AP

YANGON, Myanmar -The health of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has improved after she suffered from dehydration and low blood pressure last week, her party said Tuesday.

One of her medics, Dr. Pyone Moe Ei, was allowed to visit Suu Kyi, 63, at her lakeside home in Yangon on Monday afternoon. The doctor spent nearly five hours there and administered an intravenous drip, said Nyan Win, spokesman for the National League for Democracy.

“The doctor said Daw Suu’s health has improved but she still suffers from cramps. The doctor has prescribed necessary medicines,” Nyan Win said. “Daw” is a term of respect used for older women in Myanmar…

In Washington, the U.S. State Department urged the ruling junta to allow Suu Kyi access to Tin Myo Win. The statement also called for the military regime to release Suu Kyi and some 2,100 other political prisoners…

She is not known to have had any serious medical problems since September 2003, when she was taken from detention to a private hospital for a week for a major operation that doctors said was a gynecological procedure. In November 2006 her doctor conducted an ultrasound examination at her request and announced that the results revealed no gynecological problems.

Myanmar has been ruled by its military since 1962. Suu Kyi’s party won elections in 1990 but the military did not honor the result.