Menstrual Disorder - Premenstrual Syndrome

DEFINITION
PMS consists of various physical and/or emotional symptoms that occur in the second half of the menstrual cycle, after ovulation. It is characterized by premenstrual discomfort in the lower abdomen and back, and in the breasts. All these features precede the period by a week or ten days. Fortunately, a woman obtains relief when her menstrual period begins. Another feature of PMS is a symptom-free time for several days every month, in the first half of the menstrual cycle.

Features: these include physical features like acne, backache, bloating, sore breasts, and headache. Emotional symptoms might include changes in sexual desire, difficulty concentrating, irritability.

Women may gain upto a kg. of weight or more in the latter part of the menstrual cycle due to water retention in the body. Emotional stress often contributes to the symptoms.

The only saving grace in this problem is that few women experience all these symptoms! Most have a few that recur each month.

The symptoms of certain medical conditions can resemble PMS. These conditions include allergies, depression, diabetes, dysmenorrhea (painful periods), endometriosis, fibrocystic breast disease, and thyroid problems.

CAUSES
There's still some disagreement about what causes PMS, but it definitely seems to be linked to hormones. A relative lack of the hormone progesterone is suspected along with increase in a water retaining substance called anti diuretic hormone.

TREATMENT
The assessment of the emotional and work related stress is very important. Many women find that a balanced diet and healthy snacks are helpful, as are avoiding caffeine and reducing salt intake. Simple reassurance often does wonders, but often it is necessary to treat the symptoms with various drugs
Diuretics ("water pills") can reduce bloating
Analgesics like ibuprofen, aspirin ease headache or cramps
Combined oral contraceptives also called the birth control pill may be useful for some women.
Evening primrose oil (gamma linolenic acid) is also used widely these days.

Women's Health Care

The woman's body is wonderfully complex and delicate. However, multiple roles as the mother, daughter, wife, homemaker, wage earner can be physically and mentally quite taxing. As a woman, you might share some common health risks with men, such as heart disease, but because of your special reproductive role, you are also at risk of some distinctly female disorders.

With regards to women health care there are many tips that will help ensure you to take proper care of yourself and leave yourself as healthy and happy as possible. One of the best things that you can do is, start to put yourself first, leaving all the priorities at back. And for proper health and wellness you need to look good to feel good.

It only takes a little more than 10 minutes of physical activity a day to start seeing and feeling the improvements, and to live longer. Any additional activity on top of that is just going to help boost your overall health and maximize your life span.

Drinking a cup of tea a day is one of the best ways of maximizing your life span and to maintain good health. Green tea as well as black tea contain great amounts of caffeines which are responsible for the risk of cancer as well as many forms of heart diseases.

Strong legs are important for women's well-being
Most women in their 70's and 80's tend to decline in their health rapidly because of hip fracture mostly caused when they fall down. Once that happens, the immobilization prevents them from getting their much needed exercise to ensure a healthy lifestyle. This problem can easily be prevented by doing some simple thigh and leg exercises on a daily basis.

Blepharoplasty Surgery The Way To Beautiful Eyes

D rooping eyelids or excessive eye bags around the eyes are sign of aging. But with Blepharoplasty Surgery or eyelid lift you can bring back that younger look once again. After Blepharoplasty Surgery, patients feel the brighter and more alert.

Eyelid lift can be of various types. Upper eyelid lift and lower eyelid lift are often performed together, Blepharoplasty surgery removes excess skin around the eyes .In Blepharoplasty Surgery the surgeons make small incision along the creases of the upper and sometimes lower lids and remove the excess fat or eye bags around the eyes and make the eyes look youthful and great.

The incision may be placed inside the lower lid if only the fat bag needs to be removed.

Make sure you have chosen a board certified and experienced plastic surgeon for the operation. A surgeon like Dr Jennifer Levine can perform various types of eye lifts depending on the requirements of the patients. Her approach is tailored to the individual needs and she attempts her best to ensure vibrant and youthful eyes. Dr. Levine may perform an upper eye lift along with an eyebrow lift if the brow is causing excess upper eyelid skin.Blepharoplasty surgery may not be enough to correct the upper lids if the brow has come down a lot with age. For other patients Blepharoplasty Surgery is enough.

Recovery time after the Blepharoplasty Surgery is short, usually 5-7 days time. However, Dr Jennifer Levine puts her patients under special and post surgical regimen to ensure a speedy recovery. Smoking should be stopped 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the surgery for best results.