Dysmenorrhea question? for doctors only, please?

Question

ok so i got diagnosed with dysmenorrhea today and they said not to eat anything with cheese, chocolate, or caffeine in it. i understand about the chocolate and caffein becuase they dialate the arteries. But why can't i eat cheese products? and is it just cheese or all dairy??

Answer 1

Dysmenorrhea is the medical term for menstrual cramps. In my 10 years of practicing medicine, I've NEVER heard of dietary restrictions for preventing cramps. (Doesn't mean it's not possible, just that I've never heard of it.) Caffeine (and chocolate, which contains caffeine) actually constrict blood vessels rather than dilate, and I would think that would potentially help symptoms. Cheese, well, beats me. Doesn't make sense.

I think the best first-line treatment is exercise. Warm/hot baths can also help. If that's not enough, good old-fashioned OTC ibuprofen 600 to 800mg every 8 hours is a great cure. (Don't take on an empty stomach!) If cramps are still a problem, you might want to talk to your doc about birth control pills and/or other options.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This is probably because of the headaches you are having with your cycles. Let me know if I'm correct. My doc told me that I had to limit my caffeine and I very rarely eat chocolate, and cheese. Processed cheese is the worse kind also, like the powdered stuff on snack foods.

Answer 4

Dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual pain severe enough to limit normal activities or require medication.heavy blood loss This is of 2 types

1)Primary dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual pain that occurs in otherwise healthy women. This type of pain is not related to any specific problems with the uterus or other pelvic organs. And
2)Secondary dysmenorrhea is menstrual pain that is attributed to some underlying disease process or structural abnormality either within or outside the uterus (for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, leiomyoma, endometriosis, adhesions, adenomyosis, uterine displacement, or a retroverted uterus). Endometriosis is the most common cause of dysmenorrhea associated with a disease process and is frequently misdiagnosed.
Diet regulations are not of help

Answer 5

You might look here:
http://www.obgyn.net/displayarticle.asp?page=/yw/articles/pats_dysmenorrha
or here:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050115/285.html
Here is another:
Each offers a little science to back up the diet issue.
The cheese issue has to do with additives in yellow and taurines in blue cheeses..
Good Luck
Old OB/GYN Doc

Answer 6

do you really think doctors queue up to answer your menstruation problems--how naive