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PMDD is a very perplexing condition as the more we study we find out a lot about the condition, but still lack a treatment or a cure. Most women think that the ultimate cause of these symptoms are due to hormones are in disarray if they have Premenstrual Syndrom e (PMS) or the severe kind called PMDD. It has long been argued whether these conditions are fundamentally physical, or mental, or even real as The American Psychological Association even relatively recently brings up the question of whether it is a real disorder . One of the biggest debates in the gyno world in the past few years is whether PMS/PMDD would benefit by being labeled psychological , as there are a variety of brain responses the condition causes.Hormones and the menstrual cycle control both PMS and PMDD.  It's not necessarily that a PMS/PMDD patients' levels are different than others…but they have much the same hormonal swings normal women have but as far as physical and emotional symptoms are these...

 Hormonal contraception provides ovulation suppression and eventually this correlates with overall hormone control and normalizing the menstrual cycle. Knowing that these methods are extremely effective, 'will I gain weight' remains the top question women ask their gyno before selecting a contraceptive. The issue of weight gain on contraceptives is complicated by the fact that many young women are beginning on hormonal contraception as they give up sports and physical activities for extra studying in college or as they start a new job that likely is more sedentary with travel or just desk time required. But contraception might have the ability to affect weight, affect weight gain, affect weight loss and cause fluid shifts that ultimately shouldn't alter the scale. In general we counsel patients that neither oral contraceptive, patches, rings, medicated IUDs, nor Nexplanons should cause weight gain. DMPA (you may know this as Depo Provera) is associated with 10-15 po...

A recent article about the ways to make your workouts 'easie r' focused on some excellent health tips like better sleep, a few nutrition tips, and some tips about warm up. Here are a few focused tips specifically for women who have menstrual periods, beyond making sure you hydrate especially well, make sure you are consistent with your Kegal's exercises, and don't skip exercising when you are on your menstrual period. Exercise has long been shown to be a helpful preventative of dysmenorrhea or menstrual cramping. and the way the menstrual cycle hormones are, apparently strength building is extra good during the menstrual cycle , relative to training on non-period days! Although aerobic exercise is critically important as part of any lifestyle, even stretching exercises have been shown to reduce menstrual cramps . We also think that estrogen protects the heart, and in fact there are healthier heart rate patterns around ovulation, and not much overall heart rate effect...

Women think of their female hormones as just estrogen or progesterone; and as only coming from the ovary. We've long known that estrogen is produced at other sites in the body, so it's an over simplification to say that our only female hormones come from the ovary. Some women recognize that our hormones also include testosterone and other 'traditionally' thought of as male hormones, and again, mostly made by the ovaries in a female. Although the uterus doesn't produce any of these hormones, there are over 30 active molecules that produce what can be thought of as endocrine-like functions. The molecules produced by the uterus include lipids, like prostaglandins, cytokines, like tumor necrosis factors and interleukins, and many of the lesser known hormones such as prolactin, relaxin, renin, insulin-like molecules, and a wide variety of growth factors. These functions clearly affect the 'local' uterine activities such as the menstrual cycle and the function of...

We all have some theories about why a woman menstruates: tell a mate she's healthy and fertile? Remind her that she is still fertile (if she wants to be). A cycle of hormones that contribute to our thoughts, emotions, and complexity of character,  Or perhaps you have other theories as to why women have menstrual cycles. Evolutionary biologists say that it was female evolution that created women capable of menstrual cycles. We bear live young, like other viviparous animals, but not all viviparous animals have menses. The basic function of menstrual cycles in human evolution is to prepare a healthy environment for which an embryo can implant. Most of the uterine preparation actually goes on post fertilization, at which time the young human embryo floats in the fallopian tube, and then in the uterine cavity before being able to implant. Hormonal signals of the presence or absence of a conception signals the uterus to continue lining development and be welcoming to an implanting egg, ...

Consider using these washable menstrual cups that collapse into the case for easy travel. It's economical, ecologically sound, and comfortable to wear as well.

Gyno Gab Says most women occasionally get headaches  (HA). A particularly disabling type of headache is the menstrual migraine. Your gyno, talking to you can determine the type of headache you have. If you want the nitty gritty of the headache classification system it can be found at the International Headache Society (IHS) . Almost 3/4th of all HA are just simple tension headaches: notable in character by the reports that both sides of the head hurt, steady, no throbbing, mild to moderate.Even a tension headache can be accompanied by a bit of mild nausea. Tension headaches cannot produce vomiting and sufferers could have a bit of light or sound sensitivity, but not both. Migraines are specifically different: typically it hurts one side of your head, usually the eye or above the eye, and and these are moderate to SEVERE. Often in a set of them one after the other, with or with out treatment, you rebound into another headache, that's called a cluster. And with migrai...