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Stay In The Know When It Comes To Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)


Written by Administrator
Sunday, 17 February 2008

Did you know that almost 70 to 90 percent of women suffer premenstrual syndrome (PMS)? If you’re a woman suffering from the most common symptoms of PMS like fatigue, irritability, cramps, food cravings, depression among many others, then for sure you’ve asked yourself what are the causes of PMS. Why do you have PMS when your friends don’t and is there effective home remedy you can try to relieve the symptoms. These are just few of the questions that women ask themselves a couple of weeks before their period when they start to feel the symptoms.
Let’s start by investigating the major causes of PMS. Doctors still can’t point a finger on the exact cause of this pretty common health issue among women but they say that most women suffering the symptoms of this condition are more susceptible to the hormonal changes that occur in the second half of the menstrual cycle. There are two hormones that cause PMS; the estrogen and the progesterone. These two hormones are produce in the different stages of the menstrual cycle but they are both needed by women to biologically prepare them for a possible conception.

No one knows exactly how these two hormones promote PMS but doctors say that the progesterone and estrogen affects the neurotransmitters in the brain in turn affecting other hormones like the serotonin. Effects of serotonin changes can manifest through changes in the mood and appetite for sugary foods. The gamma-aminobutyric acid is also affected, which controls the calmness of a person. Endorphins are also another hormone affected by changes of the neurotransmitters that in turn affects the pleasure and pain sensation of the body. The sudden spike in the blood pressure and heart rate along with the other symptoms of PMS can be attributed to the change in the epinephrine and norepinephrine of the body.

But you may ask yourself why does other women don’t suffer PMS. For starters these women are not sensitive to hormonal changes. Plus it’s genetics. PMS is mostly hereditary so that when your mother or someone in the family suffer from the condition, it’s not surprising that you’re going to have it, too.

The good news about it is that there are proven home remedies that you can try to alleviate the symptoms if not eradicate them totally.

The first on the list of these proven home remedies is exercise. Exercise has proven positive effects when it comes to balancing the hormones in the body – including those that trigger PMS. Exercise is also a proven stress reliever; PMS can be triggered by stress so that when you reduce stress, you reduce the symptoms of PMS. 20 to 45 minutes, 3 times or more a week is a good routine to help reduce PMS symptoms. Changing your diet to inject more carbohydrates before your menstruation period and drinking tea is also proven effective. Eat foods that are high in vitamin B6; this is recommended by nutritionist to help alleviate the symptoms also – of course nutritional vitamin B6 supplement is also find. What you should avoid are foods high in animal fat, dairy is one them, foods that are loaded with refined sugar, caffeine, and of course no alcohol.

Although the grounds of PMS have not yet been fully covered, but if you will educate yourself about the condition and take necessary action to prevent the symptoms from developing, you might still see light at the end of the tunnel. Know the trigger factors and avoid them to eliminate the problem.