Premenstrual asthma

Premenstrual exacerbation of asthma.

Questionnaires and twice daily peak expiratory flow measurements were used to evaluate the effects of the menstrual cycle in asthmatic women. Forty per cent of women reported premenstrual deterioration in their symptoms and this was confirmed by peak flow recordings. No correlations were found between premenstrual exacerbation of asthma and symptoms of premenstrual tension, consumption of aspir...

Premenstrual asthma: still poorly understood.

Premenstrual asthma and female sex hormones.

A Pereira-Vega, JL Sánchez Ramos, R Vázquez Oliva, JA Maldonado Pérez, M Alwakil Olbah, M Montero Fernández, I Vázquez Rico, JL Robles Rodríguez, JM Ignacio García, P Romero Palacios, JF Medina Gallardo 1 Pneumology Section, Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez de Huelva, Huelva, Spain Department of Nursing, University of Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Huelva, Spain Pneumology Section, Hospital Infanta Elen...

Variability in the prevalence of premenstrual asthma.

Our aim is to analyse the differences in the prevalence of premenstrual asthma (PMA) according to a set of criteria, the relationship between them and the influence of asthma severity. The answer "Yes" to "Does your asthma get worse before menstruation?" was considered subjective PMA. A daily respiratory symptoms register of fertile asthmatic females was taken during two consecutive menstrual c...

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogues: a novel treatment for premenstrual asthma.

Premenstrual exacerbation of asthma, as reflected by a reduction in peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), has been demonstrated in 40-100% of female asthmatics. Epidemiological data demonstrate that admission to hospital with an exacerbation of asthma occurs more frequently perimenstrually. Therapeutic interventions aimed at modifying this precipitating factor, however, remain limited. We report on...