Treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

PMS could last for days or even weeks and is actually problematic for many women. That is why an option to relieve, eliminate or treat PMS problems is a godsend.

Knowing and being a master of your menstrual cycle is a perfect way to deal with common Premenstrual Syndrome symptoms. You can prepare yourself better if you know the actual dates of your periods. For instance, you can avoid scheduling the most important activities around that time just so you can take care of yourself. But you’re probably wondering what if the long awaited date materializes just when you aren’t yourself and are actually moody, irritable, unsocial, and a nervous wreck not to mention those spasms and seizures in your stomach?

Well, no need to turn him down. After all those cramping, back aches, joint/limb inflammation and stomach pains can be taken care of using painkillers, tranquillizers and antidepressants that you get over-the-counter.  Severe water retention problems can be treated with diuretics while anti-inflammatory drugs will ease the pain in your joints. Hormonal contraception can also be used to handle hormonal imbalances.

Try regulating your diet to less caffeine and sugar to tame the bloating and constipation. Have food rich in minerals or try supplements or multivitamin. Proper exercises like aerobics or just a little massage to the lower abdomen will do you some good too.  Keep in mind that this is just to buy you sometime; it won’t make the cramps go away completely! If it’s not actually your first periods there’s no doubt you’ve somehow figured out how to work on your emotional changes so it won’t be so tough.

Note that although mild and sometimes severe symptoms are perfectly normal and typical for PMS one should be careful not to overlook abnormal and prolonged bleeding, long lasting headaches and other extreme symptoms which could be indications to underlying worse health problems. Please consult your doctor if any abnormal patterns persist. As mentioned above knowing your menstrual pattern will help you a great deal in discerning what’s normal and what needs special treatment.

Causes of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

The causes of Premenstrual Syndrome are pretty much completely natural though there’s no one fixed cause. Indeed PMS is just a medical term for the physical, emotional or psychological experiences before a period. Every 28 days or so, your ovaries release an egg to your uterus for fertilization. Your hormones and the whole body are alerted to start preparing for the baby’s nest. Your uterine wall is supplied with lots of blood so that the fertilized egg can attach itself. If the egg isn’t fertilized then it can’t attach itself to the uterine wall. Thus the wall lining has to be shed and it comes out with the unfertilized egg.

That’s the basic cause of your PMS, but you’re probably wondering then why the pain, discomfort, anxiety, headaches and the likes. Well, let’s take cramping for instance. Just before your periods begin which is pretty much the opportune time for these PMS symptoms, your uterus will contract and its muscles tighten to force down the bloody and congested uterine lining. This is why you experience seizures and ripples in your lower abdomen, and pain as the oxygenated blood in your uterine muscles diminishes. The congestion and scramble for space between the heavy uterine wall, your bladder and bowel could make you feel uncomfortable and exert pressure at your lower-back. The results are lower-back aches, fatigue, sometimes bloating and a nervous wreck. Remember during this period your body tends to retain a lot of fluids which is what causes bulging or swelling at the joints, hands and feet. Breast soreness and sensitivity could also happen as hormones set off the mammary glands.

Mood swings, irritability, sensitivity and other emotional syndromes: the chief cause of these would be hormonal changes. Remember if you’re experiencing these symptoms it could as well mean you didn’t get pregnant but your body had prepared itself anyway. So it must start lowering the levels of hormones such as estrogen and progesterone which were needed for the process. This hormonal balance is what result into some of these emotional and sometimes mental PMS.

Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

Premenstrual Syndrome can have physical or emotional symptoms. They’ll normally start a week or two before your period, and continue up to the time you actually receive ‘your visitor’. This is normally the climax of your little troubles. Anyway, the symptoms should then get easy on you as the menses start and progress to the finish.

Physical PMS symptoms vary from mild to severe. The most common of these include cramps or pain in the lower abdomen, unrelenting headaches and sometimes bloating. Your breasts may also become a bit sensitive and sore while your face is capable of developing acne or pimples. Sometimes joint aches and swelling of the limbs could also be experienced.

Some of the most infamous emotional PMS include uncontrolled anger and irritability which can make you to pick up fights and arguments with your loved ones and friends. Mood swings: sometimes you are really happy, others you want to cry. Imagine times when you completely loss interest or lack concentration on something important like your class work or a conversation. Sometimes you can be very anxious too, or maybe unnecessarily worried about something, making you to have sleepless nights. This is associated with tension, stress and fatigue. You could also be overly sensitive or have low esteem.

The good thing with PMS is that it tends to remain the same for each woman. The only thing that will vary is the degree of severity but the symptoms remain more or less the same; so once you have mastered your menstrual cycle’s physical and emotional systems it becomes easier to predict them. In addition, PMS symptoms are different for every woman. For instance, if you have stomach cramps the first time, chances are you will always have such variations of abdominal pain and discomfort every month. Somebody else will have headaches, another becomes irritable or a nervous wreck and so on.

Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

The combination of physical, emotional, mental or psychological tension or symptoms that you experience prior to or after your period starts is what is referred to as Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). This is the time your mood swings, irritability and anxiety are in top gear. Indeed, that regular visitor has come again! And he could be received with mixed feelings; talk of that little girl who is eager to show off to her friends that she is now a full grown woman or a busy teenager who can’t believe she is not going out tonight.

Premenstrual Syndrome is worse at the onset of your menses (say one week or so before your period starts), although it should get better as your period begins. It can take a few days or weeks to completely go away. Hormonal changes and fluctuations are almost entirely responsible for most of these syndromes and these physical, emotional and mental symptoms are perfectly normal for any normal woman. They include tiredness, nervousness, confusion, lack of concentration, sleeplessness, breast tenderness, cramps, headaches, bloating, skin problems and so on. The good thing is once you have gotten to know your menstrual cycle, it becomes easier to control and manage your periods.

These symptoms affect different women in different ways, and could vary from mild to wild. Some women just sail through it all with ease while others have complications, discomforts and irregularities. Be sure to call your doctor if symptoms threaten to get out of hand. You will know that these symptoms need special attention if normal flow breaks into unsettling heavy flow or you develop severe depression or swelling of feet and/or hands. Remember any of these symptoms must be severe enough to the extent of interrupting your normal activities for your physician to qualify them as PMS.