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may affect
kids with poor
self esteem
(AP) — Add "Facebook depres­
sion" to potential harms linked with
social media, an influential doctors'
group warns, referring to a condi­
tion it says may affect troubled teens
who obsess over the online site.
Researchers disagree on whether
it's simply an extension of depres­
sion some kids feel in other circum­
stances, or a distinct condition
linked with using the online site.
But there are unique aspects of
Facebook that can make it a particu­
larly tough social landscape to navi­
gate for kids already dealing with
poor self-esteem, said Dr. Gwenn
O'Keeffe, a Boston-area pediatrician
and lead author of new American
Academy of Pediatrics social media
guidelines.
With in-your-face friends' tallies,
Up to 50 percent of child-bear­
ing-age women struggle with en­
dometriosis, a condition that can
cause mild to severe pelvic pain
before and during menstruation and
can lead to infertility in women. En-
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statu s updates and photos o f
happy-looking people having great
times, Facebook pages can make
some kids feel even worse if they
think they don't measure up.
It can be more painful than sitting
alone in a crowded school cafeteria
or other real-life encounters that
can make kids feel down, O'Keeffe
said, because Facebook provides a
skewed view of what's really going
on. Online, there's no way to see
facial expressions or read body lan­
guage that provide context.
The guidelines urge pediatricians
to encourage parents to talk with
their kids about online use and to be
aware of Facebook depression,
cyberbullying, sexting and other
online risks. They were published
online Monday in Pediatrics.
Abby Abolt, 16, a Chicago high
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never made her feel depressed, but
that she can understand how it might
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"If you really didn't have that
many friends and weren't really do­
ing much with your life, and saw
other peoples' status updates and
pictures and what they were doing
with friends, I could see how that
would make them upset," she said.
"It's like a big popularity contest
— who can get the most friend re­
quests or get the most pictures
tagged," she said.
Also, it's common among some
teens to post snotty or judgmental
messages on the Facebook walls of
people they don't like, said Gaby
Navarro, 18, aseniorfrom Grayslake,
111. It's happened to her friends, and
she said she could imagine how that
could make some teens feel de­
pressed.
"Parents should definitely know"
about these practices," Navarro
said. "It's good to raise awareness
about it."
Coping with
Endometriosis
dometriosis is most
by D r . R ichard N. W aldman
com m on am ong
women in their 30s and 40s, but it surgical procedure used. A lighted
can occur in menstruating women scope is inserted through a small
of any age. Women who have never incision in the abdomen and allows
had children and those who have a your doctor to view your pelvic
mother, sister, or daughter with en­ organs. If endometriosis is found
dometriosis may be at increased risk. during the procedure, it can often be
In a normal menstrual cycle, en­ removed at the time of the exam.
dometrial cells thicken the lining of
E n d o m e trio sis can also be
the uterus in preparation of sup­ treated with m edication. Your
porting a fertilized egg. If no egg doctor may prescribe ibuprofen,
implants, the lining sheds off during naproxen, or o th er p ain -re lief
menstruation. In most women, a drugs. Birth control pills may be
small amount of endometrial cells prescribed to control the m en­
flows back through the fallopian strual cycle and shrink areas of
tubes and into the abdomen or trav­ endom etriosis. Other hormonal
els through blood and lymph ves­ methods such as progestin or gona­
sels. Endometriosis occurs when dotropin-releasing hormones may
these cells attach to other places be used, but they can cause side
such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, effects, such as hot flashes, loss of
rectum, intestines, bladder, ureters, bone density, bloating, headaches,
and the surface of the uterus. The vaginal dryness, mood changes,
misplaced cells behave just like the sexual problems, and weight gain.
endometrial cells inside the uterus— Though hormonal medications can
they may bleed before and during suppress endometriosis, they are
menstruation and cause scar tissue not effective in treating infertility
to develop.
caused by the disorder.
Women with endometriosis may
Surgery to remove endometrio­
experience pain during sex, urina­ sis and scar tissue may be neces­
tion, or bowel movements, before or sary in severe cases. While surgery
during menstruation, or may have and treatment may help on a short­
menstrual bleeding more than once term basis, about half of women
a month. Some women do not have who have surgery will experience
symptoms and may be First be diag­ symptoms again within a year.
nosed when they have trouble get­ Many women report improvement
ting pregnant.
in their symptoms after menopause.
Endometriosis can only be truly
Dr. Richard N. Waldman is presi­
co n firm ed th ro u g h su rg ery . dent o f the American Congress o f
Laparascopy is the most common Obstetricians and Gynecologists.