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Does anybody know if woemn menstruations weaken or heighten the immune system? I have been reading both positions on the internet as well as on this board, so is there a way to find clear references to know if yes or no... That way, those of us who have symptom flares during their periods would know if it's good or bad... Thanks.
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TerryK
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From previous discussions:
There is an intensification of immune response before and after menses. Increased symptoms may be a result of die-off.
from the testimony ...there is a period known as the immune response interval that is occurring approximately three days prior to, including the day of menses, and three days thereafter. If you then take the data and look at the pattern of estradiol secretion in normal women versus the pattern of night sweat activity in women with Lyme disease, what you see is, indeed, at the time that you see a decline in ovarian hormone production, in terms of estradiol secretion and progesterone secretion, which is the hallmark of the period prior to menses, this is when you see intensification of the immune system response.
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