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Female Menstruation
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Puberty - The arrival of the monthly “friend”.
The principle sign that a girl has become sexually mature and is capable of reproduction is the onset of menstruation, a period of cyclic bleeding from the vagina. (Smith 1997, pg 217) This is one of the key physiological functions of the female body. ....
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....egative feedback mechanism. Thus, the increased level of estrogens depresses FSH production. Following ovulation, the follicle transforms into the corpus luteum ("yellow body") which produces progesterone. Around ovulation, some women feel a twinge or cramp in the lower abdomen or back, sometimes with vaginal discharge, perhaps bloody. This is called Mittelschmerz ("middle pain"). A few women have headaches, gastric pains, or sluggishness. Other women feel better around ovulation -- it's definit.... |
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