DISEASES OF UTERUS AND OVARIES (Continued).
=Ovaries, Congestion of.=--This disease usually comes from taking cold
during menstruation, from some injury, extra strain during lifting, or
from some slow inflammatory process.
The symptoms are pain and tenderness in one or both sides of the lower
part of the body. There is more or less continuous pain, which is always
worse in standing or walking. The tenderness in the sides is increased
during menstruation, especially if pressure be made over the part.
Sometimes the pain is quite severe when the bowels move. There is always
a feeling of distress, frequently associated with nausea, and often more
or less fever.
=Treatment.=--For treatment the person should have as good surroundings as
possible, and should take complete rest during menstruation.
In order to relieve the congestion in these parts and thoroughly control
the pain, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound should be taken at once.
=Removal of Ovaries.=--This condition of the ovaries gave rise to the
practice of removing these organs. Just as soon as a woman consulted a
physician and complained of tenderness over the ovaries, he was sure to
advise her to have these organs removed.
=Less Operating Than Formerly.=--But this practice is rapidly passing
away, and the very surgeons who were so anxious to operate a few years
ago are now found advising against it. This is because of the serious
results which follow this operation. While the pain and tenderness in
these parts would be relieved, yet the profound and overwhelming
impression made upon the nervous system, by producing such a remarkable
change in the life of the woman, was even worse than the disease itself.
=Results of Removal of Ovaries.=--Women who have had their ovaries removed
are frequently the victims of hysteria, melancholia, extreme nervous
prostration, insomnia, and other distressing and dangerous complaints.
=Surgical Operations Unnecessary.=--Then, again, it is becoming well known
over the whole country that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound can
relieve congestion and pain so thoroughly that the surgeon's knife is
unnecessary. I am so confident in this belief that it hardly seems
possible that any woman would continue to suffer in this way, when it is
so useless. I know we can make every woman perfectly comfortable and at
rest, no matter how long she may have suffered, if she will only follow
our simple directions.
=The One Certain Cure.=--All she has to do is to keep her bowels in good
condition by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, and at the same time
take a thorough course of treatment with the Vegetable Compound. If you
have any friends or neighbors who are suffering from this disease, and
who fear that it will lead to ovarian tumors, which must ultimately
necessitate a dangerous surgical operation, I urge upon you to tell them
the story of this Vegetable Compound.
=Always Brings Good Cheer.=--It has brought happiness to so many homes,
has relieved so much suffering, and has cheered and comforted so many
thousands of women, that I am sure you will be doing a great deed of
charity if you will only aid in spreading this glad news.
=Tumors of the Uterus.=--The uterus is subject to tumors, or growths, the
symptoms of which are much like those of chronic inflammation. As a
rule, the person suffering from these tumors knows nothing whatever of
their existence until some competent physician has told her such is the
case.
=Fibroid Tumors.=--The most common tumors are known as fibroids. They are
often small, and yet sometimes attain a considerable size.
Until within a few years surgeons were always anxious to operate upon
these tumors; but this is now largely done away with, for they are not
fatal in themselves, and only become serious when they attain an
exceedingly large size, or, what is more frequently the case, cause
excessive flowing during or between the menstrual periods.
=Tumors Cured Without the Knife.=--In these cases Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound shows its remarkable power to great advantage. By
establishing a better circulation through the uterus, and relieving the
congestion in the surrounding parts, and by giving strength and tone to
the smaller blood-vessels, the hemorrhage is controlled and the
inflammation is reduced. The tumors cease to grow, diminish in size, and
disappear altogether under its influence.
=Vagina, Inflammation of.=--Occasionally there is an acute and most
intense inflammation of the vagina caused by exposure to cold,
irritating discharges from the womb, the use of pessaries, supporters,
or some contagious disease.
Many women suffer from this complaint towards the close of menstruation,
when the discharges are acrid and most irritating.
=Promptly Cured.=--This inflammation can be promptly cured by the frequent
use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash. Prepare this strictly according
to the directions on each package, and use it as a vaginal injection two
or three times a day. The cure will be hastened by employing a sitz-bath
(sitting in a tub of hot water, or in a bath-tub).
=To Prevent Extension of Disease.=--In order to prevent the inflammation
from extending into the uterus, it is always wise to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for a few days after an attack of this
kind.
=Pruritus, Itching.=--Pruritus, or itching of the external parts, is a
most annoying affection, which often renders life itself almost
unendurable. Its most frequent cause is due to irritating discharges
from the uterus or vagina. Quite a large per cent of the women who are
passing through the "change of life" are troubled in this way.
It is also a marked symptom of diabetes, or "sugar in the urine;" and if
the itching is associated with an unusually large flow of urine,
together with dryness of the mouth and extreme thirst, there is a
probability that the person is suffering from diabetes. In such a case a
specimen of the urine should be taken to a competent physician, and he
should be asked to make a thorough examination of it in order to
definitely determine this point.
