When does PMS begin? This question can often be heard from women. PMS stands for premenstrual syndrome - it is emotional and physiological instability female body which provokes conflict with oneself and others. To prevent this condition? Every woman needs to know the main rules of behavior and the characteristics of her body before the approach of menstruation.
The abbreviation PMS has entered the lexicon medical terms gynecologists not so long ago. This syndrome is characterized by changes in psychological state and the physiological work of the body of girls and women before the onset of their next period.
According to statistics, about 90% of all women in the world are susceptible to developing PMS of varying strength. Almost 150 are known different symptoms this condition.
Premenstrual syndrome manifests itself in a large number. In some they manifest themselves particularly strongly, in others less intensely. Symptoms may not stop for several days, generally dragging on for even 10 days. They are classified into physiological and psychological.
Psychological ones include:
Psychological signs are usually very pronounced and begin to gradually develop in the second half of the cycle. As a rule, the strength of such symptoms corresponds to the functioning of the nervous system and hormones.
Physiological ones include:
Physiological symptoms directly depend on hormonal balance women, from the way of her life.
In the 30s of the 20th century, gynecologist Robert Frank first defined the disease, which manifests itself with varying strength in all women before the onset of menstruation. He called it “premenstrual tension.”
At the same time main reason The doctor considered the imbalance of hormones in the body before menstruation to be unwell. Medical scientists are still trying to clarify the reasons for such changes in the body. Indeed, during this period, balanced women become truly hysterical, conflictual and emotional individuals.
Several theories of the development of PMS have been identified, but all of them cannot fully describe the causes of health problems before the onset of menstruation:
On specific days of the cycle - usually in the last 2 weeks - women experience a disruption in the balance of hormones between estrogen and progesterone. This causes psycho-emotional disorders, deviations in the functioning of the vegetative-vascular system, and problems with metabolic and endocrine processes.
An increase in the concentration of the hormone estrogen provokes a retention of sodium and water in the cells - in connection with this, swelling appears, abnormalities in the functioning of the heart and blood vessels, as well as excretory organs, and a stomach ache.
Nervousness, tearfulness and fatigue are triggered precisely by hormonal imbalances.
In accordance with this theory, the development of physiological and psychological abnormalities is associated with disorders water-salt balance. Delayed fluid excretion, swelling, acute perception of certain odors, itching skin– these are the consequences of neuroendocrine disorders.
The accumulation of water in the body before menstruation often causes weight gain. excess weight. A woman’s weight usually increases by 3–5 kg, but from the day her period begins, these kilograms go away on their own.
This theory of the causes of PMS is considered the most relevant. It turns out that a failure in the emotional and physical condition sometimes provoked functional disorders CNS.
The older a woman is, the more pronounced the symptoms of PMS appear, and the tendency to depression increases. Young girls become aggressive and irritable, and are characterized by frequent changes in mood and behavior.
Scientists have carefully studied the risk factors associated with PMS. The most common of them that affect the intensity of PMS manifestations include:
When PMS begins depends on the physiological processes in a woman’s body. Every day of the cycle, a woman’s body undergoes some changes in the genital organs. In the first half, the process of egg maturation lasts 14–16 days. Midway through the cycle, the egg leaves the follicle. In the remaining days before menstruation, the body prepares the conditions for pregnancy, if it occurs, or begins to reject excess if it does not occur.
When the cycle begins, the woman feels good - but from the moment the egg is released - ovulation - negative changes begin. It turns out that PMS begins on average 1 - 2 weeks before menstruation. Sometimes premenstrual symptom immediately follows ovulation.
The psycho-emotional and physical condition begins to deteriorate somewhere between 2 and 10 days before menstruation. This time is individual for each woman and depends on the characteristics of her body, living conditions, temperament and state of health.
The main cause of PMS is a hormone imbalance. PMS becomes more severe after gynecological operations.
Feelings of discomfort, pain, etc. pathological changes begin to occur 1 to 10 days before menstruation. The condition lasts until the onset of menstruation. On her first day, the symptoms gradually disappear. When saving signs of PMS you need to visit a gynecologist for consultation.
If PMS in a girl or woman is painful and lasts a long time, it requires medical correction to alleviate the condition and.
In order to normalize emotions, an appointment is made sedatives With natural ingredients- for example, Novopassit.
To restore hormonal balance it is prescribed hormonal drugs- or Utrozhestan. Diclofenac is used to relieve pain.
Video about premenstrual syndrome
As a rule, they manifest themselves in the form of abdominal and chest pain, irritability. Some women may experience spotting before their period. In our article we will try to understand the main reasons for the sensations before menstruation.
Main features premenstrual syndrome(PMS) are:
As a rule, a woman exhibits several of these symptoms at once. If they cause you considerable discomfort, visit a doctor, because PMS is easily treatable. Later in the article we will talk in more detail about the sensations before menstruation and the reasons that cause them.
