Hormones significantly affect almost all the processes that take place in the body of a woman. Surely you at least once heard the term PMS. What is it and is it possible to somehow fight the symptoms that appear every month? Is it true that some women do not suffer from this syndrome?
PMS - what is it and is it familiar to everyone?
The abbreviation of three letters stands for premenstrual syndrome. This term is commonly referred to as a set of changes and symptoms that appear shortly before the onset of critical days. To date, recorded about 150 different signs of this condition. Some of them are noticeable to the woman herself and to surrounding people to a greater extent, others - to less. It is for this reason that some ladies consider themselves independent of the hormonal background, but in fact they simply do not notice the changes taking place. PMS usually lasts from a few days to a week, sometimes a little more. Cure this syndrome is impossible, because it is not a pathology. In order to improve the quality of life and get rid of the symptoms that bring discomfort, it is enough to take simple measures.
Symptoms of a premenstrual symptom
If you do not know about PMS, what it is, you can tell almost any woman who is in reproductive age. However, one lady can say that before critical days the stomach or the head hurts, and another will assert, that PMS is when that to cry, it would be desirable to laugh. And both will be right. Most often, the most noticeable changes in the psychoemotional sphere. The mood can often change, depression and apathy are typical, uncaused outbreaks of aggression or fatigue are possible . There may also be sleep disorders, exacerbation of smell and a sharp rise or decrease in libido. PMS often causes headaches or impaired functioning of the digestive system. You can also feel a heaviness in the muscles, sometimes there are swelling and redness of the skin. It happens that shortly before the critical days, the temperature rises, chronic diseases become worse. There can be any one symptom of the listed, and maybe several at once.
How to deal with PMS and can you improve your condition?
Never appoint important cases that require high returns, in the last week before menstruation. Try to give up harmful and heavy food. To prevent edema, monitor the amount of liquid and salt consumed. Food these days should be varied and regular. Avoid strong physical exertion, try to get enough sleep and evenly distribute classes of different types throughout the day. Learn to relax, allocate a couple of hours a day for yourself and spend them reading an interesting book or, relaxing in a bath with foam. The result will be visible immediately. You can also use herbal teas or aromatic oils. Follow these simple rules, and you will be surprised to hear about PMS. What is it really more pleasant not to know, if you can not defeat the symptoms yourself, seek medical advice for prescription of medicamental or physiotherapeutic treatment.