=Treatment.=--The treatment of pruritus consists in keeping the parts
thoroughly cleansed by frequent vaginal injections of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash, even three or four injections daily; and also bathing the
external parts with the same solution.
=Can Be Promptly Controlled.=--Although medical writers so generally claim
that this disease is almost impossible to relieve, and although they
recommend the application of severe caustics, yet I have never found any
difficulty in promptly controlling and curing this affection by the
faithful and persistent use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash as a
local application and the Vegetable Compound for its constitutional
effects.
=Constitutional Treatment Necessary.=--Although this disease shows itself
in only one place, yet the difficulty is in the whole system, and can
only be thoroughly removed by the internal use of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Thousands of letters from women tell that their life
of agony, distress, and sleeplessness was changed to one of perfect
comfort almost immediately upon the use of these remedies.
=Bladder, Inflammation of.=--Sometimes the inflammation of the vagina and
uterus is so severe that it involves the bladder; or an irritable
condition of the bladder may be produced by a pregnant uterus pressing
forward against it; or the uterus may be tipped forward a trifle more
than natural, and thus press against the bladder sufficient to cause
irritation.
=Symptoms.=--The principal symptom of congestion or inflammation of the
bladder is a frequent desire to pass the urine. This act is almost
always painful, and is sometimes accompanied with spasmodic contractions
of the walls of the bladder, causing severe straining.
=May Become Chronic.=--If treatment be neglected, this condition easily
becomes chronic, when it is very difficult to cure. Prompt treatment in
these cases is strongly urged because it can be cured in every instance,
and thus an immense amount of suffering avoided.
=Treatment.=--If possible, the person should remain in bed or recline on a
couch. The diet should consist largely of liquids, nothing being better
than good milk. Meats, rich soups, and all pastries should be avoided.
Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound should be taken at once, because of
its most happy effect in relieving congestion and inflammation of all
the pelvic organs. Indeed, here is one instance where the Vegetable
Compound is alike useful to both sexes. The most flattering testimonials
have come from men who have tried this remedy "because it was in the
house," and who were most happily surprised to find that the relief was
prompt and the cure speedy. For all irritable conditions of the bladder,
whether of recent or old standing, I do not believe there is a remedy in
the world that holds out such great promises of complete relief equal to
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
=The Menopause, or "Change of Life."=--This is a cessation of
menstruation. It usually occurs between the ages of forty and fifty
years, although frequently before and even after this time.
=Symptoms.=--The person first notices that although menstruation had
previously been regular, yet now it has become irregular, not appearing
more frequently than once every six weeks or two months; or possibly
passing over a month, and then appearing regularly again for the
following two or three months; or the flow may be less and less month
after month, until gradually it disappears altogether; or, not
infrequently, menstruation ceases abruptly, without any warning
whatever.
=A Natural Condition.=--The change of life should be a perfectly natural
condition, not associated with any unpleasant symptom whatever. Yet this
is rarely the case, while often the suffering at this time is most
intense in every way.
=Affects Nervous System.=--The most severe effects are frequently produced
on the nervous system. These are known as "heat flashes." It is a marked
symptom with a great many women, and is described as a sensation of
waves of heat passing over the body. Sometimes these are very severe,
causing the face to become very red, producing dizziness and intense
headache.
Often there is melancholia, great depression, and not infrequently
complete prostration of the nervous system. The digestion may be
disturbed, producing constipation, diarrhoea, dyspepsia, loss of
appetite, offensive breath, biliousness, etc. Most marked changes are
certainly taking place in the whole system, and it is but natural that
every part of the body should be profoundly impressed.
=Not Expensive Treatment.=--I cannot urge too strongly upon my readers the
necessity of their taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all
through these remarkable changes. It is not a great expense to take
this Vegetable Compound in moderate doses four times a day for weeks, or
even months, during these changes.
=A Critical Time.=--If this period of life be passed over in safety, then
there may be years and years of robust health remaining; while if it be
not attended to properly, the remainder of the life may be one prolonged
day of agony. Even when persons have suffered during all their menstrual
life, they can now have perhaps a score or more of years of complete
relief if they properly care for themselves during this change.
=Keep Under Its Influence.=--Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a
great tonic in itself, bracing up the whole nervous system, aiding
digestion, and causing all the forces of the body to act more in accord
with nature.
Then it has a special influence over the uterus and ovaries; indeed, so
marked is its power to correct disease that all the trying days of the
"change of life" may be passed over in perfect safety, if only the
system be continuously kept under its influence.
=May Be Made Easy and Natural.=--Women who have been dreading this change,
and who have been made to look upon it as something horrible to pass
through, may now lay all such anxiety aside, for Mrs. Pinkham long ago
solved the problem of making this time of life as healthy and natural as
any other.
It is not claiming too much to say that if women everywhere will only
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound through this trying time,
they will come out of it feeling better in every way than they have felt
for many years. =If you do not understand your ailments, write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free and always helpful. Such letters
are strictly confidential and answered with the help of women only.=