BACKGROUND Premenstrual syndrome is a psychoneuro endocrine stress related disorder. PURPOSE To study the effect of premenstrual stress on autonomic function. METHODS Study of autonomic function basal heart rate, basal blood pressure, systolic & diastolic response to cold stimulus was carried out in 80 Eumenorrheic females age between 18-25 yrs. during premenstrual & post menstrual phase. S...

The ability of complement in human menstrual blood and cervical mucus to kill Trichomonas vaginalis was compared with that of complement in serum, and 95 fresh trichomonal isolates obtained from vaginal wash material were evaluated for susceptibility to complement immediately after isolation. Only serum and menstrual blood with haemolytic activity produced total cytolysis of T vaginalis. The cy...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate various histo-pathological features in endometrial curettings of patients complaining of menstrual irregularities with excessive blood loss and correlating them with clinical presentations. METHODS A total of 260 endometrial curettings were obtained by Dilatation and Curettage done at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Railway Hospital, Rawalpindi. All the pres...

The treatment of endometriosis by blood circulation promoting and stasis removing method is based on the experience carried in the "Ji Yin Gang Mu" and the fact that this disease belongs to the category of pelvic stagnant blood. The study group consisted of 53 women with endometriosis. They were manifested as dysmenorrhea, menoxenia, ovarian chocolate cysts and enlarged uterus. The control grou...

331 May 2015, Vol. 105, No. 5 Better menstrual management options for adolescents needed in South Africa: What about the menstrual cup? To the Editor: Providing forms of menstrual management to women and girls in need has been on the South African (SA) government’s agenda for the past 4 years.[1] A sanitary pads campaign launched in 2014 reported that almost nine million SA girls aged 13 19 mis...

In intervention and observational studies, it is necessary to determine the number of blood samples required to estimate the true value of Fe-status measures. The aim of the present study was to determine the number of days for blood sampling required in order to measure the 'true value' of five Fe-status parameters in young Fe-depleted women and to investigate the effect of menstrual cycle on ...

The current trend of antenatal care starts from puberty. This concept was emphasized by kumara (2014) who conducted a study among girls regarding menstrual hygiene revealed that only few were using sanitary napkin and many did not practice the same. Menstrual involves personal measures to be adopted women adolescent girls. It includes use clean material absorb all collected blood these material...

Menstruation is the most common phenomenon observed in fertile women. Menstrual cycle (MC) of 3 phases: proliferative phase, secretory phase and menstruation phase. It controlled by endocrine system. Natural fluctuations sex steroid hormones during MC causes changes hematological parameters. The aim present study to assess impact different phases on was conducted KIMS, Hubli, from 01st March 20...

A. Kido, T. Koyama, M. Kataoka, A. Yamamoto, S. Umeoka, S. Fujii, T. Saga, K. Togashi Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Introduction Uterus exhibits impressive hemodynamic change during menstrual cycle phases. During menstrual phase, prostaglandins are at their highest concentration (1). It induces uterine myometrial contractions and lead to decrease local uterine blood flow (2). Uterus als...