Abstract
Introduction: Medical undergraduates are heavily burdened by their curriculum. The females, in addition, suffer from vivid affective or somatic premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms such as bloating, mastalgia, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and depression. The present study was proposed to attenuate the symptoms of PMS by simple lifestyle measures like yoga and/or oral calcium. Methods: 65 medical female students (18-22 years) with a regular menstrual cycle were asked to self-rate their symptoms, along with their severity, in a validated questionnaire for two consecutive menstrual cycles. Fifty-eight students were found to have PMS. Twenty girls were given yoga training (45 minutes daily, five days a week, for three months). Another group of 20 was given oral tablets of calcium carbonate daily (500 mg, for three months) and rest 18 girl served as control group. Data were analyzed by SPSS ver.13 software. Results: The yoga and calcium groups showed a significant decrease in number and severity of premenstrual symptoms whereas in the control group there was not the significant difference. Conclusion: Encouraging a regular practice of yoga or taking a tablet of calcium daily in the medical schools can decrease the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.
Highlights
Medical undergraduates are heavily burdened by their curriculum
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a common cyclic disorder of young and middle-aged women, is characterized by physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms such as bloating, mastalgia, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and depression, that consistently occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; disappearing within a few days of the onset of menstruation.[1]
The mean weight of control group was 51.2 kg at the beginning which declined to 51 kg at the end of the study (P>0.05)
Summary
The females, in addition, suffer from vivid affective or somatic premenstrual syndrome (PMS) symptoms such as bloating, mastalgia, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and depression. Twenty girls were given yoga training (45 minutes daily, five days a week, for three months) Another group of 20 was given oral tablets of calcium carbonate daily (500 mg, for three months) and rest 18 girl served as control group. Conclusion: Encouraging a regular practice of yoga or taking a tablet of calcium daily in the medical schools can decrease the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a common cyclic disorder of young and middle-aged women, is characterized by physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms such as bloating, mastalgia, insomnia, fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and depression, that consistently occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle; disappearing within a few days of the onset of menstruation.[1]. Some cases can only be managed by drugs like serotonergic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the agents
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