Saturday, October 2, 2010

Am I having PMS??? or am I pregnanant?!

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur after a woman's ovulation and typically ending with the onset of her menstrual flow. Well sometimes many women get confuse about the differences between PMS, and pregnancy symptoms, which sometimes shows the similar symptoms such as irritability,depression,crying, oversensitivity, and mood swings with alternating sadness and anger. so let's have a look one by one.

PMS SYMPTOMS: 

What are the symptoms of PMS?

A great variety of symptoms have been attributed to PMS. Women can have PMS of varying duration and severity from cycle to cycle. The most frequent mood-related symptoms of PMS include:
  • anger and irritability,
  • Anxiety,
  • tension,
  • depression,
  • crying,
  • oversensitivity, and
  • exaggerated mood swings.
The most frequent physical signs and symptoms of PMS include:
  • fatigue,
  • bloating (due to fluid retention),
  • weight gain,
  • breast tenderness,
  • acne,
  • sleep disturbances with sleeping too much or too little (insomnia), and
  • appetite changes with overeating or food cravings.
HOW TO DEAL WITH PMS?
  • exercise:
  • family and friends can provide emotional support during the time of a woman's cycle;
  • avoid salt before the menstrual period;
  • reduce caffeine intake;
  • quite smoking:
  • reduce alcohol intake; and 
  • reduce intake of refined sugars.

All of the above have been recommended and may help symptoms in some women. Furthermore, some studies suggest that vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, and magnesium supplements may have some benefit.

HOW TO DIFFER PMS AND PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS?
The PMS symptoms went away after the blood goes out, while pregnancy no. No going anywhere, no blood's out. 
or simply take the pregnancy test:)
HAHAHA
Resource: medicinenet.com
medhelp.org

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