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Premenstrual tension

MedGen UID:
87683
•Concept ID:
C0376356
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Premenstrual Tension; Premenstrual Tensions; Tension, Premenstrual; Tensions, Premenstrual
SNOMED CT: Premenstrual tension syndrome (82639001); Premenstrual tension (82639001); PMT - premenstrual tension (82639001); PMS - premenstrual syndrome (82639001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004169

Definition

A combination of distressing physical, psychologic, or behavioral changes that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Symptoms of pms are diverse (such as pain, water-retention, anxiety, cravings, and depression) and they diminish markedly 2 or 3 days after the initiation of menses. [from MONDO]

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PubMed

Psychosocial disturbances during and after pregnancy.
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Postgrad Med 1983 Jan;73(1):135-41, 144-5. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1983.11698319. PMID: 6848985
Premenstrual tension syndrome: diagnostic criteria and selection of research subjects.
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Acta Psychiatr Scand 1980 Feb;61(2):96-102. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00569.x. PMID: 7189081

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Etiology

Premenstrual disorders.
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Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Jan;218(1):68-74. Epub 2017 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.045. PMID: 28571724
Premenstrual tension syndrome.
Coyne CM, Woods NF, Mitchell ES
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1985 Nov-Dec;14(6):446-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1985.tb02094.x. PMID: 3906055
Norethisterone and norethisterone acetate.
IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risk Chem Hum 1979 Dec;21:441-60. PMID: 120838
Endocrine effects of oral contraception.
MacLeod SC
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1978-1979;16(6):518-24. doi: 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1979.tb00961.x. PMID: 39820
Premenstrual symptoms.
Br Med J 1973 Mar 24;1(5855):689-90. PMID: 4735136Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Associations between endometriosis and common symptoms: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.
Gete DG, Doust J, Mortlock S, Montgomery G, Mishra GD
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023 Nov;229(5):536.e1-536.e20. Epub 2023 Jul 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.07.033. PMID: 37499990
Premenstrual disorders.
Yonkers KA, Simoni MK
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Jan;218(1):68-74. Epub 2017 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.045. PMID: 28571724
Premenstrual tension syndrome.
Dawood MY
Obstet Gynecol Annu 1985;14:328-43. PMID: 3920591
Dysmenorrhea.
Friederich MA
Women Health 1983 Summer-Fall;8(2-3):91-106. doi: 10.1300/J013v08n02_05. PMID: 6685410
MIGRAINE--THE MENSTRUAL ASPECT.
GREENE R
J Coll Gen Pract 1963 Nov;6(Suppl 4):SUPPL4:15-7. PMID: 14076386Free PMC Article

Therapy

Premenstrual disorders.
Yonkers KA, Simoni MK
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Jan;218(1):68-74. Epub 2017 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.045. PMID: 28571724
Premenstrual tension syndrome.
Coyne CM, Woods NF, Mitchell ES
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1985 Nov-Dec;14(6):446-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1985.tb02094.x. PMID: 3906055
Dysmenorrhea during adolescence.
Widholm O
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Suppl 1979;87:61-6. doi: 10.3109/00016347909157792. PMID: 288295
Norethisterone and norethisterone acetate.
IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risk Chem Hum 1979 Dec;21:441-60. PMID: 120838
Premenstrual symptoms.
Br Med J 1973 Mar 24;1(5855):689-90. PMID: 4735136Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pre-eclampsia, hypertension and the premenstrual tension syndrome.
Andersch B, Svensson A, Hansson L
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1990 Jun;32(2):123-7. doi: 10.1016/0020-7292(90)90476-2. PMID: 1972097
Evaluation of psychiatric symptoms in patients presenting with symptoms of premenstrual tension syndrome.
Kathol RG
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1987 Jun;30(2):408-16. doi: 10.1097/00003081-198706000-00021. PMID: 3301138
The epidemiology and social impact of premenstrual symptoms.
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Premenstrual tension syndrome.
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J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 1985 Nov-Dec;14(6):446-54. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1985.tb02094.x. PMID: 3906055
Women alcoholics. A review of social and psychological studies.
Beckman LJ
J Stud Alcohol 1975 Jul;36(7):797-824. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1975.36.797. PMID: 240065

Clinical prediction guides

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The effects of oral contraceptives on well-being and sexuality.
Bancroft J, Sartorius N
Oxf Rev Reprod Biol 1990;12:57-92. PMID: 2075004
Plasma prolactin and severe premenstrual tension.
Steiner M, Haskett RF, Carroll BJ, Hays SE, Rubin RT
Psychoneuroendocrinology 1984;9(1):29-35. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(84)90019-2. PMID: 6539925
Personality and menstruation.
Awaritefe A, Awaritefe M, Diejomaoh FM, Ebie JC
Psychosom Med 1980 Mar;42(2):237-51. doi: 10.1097/00006842-198003000-00002. PMID: 7192870
Premenstrual symptoms.
Br Med J 1973 Mar 24;1(5855):689-90. PMID: 4735136Free PMC Article

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