Can the stress of the upcoming presidential election cause problems with the uterus and menstrual cycle? Health experts have revealed how voting could harm your reproductive health.
A woman named Katie, who asked to keep her last name private, recently revealed to vanity fair who had suffered a burst ovarian cyst after watching the debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in 2016, which left her with searing pain.
He added that it happened again after the debate between Trump and President Joe Biden in June, and he believes it was his body’s response to the immense fear he felt about the fate of the country.
And according to a lot of health professionals, anxiety about the upcoming election can certainly have a negative effect on your body, particularly your uterus.
Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, former president of the American Medical Women’s Association, explained that being in a constant state of stress puts the body in “fight or flight mode.”
Can the stress of the presidential election cause problems with the uterus and menstrual cycle? Health experts reveal how voting could harm health
And he said being in it long term can negatively impact your ‘reproductive functions, as well as digestive, cardiac and nervous processes.’
“With that level of fear and anxiety, the problem is that what happens to the rest of the body, including the uterus, is that that level of stress actually increases the heart rate,” she said.
‘And if your heart has to work a little harder and pump a little harder, it can wear out over time.
“If you have this low level of stress constantly, every time you turn on the TV or every time you see his orange face in front of you, your heart races and that leads to things like arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. It can lead to heart failure during a long period of time.’
A Georgia-based board-certified OB-GYN named Dr. Lara Hart said she’s seen “more women” than ever complaining that they’ve recently had irregular menstrual cycles, and she believes it’s related to the stress of the election.
He also stated that many patients have stopped ovulating even though there is nothing wrong with them from a medical point of view.
“You do blood tests and stuff, and it’s like if they don’t have PCOS, everything seems fine,” she continued. There’s really nothing that explains it. “They’re just not ovulating.”
One woman, who asked to be referred to only by her first initial, M, told the publication that she had recently been enduring “crazy period symptoms” that she had never had before, which she believes is due to “anxiety” about the elections.
According to a large number of health professionals, anxiety about the upcoming election can certainly have a negative effect on your body, particularly your uterus (stock image)
Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber told Vanity Fair that being in a constant state of stress puts the body in “fight or flight mode,” which can negatively impact its “reproductive functions.”
Obstetrician-gynecologist Lara Hart (pictured) said she has seen “more women” than ever complaining that they have recently had irregular menstrual cycles.
“I thought, ‘Oh God, I have to be starting my period.’ And then I didn’t,” she said. ‘I’m (lucky) cramping. I feel (the anxiety) in my body.’
In 2020, during the Trump/Biden election, OB-GYN Mary Jane Minkin said Refinery29 that “anything that causes significant stress can ruin the ovulatory process.”
‘At the bottom of the brain is an area called the pituitary gland and above that is the hypothalamus, and that’s where the marching orders for ovarian function come from.
“When you’re under stress, you don’t get the right signals from the top of the brain to the hypothalamus to kickstart this whole intricate system that helps you ovulate.”