If the headache, swelling, increased irritability, as well as the feeling of hunger overtake you from month to month, then you have PMS, or premenstrual syndrome.
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PMS, symptoms and reasons
As a rule, PMS occurs due to the increased concentration of female genital hormones.
Symptoms of PMS is also pain in the stomach, tension, soreness of the breast. Note that PMS is manifested and psychologically. The woman becomes overnight irritable, she has flashes of anger, especially in the morning either on the background of the forgetfulness.
Premenstrual syndrome delivers suffering 80% of women of childbearing age. In total power, the symptoms of PMS are manifested in 25 years, but are especially expressed in the period from 30 to 40 years. About a third of women suffer from some of the listed symptoms of PMS, and two thirds - almost from all.
The reason for the development of premenstrual syndrome may be a violation of hormonal balance, changes in the functioning of the central nervous system.
Perhaps years of manifestations of PMS are years of strong tension, when a woman breaks between husband work and children. Available emotional problems can enhance premenstrual syndrome.
Fighting PMS
To combat PMS and improving the comfort of the state as a whole, allow yourself an extra part to relax. Try the body sweet, eat your favorite dishes (but do not overdo it), drink soothing herbal teas (tea with chamomile or mint), valerian tinctures and dyeing.
Recommended During this period, do not drink coffee, strong tea, carbonated drinks, sharp or salted products. Caffeine and tightly boiled tea will not succeed to you, but on the contrary, it will be cheating, and salt and acute food will only increase thirst. As a result, you can drink a lot of excess water, which will provoke swelling. Add that cranberry juice, on the contrary, is inclined to reduce swelling, bloating, as it is an effective natural diuretic.
Flooring, do pasta, bread, rice, fish, of course - fruits and vegetables, and also better avoid meat and milk.
Perform physical exercises regularly, as well as carry out the reception of complex drugs containing vitamins and minerals.
If the stomach does not hurt without stopping, try to lie down in a warm bath, and instead of a foam, add decoction of herbs to the water (chamomile or mint calmly soothe). But you should not go to the sauna or bath.
Smole sleep, as well as walk in the fresh air, ventilate the houses. If the PMS is expressed very much, irritation does not let you go for a second, then this can be a signal of the impaired endocrine system. It is best to consult a doctor in this case. After careful inspection, a specialist (gynecologist, an endocrinologist, a neuropathologist, therapist) will appoint you treatment.
In order to facilitate the task, get the diary of the manifestations of the PMS. Best do it a few months before applying to the doctor. The diary will help better assess the seriousness, beginning and duration of symptoms.
The doctor prescribes treatment, carefully studied the general condition of the body, the degree of severity of symptoms, as well as the age of a woman. Specialist can register you Painty, diuretic, sedatives.
We also add that, as it were, it was not difficult to proceed your premenstrual syndrome, you should not give up. In any case, you can improve your overall state with a positive emotional attitude and the ability to relax correctly. Before you use the variety of methods offered for the treatment of PMS methods, it is necessary to consult a doctor. The specialist will inspect and analyze your physical condition, will also provide you with the right treatment, taking care, thereby not only about the present, but also on the subsequent health of your body.
Republican Center for Man and Family Planning Reproduction. Telephone in Moscow (495) 942-51-54
