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Katherine Ryan: 我最近咨询了一位儿科妇科医生关于我一位年轻的女性亲属的月经痛问题。这位医生建议服用避孕药来缓解疼痛，这让我感到震惊和困惑。我个人认为，在没有进行任何检查的情况下，直接建议服用避孕药来治疗月经痛，尤其是在青春期，是一个极端的做法。避孕药虽然在控制生育方面有其作用，但它也存在许多潜在的健康风险和副作用，例如增加抑郁症的风险，尤其是在青春期女孩中。此外，避孕药会抑制排卵，影响女性自身激素的产生，并且“药流”并非真正的月经。青春期女孩的月经不规律是正常的生理现象，服用避孕药反而会干扰其正常的生理发育。因此，我认为在治疗青春期女孩的月经痛时，应该优先考虑其他更温和的治疗方法，例如止痛药或生活方式的改变，只有在其他方法无效的情况下才考虑服用避孕药。 我理解青少年获得避孕药的重要性，但这不应该成为治疗月经痛的首选方案，尤其是在没有进行充分的检查和评估的情况下。我个人在青春期也服用过避孕药，虽然没有出现严重的副作用，但我现在意识到这可能对我的健康造成了长远的影响。 我呼吁大家关注青春期女孩的月经健康问题，并谨慎对待避孕药的使用。在做出任何决定之前，请务必咨询专业的医疗人员，并充分了解各种治疗方法的利弊。 听众来信: 我分享了我儿子被诊断为高功能自闭症和多动症的经历，这与你描述的Fred的情况很相似。早期诊断和干预对他们的成长至关重要。

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This week, Katherine's Telling Everybody Everything about her shock at being advised by a paediatric gynaecologist to put an adolescent extended family member on the oral contraceptive pill as a cure for menstrual cramps. Are we still doing that? It's difficult to get answers with so much information floating around but we were SURE that was an outdated practice due to the links between depression, and the fact that we sort of......NEED TO GO THROUGH PUBERTY, non? Maybe we're wrong. Also, Meet the Baldwins, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's new reality series on TLC (discovery plus in the UK) receives some interesting reviews and Ne-Yo is leaning into Polyamory. Is it ethical if everyone is being honest? Plus, your letters on Fred's sensitive soul and stomach. x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.