Women More Vulnerable When Menstrual Pain


Madrid, women most likely to get sick when they're menstruating, when her eggs are removed from the uterus or ovulation. The reason for the high levels of estrogen during ovulation decrease the activity of molecules that play an important role in the immune system.

A recent study from Spain found clues that.

During ovulation, a woman's body is very likely to get pregnant. The egg is released from the ovary, uterus filled with nutrients, and estrogen levels are at the highest level. Research has shown that at this time, a woman more likely to be infected with bacteria and bacterial diseases such as herpes, HIV (Human Imunnodeficiency virus) and HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).

"Reducing the activity of the immune system will allow the sperm to survive in the female reproductive tract, and allow for a woman to become pregnant. But at the same time, it also allows germs to infect women," said the researcher, Miguel Relloso of Compultense University in Madrid.

The findings, published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that women are most susceptible to infection during ovulation. The hormone estrogen turns down the activity of the immune system against pathogens or germs such as viruses and bacteria.

The scientists studied changes in the immune system in mice when estrogen levels are high-high. Researchers gave estrogen in female rats and to test how vulnerable when infected by Candida albicans, the fungus that causes genital yeast infection.

As expected, mice given estrogen are more susceptible to infection than mice not given estrogen. Estrogen binds to cells that trigger the production of immune system molecules or also called Th17 and then arrested him.

"Sex hormones may also play an important role in immune system disorders. Women are more susceptible to diseases of the immune system. At first we thought maybe estrogen is what causes the inflammation," said Susan Kovats Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, as reported by myhealthnewsdaily.com, Monday (09/01/2012).

Understanding how the sex hormones estrogen affects the immune system is essential to develop new ways to fight infection, for example, creating a drug that makes women more resistant to HIV.

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