Emotional changes during menstrual cycle Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS as it is commonly known, is a medical disorder that is typified by a hormonal changes and neurotransmitter sensitivity in the brain that triggers disrupting symptoms in a large population of women for up to two weeks prior to menstruation. Researchers calculate approximately 40 million women [...]

What are the causes and symptoms of Dysmenorrhea? Premenstrual syndrome, or widely known as PMS, is a term used to describe a collection of physical and emotional symptoms that may occur one or two weeks before a woman’s menstrual cycle. Typical symptoms of PMS include fatigue, food cravings, abdominal bloating, breast tenderness, fluid retention, weight [...]

Reducing PMS Symptoms Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS as it’s more commonly known, is a condition that affects millions of women every month. With more than 150 reported symptoms getting a correct diagnosis can sometimes be tricky. Add to this challenge is the fact that the cause of PMS is still not known and thus there [...]

How is PMS diagnosed? Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS as it is commonly known, is a medical condition that affects a majority of women who still menstruate.  Menstruation is part of a woman’s menstrual cycle, which prepares her body for pregnancy each month. Unfortunately, the term PMS has often been used in a derogatory way to [...]

Causes of PMS Researchers do not know for sure what causes premenstrual syndrome. However, some likely culprits have been identified.  The first of these is that many women are sensitive to the hormonal shifts in the second half of their menstrual cycle, much more than other women.  Although these hormonal changes are normal in all [...]

What is PMS? Premenstrual syndrome, or PMS, is a disorder brought on by hormonal changes in a woman’s body that takes place approximately two weeks before the beginning of her menstrual period.  These hormonal changes are responsible for a group of physical and emotional symptoms in a woman. Some studies indicate that a majority of [...]