Women's weight gain before pregnancy critical days, as a rule, is due to the fact that fluid accumulates in the body. The delay in fluid in the body before menstruation occurs due to changes in the level of the hormones progesterone and estrogen in the blood.
Feelings before menstruation, which manifest themselves in the form of swelling of the limbs and bloating of the abdomen, may indicate that you have this problem. When your period ends, the fluid is usually excreted from the body in the urine and the swelling goes away.
Blood before menstruation may appear in women who use intrauterine device. Bloody discharge may also be caused by a doctor's examination or sexual intercourse. If you smear blood before your period, a few days before it starts, then this is not a deviation from the norm. But it happens that bleeding before menstruation is heavy and accompanied by pain. These sensations before menstruation can be caused by diseases such as fibroids and uterine polyps, insufficient blood clotting, inflammatory processes, endometriosis, gynecological diseases.
Heavy bleeding can also be caused by an imbalance of hormones in the body and stress. Therefore, when heavy bleeding do not hesitate to visit a doctor.
Spotting before menstruation, as a rule, is not a sign of serious disorders. But it is still worth knowing the factors causing this phenomenon. It is also necessary to consult a doctor if the situation recurs.
Often a woman smears brown before her period, two days before it starts. This is normal and should not be a cause for concern.
If there is still a week before your period, and you have brown daub, this may be a sign of pregnancy (implantation bleeding). If you experience such sensations, take a pregnancy test and contact an antenatal clinic.
Also, spotting before menstruation may indicate the formation of cervical erosion. Many medical experts consider this disease a prerequisite for the development of cervical cancer. This disease has virtually no symptoms, and only a doctor can determine its presence.
Does it apply before menstruation? Perhaps the reason is the reception hormonal contraceptives. They often cause disruption monthly cycle. In this situation, you should contact your gynecologist; you may need to take a break from taking these medications or choose another drug.
Green mucous discharge before menstruation may be signs of purulent cervicitis. If these symptoms occur, do not delay your visit to the gynecologist.
Before your period approaches, the cervix is slightly dilated and softened. There is an opinion that the uterus enlarges before menstruation in the same way as during pregnancy. This fact cannot be determined externally; as a rule, this refers to bloating, which is one of the signs of PMS. This symptom, as a rule, does not cause a woman much discomfort and disappears immediately after menstruation.
Often, many people experience thrush just before menstruation. And the reason for its appearance is hormonal fluctuations in this period. Thrush before menstruation has a number of features. If you have any sensations before your period in the form of itching and strong burning sensation, this may indicate the presence of this disease. Thrush leads to irritation of the vaginal mucosa. At chronic form Discharge diseases during menstruation may have bad smell, caused by intensive growth of bacteria due to the use of tampons and pads during this period. On menstrual days, it is extremely necessary to take care of personal hygiene so as not to provoke an exacerbation of candidiasis and the appearance of inflammatory processes.
Before ovulation, the amount of epithelium in the lobules and ducts of the mammary glands increases. Blood begins to flow to the breasts in a larger volume, as a result of which the mammary glands become slightly larger and swell, their sensitivity increases, and pain appears. According to medical experts, indicated symptoms at healthy woman, as a rule, are mildly expressed and do not cause her severe discomfort.
In addition, chest pain is associated with the proliferation of glandular tissue before menstruation. If fertilization does not occur, the glandular tissue atrophies, and when menstruation ends, all discomfort disappear.
Breast pain, week before period? If the pain is not severe, this is not a deviation from the norm. But for reasons strong and constant pain in the chest there may be:
If you experience severe chest pain before your period, be sure to see a doctor.
Weak nagging pain are evidence that menstruation is coming soon, and are one of the signs of PMS.
It's a week before your period and your lower abdomen hurts? This is probably due to ovulation. This kind of pain occurs in five percent of women every month and appears due to rupture of the follicle. This condition is not considered a deviation from the norm and does not require any treatment.
Other causes of abdominal pain before menstruation include:
When strong pain be sure to consult a doctor.
As a rule, ovulation should not occur before menstruation, because the egg is released during bleeding, but sometimes this is possible. The timing of egg maturation may change from time to time. The main signs of ovulation are:
Sometimes these signs are confused with PMS symptoms. Unfortunately, the appearance of ovulation before menstruation may indicate that a woman has gynecological diseases. Moreover, stress bad habits, chronic lack of sleep, poor nutrition, excessive physical activity negatively affect our body and can cause disorders menstrual cycle.
If you have a stable menstrual cycle, then the appearance of ovulation before your period may be evidence of a malfunction in the body.
