It is called premenstrual syndrome (PMS): this syndrome, which affects approximately 30% of women of childbearing age, causes a set of physical and emotional symptoms that generally occur one to two weeks before the start of menstruation.
PMS symptoms vary from woman to woman, but the main ones often include mood changes such as irritability, depression, anxiety, as well as physical symptoms such as abdominal pain, breast pain, sensitive, water retention, fatigue and headaches.
More risk of menopause before age 45
In short, PMS is not easy to live with. And nowa Swedish study who followed a cohort of more than 3,600 women for 20 years, claims that pre-menstrual syndrome could cause early menopause.
The results of this study, carried out from 1991 to 2005 by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden), show that women suffering from PMS had an increased risk of natural menopause before the age of 45 compared to those without of this syndrome. Additionally, they indicate that women with PMS are more likely to suffer from moderate or severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes or night sweats) related to menopause.
Researchers suggest that PMS be taken into account when monitoring women’s health. “This could allow clinicians to identify women at risk of early menopause and possible later health problems.”
Source : Premenstrual Disorders, Timing of Menopause, and Severity of Vasomotor SymptomsJama network, September 2023
