Premenstrual syndrome

symptoms must be present for at least two weeks (Fuller, 2015). Major depression is associated with inability to perform daily tasks as well as feelings of hopelessness. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a condition which some women experiences before menstrual cycle. PMDD is more severe than PMS, but some symptoms associated with PMDD are: irritability and tension (Freeman, Halberstadt, Rickels, Legler, Lin, & Sammel, 2016). Dysmenorrhea is a common term for menstrual cramps that are repetitive but is not associated with other disease. There are types of dysmenorrhea: primary, which usually happens one or two days before the menstrual cycle; it is a severe pain up to seventy-two hours associated with nausea, vomiting, and fatigue and diarrhea. The second dysmenorrhea is a pain, but assocuiated with a disorder of reproductive organs such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, or infections. The pain is not typically accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fatigue, or diarrhea (Chen, Barrett, Kwekkeboom,…

These findings again emphasize the need for a simple test for the presence of premenstrual tension. Unfortunately, the severity and type of symptom may vary from month to month and symptoms increase at times of stress, thereby adding to the difficulties of diagnosis. Premenstrual tension responds to treatment, but such treatment would need to be continued after the expiration of the prison sentence if any improvement in criminal tendency is to be expected; this suggests the need for such women…

The transition into menopause is considered perimenopausal. Each year, millions of women go through this transition smoothly, but there are exceptions who do not. In the article, Sleep Quality, Depressive Symptoms, and Altered Stress Reactivity in Perimenopausal Women, it is hypothesized that altered stress reactivity may partially mediate the relationship between sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms in perimenopausal women. In order to test the hypothesis, 101 perimenopausal women,…

5 Reasons Why Women Don’t Always Tell Their Doctors about Hot Flashes Overview Most women are aware of hot flushes occurring just prior to menopause. Hot flushes however find most of the off guard like they never knew. It is just the same way the monthly periods find some of the women not ready causing much embarrassment to them. Some of the symptoms of hot flushes are a feeling of too much heat on the face, fast heart beat and reddening of the face. It occurs two years before menstruation…

Adolescent patients specifically may also have pain episodes that are predicated by menstruation. Menstrual pain, before and during, is common in patients with SCD. This pain can be confused with sickling crises pain, and then be treated incorrectly to no relief (Tamim, 2011). Samuels-Reid & Scott (1985) found that patients with SCD have longer and heavier menses with greater incidences of dysmenorrhea. Patients who experience painful crises note they occur most frequently during and after…

“Women don’t get their period every week. If they did all the men in the world would be institutionalized”, that was quote the 1990’s hit show “The nanny. Having a period is a very normal and natural occurrence that happens to women. According to statics every woman will have at least 450 periods within her lifetime! Along with periods come PMS or formally known as premenstrual syndrome. PMS is the combination of symptoms that some women suffer from a week or so before their period. Symptoms…

After reading “Review of Actual Findings about Mental Disorders Related to Menstrual Cycle and Possibilities of their Therapy”, an article published in 2010 and written by I. Kuvoc, R. Ptácek, J. Raboch, D. Domluvilová, H. Kuzelová , S. Fischer and P. Kozelek, people get a better understanding on Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD). According to the article PMS and PMDD are depressive disorders affecting women during their menstrual cycle. In this piece, the…

particularly men, may feel angry, aggressive, restless, violent, or reckless. They may even abuse substances. In teens, irritability is a more common sign for depression than sadness. A teenager may easily lose their temper and have unexplained aches and pains. Depression in older adults often relates to their poor health and inability to take care of themselves which may lead to thoughts of suicide. Older people know death may be in their near future and this may stress them. Depression rates…

Thought Paper No. 1 I have one older sister who recently turned 21 who I am very close with. For the majority of the time she is very easy to get along with because she has a very sunny disposition, is very energetic, kind, and is has pretty solid communication (for the most part). However, she is an entirely different person when she is on her period because she suffers from Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, PMDD, which Mayo Clinic describes as, “…a severe, sometimes disabling…

Definition Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is an extension of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Although the two conditions can be quite similar in how they affect a patient, PMDD is generally much more severe. In some cases, it reaches a point that it interferes with daily life. It usually appears about a week before a woman’s period, becoming worse as the time draws closer, and may continue for a couple days afterwards before eventually fading away. If symptoms continue regardless of the…