Premenstrual Syndrome

ACUPUNCTURE AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME About premenstrual syndrome

Most women of reproductive age experience at least mild premenstrual symptoms at some time in their lives (O’Brien 1987). However, around 2–10% of women have premenstrual symptoms that severely disrupt daily living (O’Brien 1987, DTB 1992, Wittchen 2002). These more troublesome symptoms are usually termed ‘premenstrual syndrome’ (PMS), if they comprise recurrent psychological and/or physical sy...

Premenstrual syndrome.

The advances in the careful screening and diagnosis of women with PMS has led to the ability to conduct epidemiologic, etiologic, and treatment studies in well-defined samples of women. Prospective symptom charting, scoring methods, and careful clinical psychiatric and medical evaluation are necessary to rule out concurrent psychiatric and medical disorders. Studies of women with PMDD have sugg...

Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Premenstrual syndrome is defined as recurrent moderate psychological and physical symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of menses and resolve with menstruation. It affects 20 to 32 percent of premenopausal women. Women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder experience affective or somatic symptoms that cause severe dysfunction in social or occupational realms. The disorder affects 3 to 8 pe...

Calcium carbonate and the premenstrual syndrome: effects on premenstrual and menstrual symptoms. Premenstrual Syndrome Study Group.

OBJECTIVE Previous reports have suggested that disturbances in calcium regulation may underlie the pathophysiologic characteristics of premenstrual syndrome and that calcium supplementation may be an effective therapeutic approach. To evaluate the effect of calcium carbonate on the luteal and menstrual phases of the menstrual cycle in premenstrual syndrome, a prospective, randomized, double-bli...

Management of premenstrual syndrome.

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2009: 35(3) Introduction The diagnosis and management of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are reviewed, in particular, the evidence for pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. Additionally, this review takes a wider view of the situation with particular emphasis on recent attempts to achieve a global consensus on definitions and management. The develo...

Management of Premenstrual Syndrome