Bloating. Cramps. Mood Swings. Many women suffer from these symptoms at some point or another, but about three to eight percent of women of childbearing age experience a more extreme version: PMDD, or premenstrual dysphoric disorder.
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That Time of the Month
Posted in Get Well, The Spring 2008 issue on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Young at Heart
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Stay active and eat healthy. Those are “doctor’s orders” for Syracuse University senior John Davis, who was born with a heart murmur, a slight irregularity in blood flow to the heart. Davis says he knows his limits when it comes to his health. “When I was young, my doctor told me not to inhale anything but air,” Davis says.
The Unwanted Urge
Posted in Get Well, The Spring 2008 issue on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Because Syracuse University freshman Marissa Tarallo was only a day shy from her 18th birthday, she still needed her mother’s signature to find out her lab results. Tarallo suspected that the pain she experienced while urinating was the result of a urinary tract infection, and its heavy correlation with sex made it difficult to tell her mother. Her symptoms persisted for three weeks before she recognized that it was a problem and before she could build up her courage to face her mother.
Under Attack
Posted in Get Well, The Spring 2008 issue on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tanya Elm was out of options. Nothing — not Tylenol, Mucinex, or any other allergy-relieving medications helped. Though she had experienced allergy symptoms for months, the Syracuse University junior decided to get a blood test this past summer to find out why her coughing and congestion could not be cured. “It’s so frustrating when I’m coughing at night, because I’m so tired and I just want to sleep, and I can’t,” Elm says. “I don’t mind having the sniffles every once in a while. It’s just when it affects my sleeping that it becomes annoying.”
