Smoking cigarettes may worsen menstrual cramps

By Rosemary Black (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke cigarettes may be at higher risk for menstrual pain, according to a new Australian study. Compared to nonsmokers, smokers in the study were more likely to suffer from severe menstrual pain and to experience a worsening of pain as the number of cigarettes they smoked per day increased. Exactly how smoking cigarettes might increase menstrual pain is not entirely clear, but it may happen via a decrease in the amount of oxygen available to the uterus, Dr. ...



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