Yean of higher Educa Tion. I can Promise you son you will never regret the decision. Dear Ann my husband and i never took your column seriously. We thought it was a Bunch of made up stories by kooks. But now we have a problem that will probably sound Kooky to other readers and we find ourselves turning to you for advice. Last year dad died. He was a Man of Means but for some unknown reason he did t believe in insurance. Instead he bought . Government Bonds. We were amazed at the tidy Fortune he a cum aled. Mother is intelligent attractive and  dad was never very affectionate. A few weeks ago Mother confided that she is seeing a  she gave no details except that he is a Brilliant inventor who would do awfully Well if he had the Money for patents and attorneys. On the advice of Mother s banker my husband checked upon the wonderful  he is not a widower but separated from a wife who hauls him into court regularly to collect child support for their four minor Chil Dren. Or. Wonderful is 17years younger than Mother. Last night we told her what we had Learned. She was angry with for  what can we do deeply concerned dear . Very Ilttre. But per haps your Mother banker can get her to Cool it before she gets taken. Ask him if he will nuke the Effort to upbraid her brains. A woman who wants to Bank rail a married Man who presented himself As a widower and 17 Yean her Junior with four minor children yet it not think ing clearly. If she disregards the banker s advice you will at least know you did your Best to save her from herself. 0 militia Anttn it inc