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New studies have linked PMS to an oversupply of renin, angiotensin, aldosterone – adrenal hormones that are collectively called the aldosterone system. Estrogen incrases the level of adrenal hormones present in the bloodstream, and an estrogen-induced aldosterone surge prevents the normal excretion of salt from the kidneys. This salt buildup then leads to fluid retention. Progesterone, on the other hand, reduces renin, angiostensin, and aldosterone and thereby activates salt excretion. In this instance, progesterone acts like a diuretic. A woman’s body is carefully synchcronized. If estrogen and progesterone are perfect balance, she will experience less water retention. and possibly PMS.
Women with PMS are occasionally found to have high aldosterone levels in their urine. but the aldosterone levels in their blood are bnot significantly different from those of women without PMS. It has been theorized that the high level of urinary aldosterone may be linked to the fluctuation of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone, or may be result of stress, since anxiety affects aldosterone excretion. This latter fact about stress brings us back to the power of the brain.
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A woman who has hair on her chin and around her nipples, and pubic hairs that grow, in a triangular fashion, upward toward her navel, could be suffering from Stein-Leventhal syndrome. This condition was pinpointed by two Chicago-based physicians who diagnosed women who have excessive hair growth, irregular periods, and enlarged, or polycystic ovaries as sufferers of the disease.
Polycystic ovaries, or polycystic ovarian disease, is usually a hereditary condition that often can be part of the Stein-Leventhal syndrome. The ovaries become slightly enlarged and their surfaces develop hard shells. During a normal ovulation, an egg bursts from an ovary and enters a Fallopian tube. When a woman has polycystic ovarian disease, the hard outer shell surrounding her ovary imprisons the egg and a normal ovulation cannot occur. The egg can’t get out, it becomes a fluid-filled sac, a cyst inside the ovary. As more and more eggs are locked within the ovaries, more and more cysts develop and the overies become larger and larger. It is often difficult for a woman with plycystic ovarian disease to become pregnant, because she has an irregular ovulation pattern. About 10 to 15 percent of all women have polycystic ovarian disease. They live with irregular periods and they have exceptionally high amounts of estrogen produced by their larger ovaries.
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It has been estimated that about 50 percent of the women who give birth experience what is called the postpartum blues at some point during the first ten days of their new motherhood. When these “blues” arrive, a woman really feels let down. She experiences fatigue, lethargy, disappointment, nervousness, and a general dissatisfaction with her life. She wants to cry and she usually loses the struggle to fight back her tears.
Most women get over their postpartum depressions in a few days, but approximately 7 to 10 percent of new mothers have severe cases. Their depression seem to be long-term and their symptoms appear to be very similar to the anxiety-connected PMT-A symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
The causes of the postpartum blues have never been exactly known. Different women suffer different degrees of depression after childbirth, depressions which completely unrelated to the length and intensity of their labors, In the past, it has said that the postpartum blues arrive because once a woman gives birth she has to relinquish her spot as the center of attention to her baby, and when her position changes, she becomes depressed. Other theories blame the blues on a combination of sudden physical changes that include fatigue after childbirth, anemia, and a shift in hormones that have been steady for nine months.
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