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Hot water bottle really does ease period pains

It is advice women have passed down through the generations - a hot water bottle on the tummy can ease period pain.

Now scientists have proved that granny really did know best.

They say placing something warm on the skin can alleviate abdominal pain - such as that caused by cystitis or menstrual cramps - in a similar way to painkillers for up to an hour.

The research will be welcomed by millions of women who suffer debilitating period pains, which can leave them bedridden.

For some, the pain can be so severe that their careers, social lives and relationships are affected.

A survey last year found that one in ten young women regularly takes time off work as a result of period pains.

Two in five said the pain leaves them unable to concentrate on their jobs.

The scientists, from University College London, found that heat treatment works by

blocking pain messages to the brain.

Presenting his findings to the Physiological Society's annual conference, Dr Brian King said: 'The pain of colic, cystitis and menstrual period pain is caused by a temporary reduction in blood flow to organs, causing local tissue damage and activating pain receptors.

'The heat doesn't just provide comfort and have a placebo effect - it actually deactivates the pain at a molecular level in much the same way as pharmaceutical

painkillers work. We have discovered how this molecular process works.'

The researchers used genetic engineering to make heat and pain receptor proteins in the same cell and examined the interaction.

They found that if warmth over 40 degrees Celsius is applied to the skin near to where internal pain is felt, it switches on heat receptors at the site of injury.

These heat receptors in turn block the effect of chemical messengers that cause pain

to be detected by the body. Speaking in London, Dr King added: 'The problem with heat is that it can only provide temporary relief.

'The focus of future research will continue to be the discovery and development of pain relief drugs that will block pain receptors.

'Our research adds to a body of work showing that pain receptors are key to the development of drugs that will alleviate debilitating internal pain.'

Menstrual pain is one of the most common gynaecological complaints in women of reproductive age.

More than 80 per cent of British women are thought to suffer from period pains - many of whom will use painkillers to cope.

Last year, a survey carried out for Feminax, a painkiller manufacturer, found that 20 per cent of young women said their monthly pains cause trouble in their relationships, while one in three is left feeling depressed.

Several brands of stick-on patches which supply low-level heat to the abdomen are already available to buy overthecounter.

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Wouldn't be without my hot water bottle. Eases the pain, and very comforting also.

- Elizabeth, Vancouver , Canada

The old methods are always the best!

- Helen, Deddington, Oxfordshire

Hot water bottles don't do a thing for me. But I have found that if I vocalise my pain by begging for 'mercy' and making other noises (btw I'm available for sound effects for horror movies) while having BBC News 24 on the tv, that helps me through the pain. And could those scientists please tell me why the cramps start in the middle of the night? I better stop typing now, I have a little over 12hrs to go before I start begging for mercy again.

- Elizabeth, Edinburgh , Scotland