Body mass index Dysmenorrhoea Menstruation Premenstrual syndrome Absenteeism

Direct basophil counts were done on capillary blood samples in thirteen normal young women, during the different phases of their menstrual cycles. Mean basophil counts during the follicular and progestational phases were 36.6/cumm and 39.3/cumm respectively. A significant midcycle fall in counts of 36% and a premenstrual fall of 22% were observed. These changes are probably due to migration of ...

BACKGROUND Premenstrual syndrome is a group of symptoms linked to the menstrual cycle, and edema is among these symptoms. Physiotherapy is often sought by many patients for the treatment of edema; however, for an adequate prescription of physiotherapeutic procedures, the distribution of edema throughout the body has yet to be characterized. OBJECTIVE To determine the most frequent symptoms an...

This study was undertaken -1:0~ the utility of a systems-oriented, family s9fllatic -approach ~ Premenstrual Syndrome. Marital and famity ~amics have been ac~edged as being important to symptom 'selection and exacerbatioh -o~other physical illnesses. currenM:0dels of family somatics were;psed to generate specific hypothes s, which were tested in a sampl~ of 130 women selected for severe p emens...

In 1931, in a paper presented to the New York Academy of Medicine, Robert T Frank called attention to "a large group ofwomen" who were subject to "premenstrual tension". Their "intense personal suffering", he claimed, far surpassed those "varying degrees of discomfort", which preceded the onset of menstruation in normal women. Restlessness, irritability, a feeling like "jumping out of their ski...

Yoga classes designed for women with premenstrual syndrome are available, but their efficacy is unclear. We investigated the effects of 12 weeks' yoga exercise (yoga intervention) on premenstrual symptoms in menstruating females in Taiwan. Sixty-four subjects completed the yoga intervention, and before and after the intervention filled out a structured self-report questionnaire about their demo...

Forty nondepressed women displaying severe premenstrual irritability and/or dysphoria and fulfilling the DSM-III-R criteria of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder were treated daily for 3 menstrual cycles with either the potent serotonin reuptake inhibitor clomipramine (25-75 mg; flexible dosage) (n = 20) or placebo (n = 20). In both treatment groups premenstrual irritability and dysphoria (as...

Premenstrual syndrome has been dismissed by many doctors because their experiences have been limited to observations of their own cycles or those of their wives and female colleagues, most of whom experience only mild psychological symptoms with the ovarian endocrine cycle. Mild physiological symptoms occur in as many as 95% of women of reproductive age, only 5% being totally free from symptoms...

OBJECTIVES To investigate (i) the differential changes in premenstrual symptoms, mood, cognitions, and coping strategies during two treatments [cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and fluoxetine] for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and (ii) the characteristics of those with good vs. poor outcome post treatment and at 1 year follow-up. METHODS Premenstrual symptoms, mood (Hospital Anxie...