Background: Menstrual Migraine (MM) is a subgroup of migraine headache that affect the quality of life of patients in menstrual age. Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is the most common cause of anemia, especially in women of reproductive age. Objectives: To determine the association of iron deficiency anemia with menstrual migraine. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study was c...

AIM OF THE STUDY This study explored characteristics of the menstrual cycle including duration, prevalence and severity of symptoms and examined the relationship of these characteristics with attitudes toward menstruation. BACKGROUND Conceptualization of menstrual phenomena and attitudes toward menstruation may vary among cultures. While data about menstrual health among American women are wi...

This study assesses the mediating role of stage of menstrual cycle in the recognition of emotional expressions. It was hypothesised that fear recognition ability would be stronger at high-oestrogen stages of the menstrual cycle. The accuracy of recognising emotional expressions was compared across 50 women who were at different stages of their menstrual cycle. It was found that accuracy to reco...

Gender differences in pain perception have been reported in literature. However, most such studies have ignored the role of female sex hormones in influencing pain response across menstrual cycle (MC). In this study, we have investigated the variation in pain response on different days of the menstrual cycle. Ninety subjects (60 females) were subjected to experimental pain of cold pressor task,...

STUDY QUESTION Does moderate alcohol intake affect menstrual cycle characteristics among women in the Danish population? SUMMARY ANSWER Levels of alcohol exposure as seen in this study do not substantially affect the menstrual cycle. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Animal studies indicate alcohol-induced disruptions of the reproductive system, but previous epidemiological studies addressing the possi...

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a widespread industrial environmental contaminant. Animal studies suggest that TCDD exposure alters the estrus cycle. Twenty years after a 1976 industrial explosion in Seveso, Italy, the authors interviewed female residents to determine whether there was an association between TCDD exposure and current menstrual cycle characteristics. The authors an...

objective: the purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of menstrual cycle abnormalities among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) on biochemical and anthropometric characteristics. materials and methods: we conducted a prospective observational study of patients 17-35 years of age with pcos that attended the department of gynecological endocrinology of our hospital. re...

background: during the month of ramadan, millions of muslims abstain from food and drink daily from dawn to sunset and people actually experience repeated cycles of fasting and refeeding. menstruation is a normal physiological process that its regularity is controlled by hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. etiology of menstrual dysfunction includes weight loss, hypoleptinemia, abnormal eating ...

Night work has been associated with adverse effects in terms of reproductive health. Specifically, menstruation has been suggested to be negatively impacted by night work, which again may influence fertility. This study investigated whether working nights is related to menstrual characteristics and if there is a relationship between shift work disorder (SWD) and menstruation. The study was cros...

PURPOSE To determine the ocular biometric characteristics during the menstrual cycle using the optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR) biometry. METHODS Twenty-two healthy women between the ages of 19 and 36 years with regular menstrual cycles were enrolled in this prospective study. Subjects with irregular menstrual cycles, those taking contraceptive pills, those with a history of ocular ...