SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT CHANGES FOLLOWING SODIUM RESTRICTION AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE IN NORMAL YOUNG WOMEN
Authors: C B THOMAS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 August 1953SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEIGHT CHANGES FOLLOWING SODIUM RESTRICTION AND THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE IN NORMAL YOUNG WOMENCAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, M.D., F.A.C.P.CAROLINE BEDELL THOMAS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-39-2-289 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGeneralized edema has been observed to occur in association with the onset of menstruation in a significant proportion of normal women.1-4Although this is, perhaps, the only type of generalized edema which is physiologic in origin, little is known about the reasons for its occurrence.5, 6Sweeney found that while 30 per cent of 42 healthy nurses gained three or more pounds of body weight in the premenstrual or menstrual phase of the cycle, others showed no change in weight and a few lost a pound or two.2Some who gained weight observed "tight, stuffy" feelings of body, hands and...Bibliography*1. 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