Challenges and Response to Body Integrity

Running Head: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE TO BODY INTEGRITY 0
Challenge and Response to Body Integrity
9/2/2018

CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE TO BODY INTEGRITY 1
Contents
Q1. Pathophsiology of Premenstrual Syndrome and relation to Tracey’s
symptoms..............................................................................................................2
Q2. Common causes of Premenstrual Syndrome................................................2
Q3. Clinical manifestation of Polycystic syndrome and Premenstrual syndrome3
Q4. Therapies and lifestyle changes to help with PMS Syndrome......................4
References.............................................................................................................5

CHALLENGES AND RESPONSE TO BODY INTEGRITY 2
Q1. Pathophsiology of Premenstrual Syndrome and relation to Tracey’s symptoms
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a commonly known health issue and has wide variety of
symptoms and effects on the health of the women. Premenstrual syndrome is a condition that
affects the women emotions, physical health, and the behaviour during the days of menstrual
cycle. It is generally referred to as the period or days before the occurrence of menstruation.
The problem is observed to affect almost 85% of the women in the phase of menstruation. It
has been found that it starts from 5 to 11 days before the cycle, and tends to end once the
cycle begins. The cause of the syndrome is unknown, but many researches believed that they
are the result of change in the sex hormones (Imai et al., 2015).
The pathophysiology of the PMS is stated as the syndrome and the dysphoric disorder
are both stimulated by the hormonal events which ensue after ovulation (Qiao et.al, 2017).
The symptoms of the disorder can begin in the early, mid or the later phase and these are not
related to the specific contraction of any gonadal or non-gonadal syndrome. It has also been
found that lowering of the serotonin can give rise to the PMS-like symptom (Perlman & Kjer,
2016).
With the context to the case study, Tracey Wilson, a 38-year old women faced
number of symptoms such as bloating, breast tenderness, mood swings (anger and
depression), acne , and others. Therefore, these are the symptoms that relates to the changes
in the hormones or hormonal abnormality leading to the premenstrual syndrome as the
symptoms and effects on the health of the women leads to the illness for longer term
impacting their reproductive system (Jang, Kim & Choi, 2014). Eating food in smaller
quantity, reducing the salt intake, more frequent meals will reduce blotting and fullness as it
relates to the case of the Tracey. The case study also depicted the removal of the ovarian cyst
in the body of Tracey’s which indicates about the situation represented in this syndrome.
Q2. Common causes of Premenstrual Syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome leads to the critical condition sometimes, as the physical pain
and the emotional stress are enough to affect the daily lives of women. Therefore, it should be
treated well on time. Thus, there are some common causes of the syndrome, such as clinical
changes in the hormone, chemical changes in the brain, and depression. In addition, it has
been found that the women’s menstrual cycles are controlled by the complex hormone