Women nowadays carry the bulk of work and responsibilities which
gets doubled over with cramps and extreme PMS symptoms. Carrying an outfit is a
nerve-wracking task for many who feel so bloated that they have to give up on
their favourite dress and shift to pyjamas. Although the prime cause of PMS in
unspecified and vague, you still look out for various options to lower these
symptoms of PMS linearly.
Scientifically, PMS expands to Premenstrual syndrome which is a combination of symptoms women experience during or before menstruation. All these years’ women have experienced this combat against their own body that comes with 90% headache, moodiness and bloating symptoms. For some women many of the symptoms of PMS are unnoticed but most of the severe occurring symptoms coming across every month are moodiness and excess bloating. Being a woman, PMS might feel like a cyclic pain you have to experience every 28 days that many of you have to miss work and befriend your bed for the whole day to relieve the pain.
Crawling back to bed every time you feel PMS snuggling you
with more than 150 symptoms you might end up fluctuating your mood, get
cravings and face physical discomfort. Although some of these symptoms must be
mildly irritating but others can be quite debilitating that you just find
yourself taking anti-inflammatory medication.
Apart from taking such medications, it is best to adapt
comfort care measures to naturally alleviate the pain and symptoms. First it
should be your prime focus to understand what all major symptoms are associated
with PMS that you end up with mixed up moody circumstances. These symptoms
include Low
backache pain, Lower abdominal pain, Cramps, Bloating, Anxiety, Insomnia, mood
swings, breast tenderness, hot flashes, irritability, skin breakouts, water
retention, weight gain and sluggishness.
However
opting for these natural pain-alleviating methods can help you pacify your
PMS at a great level.
1.
Maintain a clean diet
A good clean diet is a key therapy for reducing PMS
since all that you eat ends up breaking down in your system that determines a
major change in your PMS cycle. Eating well-nourished food with high fibre
content and low saturated fat would lower the bloating sensation annoying your
abdominal area. It is best to include anti-inflammatory DHA and EPA in your
diet by consuming food like wild fish (sardines, herring and salmon). Few of
the vegetarian substitutes rich in these elements include flax, pumpkin, hemp
and chia seeds. Walnuts can be considered too. Eating evenly throughout the day
enhances an ideal diet while you should avoid intake of food 3 hours before
going to bed. Intake of alcohol, caffeine and refined sugar should be
reduced and limited.
2.
Drink lots of Water
Drinking minimum of 8-ounce glasses of water every day is advised for maintaining a proper menstrual cycle and avoiding hormonal complications. Carry a water bottle with yourself and fill it up several times a day. Water cleanses your gut and drains out toxicity from your system enhancing food digestion and metabolism at excellent levels. Intake of good amount of water reduces the bloating symptom and cleanses blood equally.
3.
Go for Herbal remedies
Herbs have been aiding all our biologically diagnosed problems without any side effects. Hence, it is the best method you can consider if you want to avoid anti-inflammatory medication with complicating side effects that play with your hormones. Herbal remedies like Chaste Tree Berry and Black Cohosh are effective in soothing irritability, cramps and breast tenderness. It will lead you to avoid going through painful periods.
4.
Exercise
Snuggling to your bed the whole time and looking laid back is another reason for the pain you go through. One should understand that continuous bed rest doesn’t bring any change in reducing PMS instead it increases the side effects. Get moving during menstruation and exercise to balance your hormones and blood circulation which will also help improve your mood. A 30-minute aerobic exercise during menstruation proves to honour your menstrual cycle.
5.
Consider medication in extreme cases
If these home remedies don’t add up in
giving you a minimal relief, you must go see a gynaecologist for the required
treatment. Persisting bloating and cramps before and during periods might
include treatments like intake of birth control pills that reduce PMS symptoms
and Diuretics which help in reducing the fluid stored in your body. However,
these treatments are only for severe cases when you extremely get an
instinct of going to a doctor.