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title: Do women with premenstrual asthma have more premenstrual symptoms overall?
description: Yes. Women whose asthma worsens before their period had greater increases in most premenstrual symptoms, especially belly and breast tension, compared to wome
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/premenstrual-asthma-and-symptoms-related-to-premenstrual-syndrome-2010/
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# Do women with premenstrual asthma have more premenstrual symptoms overall?

Yes. Women whose asthma worsens before their period had greater increases in most premenstrual symptoms, especially belly and breast tension, compared to women without this pattern.

 Moderate study design

103 women of fertile age with asthma

## What they did

103 women with asthma tracked their breathing symptoms and premenstrual symptoms across their menstrual cycle using a questionnaire and lung function measurements (peak flow).

## What they found

46 out of 103 women (44.7%) had asthma that worsens before their period. Almost all monitored symptoms increased in the premenstrual phase compared to the preovulatory phase. The increases were greater in women with premenstrual asthma, especially for belly tension and breast tension.

## What it means for you

Women whose asthma worsens before their period tend to have more severe premenstrual symptoms overall, particularly swelling and tension. The study included only women with asthma, so we don't know if this applies to women without asthma.

46

women with premenstrual asthma

44.7%

of women studied

at least 20%

worsening to define premenstrual asthma

## About the study

Original title Premenstrual asthma and symptoms related to premenstrual syndrome Authors Pereira-Vega A, Sánchez JL, Gil FL et al. Journal The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma Year 2010 Study design Survey study Participants 103 What was tested None Read the paper [doi.org/10.3109/02770903.2010.495810](https://doi.org/10.3109/02770903.2010.495810)

## Topics

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