Treatment of unpleasant sensations before menstruation involves eliminating the factors that cause them. At the appointment, the doctor interviews and examines the patient and prescribes the necessary examination methods. If the sensations are associated with a violation of the monthly cycle, the following may be prescribed for diagnosis:
To determine the causes of chest pain, mammography and ultrasound may be prescribed.
If the cause is a hormone imbalance, it is usually carried out hormone therapy, lasting 12 weeks. If there are infectious diseases, a course of antibiotics may be prescribed. To treat bleeding before menstruation, curettage is often performed.
To treat the manifestations of PMS, psychotherapy is used, which includes: confidential conversation and auto-training. It is very important in the treatment of this syndrome:
At drug treatment The duration of the disease, the presence of pathologies, and the patient’s age are taken into account. In addition, the following are assigned:
Treatment of patients with premenstrual syndrome is carried out during 3-month cycles, after which a break is taken for 2 or 3 cycles. If signs of PMS appear again, treatment can be repeated. If it was effective, tranquilizers and vitamins may be prescribed as maintenance therapy.
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Not every woman can recognize the first signs of pregnancy before her period. The thing is that all of them (toxicosis, growth of the uterus, etc.) become more pronounced the longer the fetus’s gestational age. But nevertheless, know this information It will be useful for every representative of the fair sex.
The first signs of pregnancy before a missed period appear at least 1 week after “successful” sexual intercourse. Before this period, no such things happen in the woman’s body. significant changes that could provoke certain symptoms interesting situation. During the first week, the fertilized egg makes its longest journey - from fallopian tube into the uterus (in the case of not pathological pregnancy), then attaches to the wall of this organ. And from this moment, hormones begin to be intensively produced that help maintain the viability of the fertilized egg. A woman feels their effect as minor ailments. What are they?
The first sign of pregnancy before a missed period is an elevated basal temperature. If you are making a schedule, you should know that the highest values on the thermometer can be seen on the day of ovulation; over the following days, if conception has taken place, the temperature will remain subfebrile - that is, 37-37.2 degrees. Some women perceive basal temperature as one of the clear indicators of how the pregnancy is progressing. Allegedly, if it is below 37 degrees, this means there is a threat of miscarriage or the fertilized egg has attached outside the uterus. This is by no means always the case. Firstly, not every woman takes measurements correctly (you need to measure your temperature according to certain rules). Secondly, the thermometer itself may not show entirely accurate values. But this small error should not be scary. Modern gynecologists do not recommend measuring basal temperature at all, so as not to have unnecessary reasons for worry. There are more precise techniques determining how well the process is proceeding, not relying on the first signs of pregnancy before menstruation.
An increase in body temperature may also occur in the first 2-4 weeks. This is due to the production of the hormone progesterone, which somewhat slows down heat transfer. Up to 37.2-37.3 degrees is normal if there are no other symptoms similar to the disease. You should not take medications to normalize temperature values. In the early stages, you generally need to be very careful with medications, take only when strictly necessary and on the recommendation of a doctor. You can improve your condition a little by walking on fresh air, regular ventilation of the room and light, loose clothing.
Of course, the apogee of this unpleasant state is still quite far away. But there are sensitive women who feel the first signs of pregnancy before a missed period in the form of a dislike for any previously favorite foods and dishes, nausea (especially in the morning), feelings of fatigue, irritability, insomnia, and low blood pressure. In general, these symptoms are very similar to premenstrual syndrome. Toxicosis is not a dangerous phenomenon if its course is not severe, that is, if there is no frequent, debilitating vomiting. In such cases, the woman is usually recommended to undergo treatment in a hospital, since constant vomiting interferes with the absorption of essential nutrients from food. nutrients and can lead to dehydration. Sometimes, on the contrary, there is an increased appetite.
In the second half of the menstrual cycle, many women, regardless of whether they have the prerequisites for early motherhood, experience painful sensations in the chest. The chest becomes very heavy. If you are large in size, you cannot do without a bra that supports heavy breasts well. The nipples become quite sensitive. Some call such phenomena mastopathy. In fact, these are ordinary, absolutely normal cyclic changes for the female body. During pregnancy, discomfort usually becomes even stronger. In some cases, from the nipples already on this early a whitish or yellowish sticky liquid begins to be released - colostrum. These first signs of pregnancy before a missed period are associated with increased production of the hormone prolactin.
Unpleasant pulling sensations expectant mothers who are not yet aware of their situation are often perceived as harbingers of menstruation. But pain occurs periodically, but there are still no periods... If unpleasant, pulling sensations occur frequently and are quite painful, this may be due to the tone of the uterus. You can alleviate your condition with the help of No-Shpy tablets and rectal suppositories papaverine, which quickly relieves spasms of the uterine muscles. And often it helps to just lie on your side for a while.
