Menstrual cycle
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Topic: Menstrual cycle
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Menstrual cycle
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 8:45am
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From http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/32/56.cfm
Asthma Attack? Maybe It's That Time of the Month Okay, so you know that in the days just prior to your period, you can expect to feel bloated, crampy and grouchy. But did you also know that the hormonal changes preceding your period can influence your body in a number of other ways? There''''s not enough research to tell us why. From the stories that their patients tell them and a few preliminary studies, here''''s what doctors have observed. * Hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle may affect your allergies. * If you have asthma, the days near the start of your period may be the time when you are most susceptible to severe asthma attacks. * Some women find that they may get cold sores just before menstruation begins. * If you have eczema, you may notice your skin condition gets worse just prior to your period. * Gum disease, or gingivitis, tends to be worse during menstruation. * Some women experience insomnia once a month--and it occurs just prior to their periods. * Other women find that their voices are pitched lower--or get hoarse as if they had mild laryngitis--one to two days just prior to their periods. Also, some women with health conditions find that their symptoms appear cyclically. A woman who has lupus, for instance, might find that her joint pain and facial rash are worse in the two weeks just before her period. -------------  |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 8:51am
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And from http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/6/487
Mood, sexuality, hormones and the menstrual cycle. I. Changes in mood and physical state: description of subjects and method D Sanders, P Warner, T Backstrom and J Bancroft Mood and physical symptoms through the menstrual cycle were investigated in 55 women with normal ovulatory cycles. One-third had attended a clinic with severe premenstrual syndrome (clinic PMS group); the remainder were volunteers either with a history of PMS (non-clinic PMS group) or without (no PMS group). Each cycle was divided into six hormonally distinct phases on the basis of repeated hormone measurement. Self-ratings of "well-being" reached their maximum in the late follicular phase, declining throughout the luteal half of the cycle. This pattern was pronounced and statistically significant in the "clinic" and "nonclinic PMS" groups. In all three groups, "physical distress" increased during the second half of the cycle to reach a maximum in the late luteal phase. A clear temporal relationship was therefore demonstrated between mood, physical state, and hormonal phases of the cycle. It remains uncertain whether changes in the "clinic" group were extreme forms of a normal pattern or were qualitatively different. ------------- |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 11:35am
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 12:09pm
Oh that's good. I read some of that stuff ages ago but when it came to googling a site that said it plainly.... not easy!  ------------- |
Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 10:38pm
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I have been trying to tell my Dr for sometime that my eczema is severley effected by my hormones which makes for funtimes. I also get cold sores at similar relating times so it is very interesting to actually see it in print. Thanks ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 February 2007 at 10:51pm
I hate coldsores! I always get them when I'm run down, which often coincides with the start of my period. Fortunately I don't get excema as well though  Strange that your Doctor didn't put it all together!------------- |