As women, we menstruate for a major part of our lives.
Symptoms are usually misunderstood as having no real physiological cause.
As always, knowing about the illness and its causes can help both the woman and her family. Yet there remains a great degree of confusion surrounding it. The jury is still out with regard to what causes PMS but doctors do have a fair idea of the treatment that can alleviate the symptoms and make life easy for patients. PMS is a disorder characterised by a set of hormonal changes that trigger disruptive symptoms for up to two weeks prior to menstruation. These symptoms begin at ovulation and automatically stop when menstruation begins.