This first sign of pregnancy before your period is quite rare. Sometimes in the middle of the cycle, after ovulation, a bloody “smear” is found on the underwear. This may be nothing more than implantation bleeding, which is caused by a fertilized egg implanting into the wall of the uterus. By the way, since we are talking about bleeding, it should also be noted that sometimes during pregnancy there are “not real” periods, that is, very scanty, menstrual-like discharge appears. If the doctor does not see any abnormalities on the ultrasound, then this is not a pathology.
We mean discharges that are not associated with any infectious disease or thrush. For many women, in addition to increased vaginal discharge, libido - sexual desire - also increases.
For most expectant mothers, the first signs of pregnancy before menstruation appear in the form of increased gas formation and other intestinal disorders. This is due to hormonal changes the body as a result of which intestinal peristalsis slows down. Some even feel like the uterus is starting to grow and the tummy is getting bigger. As you now understand, this is not due to the rapid growth of the fetus, but due to the slow functioning of the digestive system.
HCG is a hormone responsible for the normal course of pregnancy. It is produced only in expectant mothers and in certain diseases. This hormone can be detected in the blood using laboratory research- urine and blood tests. The second method allows you to detect hCG in very small quantities. It makes sense to take the test regardless of whether the first signs of pregnancy appeared before menstruation or not - approximately 10 days after the expected conception, earlier - it does not make sense.
If you don't want to donate blood, you can home diagnostics pregnancy using a test. Fortunately, it is quite inexpensive, accessible to every woman and extremely easy to use. Errors rarely occur, and only because of a poor-quality test or a woman’s violation of the instructions for use.
Each test, regardless of its sensitivity, has an inscription stating that it is recommended to use the test from the first day of absence of menstruation, but at that time other first signs of pregnancy will appear before the missed period. What if you “test” a little earlier than the recommended time? Theoretically, and practically, it is possible to obtain a reliable version 10-12 days after possible conception. You just need to use high-quality test strips with high sensitivity and be sure to “test” in the morning, and in order to achieve the maximum concentration of urine in hCG, it is advisable not to urinate for at least 6 hours before the test.
A positive result almost always indicates pregnancy. A negative result does not always indicate its absence. Also, sometimes women observe unclear results - the second stripe seems to have appeared, but it is very pale. In this case, you need to repeat the diagnosis after a few days.
Remember that all the first signs of pregnancy before menstruation are relative. You can only trust the diagnosis made by a doctor.
PMS - how many days before your period can you feel its presence? The concept of premenstrual syndrome is familiar to absolutely every woman. But it manifests itself differently in everyone and begins in different terms. IN modern medicine There are about 100 manifestations of premenstrual syndrome. How long does it take for PMS to start? What is considered normal, and what should you consult a gynecologist about?
Every day of the monthly cycle, transformations and changes in the reproductive system occur in a woman’s body. The first half of the cycle is responsible for the maturation of the egg - 14-16 days. In the middle it leaves the follicle - on days 14-16. The rest of the cycle, the body prepares to support the pregnancy, if it occurs, or to reject everything that is not useful. In the first half of the cycle, the woman feels just fine, but from the moment of ovulation the condition begins to change. Here is the answer to the question of how long before PMS begins - 1-2 weeks before the onset of menstruation. For some women, it begins immediately after ovulation.
The main cause of premenstrual syndrome is hormonal changes in a woman’s body and the activity of the central nervous system. Immediately after ovulation, the balance of sex hormones changes dramatically. Estrogen gives primacy to progesterone, which affects the body somewhat differently. Hence the change in well-being. In addition, from the moment of ovulation nervous system is in a tense state. Nerves are like a tense guitar string. The slightest irritation leads to a strong reaction.
In general, how many days before PMS begins depends on the individual characteristics of the body. But only its weak manifestations can be considered the norm. Severe pain, a malfunction in the nervous system with all the ensuing consequences is already considered a complex, terrible disease of PMS. He is being treated under the supervision of specialists. And the reason may be terrible diseases reproductive system, nervous system, pathological abnormalities in physiology. In severe cases, the condition of premenstrual syndrome takes up most of a woman's life. The symptoms worsen and even pose a danger to the life of the girl and those around her.
A set of various symptoms that negatively affect the emotional and physical state of a girl is usually called premenstrual syndrome. PMS symptoms begin before your period - about 10 days. This is the norm. IN best case scenario the girl feels its presence a week before menstruation. If symptoms last more than 10 days, you need to consult a gynecologist to find out the reasons. All symptoms of manifestations are usually divided into 2 parts.
Surely every girl will be able to determine by her condition when PMS begins and its manifestations. On the one hand, these symptoms spoil life, on the other hand, they warn of an approaching red day. Pleasant emotional events can change your physical well-being during premenstrual syndrome. The central nervous system will affect your physical well-being. Consequently, unpleasant events in a girl’s life can increase the duration of premenstrual syndrome.
