Premenstrual syndrome is defined as recurrent moderate psychological and physical symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of menses and resolve with menstruation. It affects 20 to 32 percent of premenopausal women. Women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder experience affective or somatic symptoms that cause severe dysfunction in social or occupational realms. The disorder affects 3 to 8 pe...

Changes in mood, plasma progesterone concentration, urinary volume, sodium excretion, sodium:potassium ratio, and body weight during the menstrual cycle were determined in 18 women with premenstrual syndrome and 10 symptomless (control group) women. Plasma progesterone concentration was higher in the women with symptoms during the postovulatory phase of the cycle, and the peak progesterone conc...

marvelon®, a combined oral contraceptive, contains 30 μg ethinyl estradiol (ee) and 150 μg desogestrel (de), and has been shown to be a well-tolerated and effective combination that provides high contraceptive reliability and good cycle control. however, its efficacy has not been yet evaluated among iranian women. thus, the study aimed to determine the effect of oral contraceptive pill on treat...

OBJECTIVES To find out the frequency of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in young college girls and to describe the severity of emotional, physical and behavioural symptoms. METHODS An observational study was conducted at the Khyber Medical College, Peshawar by convenient sampling on 384 young girls. Data was collected over two cycles by filling a 29 items shortened premenstrual assessment form ba...

BACKGROUND Some women with depressive disorders experience severe premenstrual symptoms. However, there have been few studies in which premenstrual symptoms in women suffering from depressive disorders were assessed. In this study, we aimed to investigate premenstrual symptoms in women with depressive disorders using the premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) scale. METHODS We administered qu...

objective: premenstrual syndrome (pms) is a common psychosomatic disorder and about 30%-50% of women in the childbearing age suffer from mild to moderate form of this disorder and 3%-8% suffer from its sever form. the symptoms of this disorder are related to the specific biological characteristics of women's reproductive age that can start from teen years. the symptoms' devastating effect on th...

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a universal problem of women of reproductive age group. No satisfactory treatment is available to treat this syndrome till date. Sixty female patients with PMS in age group of 20-45 years were interviewed. A detailed history and 20 premenstrual symptoms were included for making the diagnosis of PMS. Premenstrual symptom score of each patient was recorded before tr...

OBJECTIVE While family and twin studies suggest that retrospectively reported premenstrual symptoms are heritable, these studies have not accounted for the unreliability of such measures. In addition, we know little about the relationship of the familial risk factors for premenstrual symptoms and major depression. METHOD Lifetime major depression and premenstrual-related tiredness, sadness, a...