title: Relationship between gastrointestinal and dysmenorrheic symptoms at menses.
abstract: The relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and uterine cramping pain at menses, controlling for affective states and prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor use, was examined. A total of 53 women completed a daily diary of symptoms, stool characteristics, and medication use for three consecutive menstrual cycles. There were significant across-women and within-woman relationships between stomach pain, nausea, and uterine cramping pain, but not between cramping pain and constipation, diarrhea, or stool characteristics. These results support the presence of a similar mechanism in the generation of distressing GI symptoms and uterine cramping pain at menses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7266, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jarrett
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heitkemper
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005243:Feces; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors