| Title: | Topics of Interest to Women |
| Notice: | V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
| Moderator: | REGENT::BROOMHEAD |
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1078 |
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When I was home for the Christmas holidays this past weekend, I
realized, I guess for the first time, how terrible my mother's
arthritis has gotten. Her hands and feet are terribly deformed. When
she gets up in the morning, she can hardly open the refridgerator or
hold a cup of coffee until she spends time "limbering up" her hands.
She can no longer spend time just browsing through the malls because it
is painful for her to walk, even when wearing her $400 shoes. She has
had several calcium nodules removed from her feet -- they just grow
right back.
My question to the members of this community: I seem to recall reading
somewhere that women who took birth-control pills for an extended
period of time seem to have a tendency to develop arthritis. My mother
was on birth-control for 15 years!!!! (My brother was a breech baby
and ripped her up pretty good. She wasn't even supposed to have me,
but I, thank goodneed came early and only weighed 5 pounds. After me,
the doctor insisted she have no more children.) Does anyone here have
an information regarding the birth control/arthritis connection?
Thanks!
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 601.1 | Index Medicus? | CONFG5::WALKER | Fri Dec 28 1990 14:37 | 24 | |
I've no information at all on the connection that you mention, but
researching it in the Index Medicus wouldn't be hard for someone who
knows how to use this.
I hope she is getting excellent medical advice. If not, she should
change rheumatologists. If I were in as much pain as she is, after I
gave standard medicine a good chance, I'd also check out alternate
sources, such as accupuncture and M.D.'s who practice homeopathic
medicine. I know you didn't ask for this information -- and perhaps
she already has TOO much advice.
I read a really interesting idea, from two sources actually, one an
alternate source (Women of Power) and one a standard medical source
(forgotten) which said that arthritis is caused by restriction of
movement. That is, the arthritis doesn't just restrict movement, but
restricted movement is an actual, probable cause.
I thought this is very interesting from a feminist viewpoint, because
I'm so aware of how I was taught to be careful how much space I took up
and to keep my knees together and not to laugh too loud and always be
sure to leave room for other people on bus seats, and if we're angry we
control the size of our movements, etc.
Briana
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| 601.2 | pointer | LEZAH::BOBBITT | trial by stone | Fri Dec 28 1990 16:30 | 6 |
I've never hgeard of this connection myself, but you might want to
cross post your question in the MEDICAL notesfile (I think it's
currently at VMSZOO::).
-Jody
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| 601.3 | another pointer | ATSE::FLAHERTY | Peacing it together | Wed Jan 02 1991 13:08 | 6 |
There is also an arthritis notesfile:
KAOA01::ARTHRITIS
Ro
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