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About PMS / PMT
(pre menstrual syndrome)
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Definition
Premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual
tension (PMS, PMT)
It is a set of signs and symptoms that occurs before or at the beginning
of the menstruation. It features irritability, depression, emotional
fluctuations....etc.
Accompanying signs
& symptoms
Key symptoms: emotional
fluctuations, depression, anxiety and irritability, food craving, binge
eating habit, premenstrual weight gain
Accompanying symptoms may include: headache, lethargy, fatigue,
soreness in the breasts and fluid retention
Possible Causes
Stress
Hormonal imbalance
Excessive caffeine intake
Physiological
Mechanisms
Period related conditions such as PMS,
period pain, pre-menstrual food craving and binge eating as well as
Period Related Weight Gain are very common health conditions among
female between 17 YO to 40 YO. Although, many of these signs and
symptoms cannot be classified as a "disease". However, they are health
conditions that should not be ignored.
Many of the period related conditions are in close association with
stress. PMS, pre-menstrual food craving and binge eating as well as
weight gain are directly caused by physiological stress and anxiety
experienced by the body.
When the body is under stress, it produces a set of "stress related
hormones" including adrenaline and corticosteroids in order for the body
to cope with stressful situations. However, if the person is constantly
under stress, these hormones stay in the body for a long period of time.
Consequently, they would affect and interfere with the production and
levels of other hormones in the body including female hormones such as
oestrogen and progesterone. As the result, it brings about the signs and
symptoms such as mood fluctuation, PMS, food craving and binge eating.
This also results in excessive retention of fluid in the body and leads
to rapid weight gain.
Alteration in normal hormonal profile also induces pathological changes
in period flow and blood viscosity. This results in dark blood flow and
blood clots in the period. As a protective instinct for the body to
eliminate the blood clots, our muscles contracts hard and results in
abdominal cramps and period pain.
Treatment
Modalities
Specialist acupuncture 8 sessions. 2 sessions per week for the first 3 weeks.
Mechanism of
action of the herbs used
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine treats the
condition by doing the following:
Reducing mental and physiological stress in the body
Correction of hormonal imbalances
Promote relaxations in the body
Reduce tensions in the body
Calming the mind and body
Health Advice
Reducing the intake of caffeine and
cigarette smoking
Eat a balance diet
Establishing a regular eating habit
Encouraging moderate, regular and outdoor exercises
References
Longman
concise medical dictionary, 1994
Chinese-English Manual of Common-Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine,
Ou Ming, 1995
