Premenstrual syndrome, diagnosis and treatment

Some women react very strongly to impending menstruation. About a week, they begin to deteriorate mood, may appear pain in the chest, discharge from the vagina. Depressed mood, depression, loss of interest in life - most likely, this premenstrual syndrome. The phenomenon has been known to the world since ancient times, it has been studied relatively recently and unambiguous reasons for its appearance have not been established.

Premenstrual syndrome is more common in women after 30 years of mental work, and mostly in megacities. Girls who have done abortions, who have had infectious diseases and are often exposed to stress, are more likely to experience PMS. Symptoms of this disease, scientists believe, are associated with a change in the number of sex hormones that are in the blood, as well as with the concentration of other BAS. It is also believed that there is a psychological background - women prone to irritability, suspiciousness, constantly sitting on diets, are more prone to PMS.

How to tell a woman that she has premenstrual syndrome? His symptoms are as follows:

- it occurs in a certain period before menstruation and ends with it;

- During this period there is a sharp change in mood, there is depression, irritability, short temper, anxiety;

- swelling of mammary glands;

- headache, inability to concentrate;

- shortness of breath, fatigue, loss of strength;

- Tearfulness, self-pity, fatigue, despondency and so on.

Men often consider this state of a woman to be whims, they do not know how this happens in the female body. For many female representatives and so sometimes it is not clear where all this comes from? It seems to be all right, everything is fine at work, everything is fine at home, the weather is fine and suddenly - barely you drag your legs, life lost meaning, you can not sleep at night, but at work your eyes just close - all this can be premenstrual syndrome and with this condition Something to do.

Symptoms of PMS are known for about a hundred. To determine that a woman has a premenstrual syndrome, it is necessary to conduct a special calendar that will enable the attending physician to make sure that PMS is available and to prescribe the right treatment. In most cases, it may be sufficient to hold several sessions of psychotherapy so that the woman's condition improves. Conducted behavioral therapy can help to normalize the rest and work schedule, adjust nutrition and exercise and the condition comes back to normal.

Nutrition is very important in such a phenomenon as premenstrual syndrome. Treatment often begins with the fact that the use of spices, salt, caffeine and alcohol is limited, the woman learns techniques of relaxation and response to stressful situations. In this period, you need positive emotions, pleasant sensations, support of close people. Instead of coffee and tea, it is now better to make herbal decoctions, take relaxing baths and not talk with unpleasant people who can provoke feelings of irritation and anger.

Someone can say: what is there to invent, given by nature, then it is necessary to endure, it will pass by itself. If the disease passes in a fairly easy form, then of course. But if a woman becomes a megger, everything sweeps away on her way or plagues everyone with her depressed state and crying, she not only suffers herself, but also suffers all around. In this case, it is necessary to take measures. If all of the above means do not help, the disease prevents living and working, you need to seek help from a specialist. Only 5% of women need such help, usually they have enough of the above-mentioned funds to make the patient's condition stabilized and come back to normal.