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Few oligo-amenorrhe...
Few oligo-amenorrheic athletes have vasomotor symptoms
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- Hammar, Mats, 1950- (author)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Obstetrik och gynekologi,Kirurgiska kliniken i Östergötland med verksamhet i Linköping, Norrköping och Motala
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Hammar-Henriksson, MB (author)
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Frisk, J (author)
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- Rickenlund, A (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Wyon, Yvonne, 1960- (author)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Obstetrik och gynekologi,Kirurgiska kliniken i Östergötland med verksamhet i Linköping, Norrköping och Motala
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- 2000
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- English.
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In: Maturitas. - 0378-5122 .- 1873-4111. ; 34:3, s. 219-225
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- Objective: To assess whether women with athletic oligo-amenorrhea have vasomotor symptoms. Material and methods: A mailed questionnaire was sent to 252 female athletes about vasomotor symptoms. Identical questions were also mailed to 1523 peri- and postmenopausal women. Results: The prevalence of vasomotor symptoms was low in female athletes with oligo- and amenorrhea and similar to that found in athletes with regular menstruations. The prevalence was significantly lower than in menopausal women. Although more than a third of the menopausal women had hormone replacement therapy, 30% of them still had vasomotor symptoms at least every week compared with only 2% of the oligo-amenorrheic athletes. Conclusion: Vasomotor symptoms are very uncommon in oligo-amenorrheic athletes, although many of them are hypoestrogenic. It was suggested that one factor contributing to these symptoms around menopause is low hypothalamic activity of ▀-endorphins, which makes the thermoregulatory centre labile. On the other hand, supraphysiological activity in hypothalamic ▀-endorphins may cause the oligo-amenorrhea in athletes, but may stabilise the thermoregulatory centre and thus prevent hot flushes. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
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