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- From: neville@cs.washington.edu (Dorothy Neville)
- Subject: Re: sex, menstruation, endometriosis
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.231108.10579@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 23:11:08 GMT
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- RGINZBERG@eagle.wesleyan.edu (Ruth Ginzberg) writes:
- > u081f131@astro.ocis.temple.edu writes:
- >
- >> I have recently been told that having sex during ones period can
- >> possibly lead to endometriosis.
-
- >The new "possibly-causing-endometriosis" myth combines the old taboos against
- >heterosexual intercourse during menstruation with new speculation (note: *not*
- >demonstrated fact) that *maybe* endometriosis *might* be caused by so-called
- >"retrograde menstruation" -- a pretty long shot so far as theories go, IMHO.
- >Even if this *were* true (& there is no evidence for this part, so far), the
- >second speculation here is that so-called "retrograde menstruation" (if it
- >exists) *might* be caused by heterosexual intercourse during menstruation,
- >ANOTHER *extremely* long shot, IMHO.
-
- I agree that retrograde menstruation based on sexual penetration seems
- improbable. However, is it true that there is no evidence for any
- retrograde menstruation? The insert to the cervical cap says do not
- use the cap during menstruation but doesn't say why. A doctor told me
- that the reason for not using the cap while bleeding is that there is
- (speculation?/evidence?) that it can lead to endometriosis.
-
- Perhaps, just perhaps, this is the seed that evolved into the warning
- of the possible link between sex and endometriosis?
-
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