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title: Can PMS cause cheek biting and swelling? | Niyora
description: In this one case, yes. A woman's cheek biting and swelling happened before her period along with other PMS symptoms.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/bilateral-cyclic-cheek-lesions-related-to-premenstrual-syndrome-a-multifactorial-2009/
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Case report, 2009

# Can PMS cause cheek biting and swelling?

In this one case, yes. A woman's cheek biting and swelling happened before her period along with other PMS symptoms.

 Early or limited evidence

1 woman, 34 years old, with PMS

## What they did

Doctors described one woman's case of cyclic cheek lesions that occurred with PMS symptoms.

## What they found

A 34-year-old woman had bilateral cheek lesions with thickened skin near her teeth and bleeding, plus swelling but no pain or burning. Her PMS symptoms included leg swelling, breast tenderness, bloating, and weight gain.

## What it means for you

Water retention from PMS may have caused swelling in the cheeks, and stress-related teeth grinding during PMS may have caused the biting. This is just one case, so we don't know if other women have this. Doctors should check the mouth in women with PMS.

34

woman's age

## About the study

Original title Bilateral cyclic cheek lesions related to premenstrual syndrome: a multifactorial pathogenesis? Authors Minciullo PL, Nucera R, Lipari J et al. Journal Archives of gynecology and obstetrics Year 2009 Study design Case report What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.1007/s00404-008-0825-y](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-008-0825-y)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Bloating, breast tenderness and physical symptoms](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-physical-symptoms/)

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