Friday, January 18, 2013

Asthma symptoms may vary during menstrual cycle | Essentials

Asthma symptoms may vary during menstrual cycle

Hormone Therapy and Dementia | Brain Blogger
Hormone Therapy and Dementia | Brain Blogger by brain_blogger
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Some women may have more or fewer asthma symptoms, such as coughing and wheezing, depending on their time of the month, a new study suggests. Researchers said spikes and dips in estrogen and other hormones likely affect the lungs and other physiological responses involved in breathing. However, it's still unclear whether the findings could improve doctors' treatment of women with asthma. The menstrual cycle "is a very important cycle… with all the biological changes and physiological things that happen," said Dr. Samar Farha from the Cleveland Clinic, who studies asthma and other respiratory diseases but wasn't involved in the new research. "(Some) asthmatics describe that just before their menses, they get a worsening of their symptoms," she told Reuters Health - but more scientific assessments of what's going on have come to conflicting conclusions.

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-0.209939"It could lead to more personalized therapy, based on where their symptoms are getting worse, in which phases of their menstrual cycle," Farha said. ...
-0.110608"It could lead to more personalized therapy, based on where their symptoms are getting worse, in which phases of their menstrual cycle," Farha said. "You could change therapy and escalate therapy based on (those) phases."
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0"be aware of a possibility that their symptoms are influenced by day in cycle," Macsali told ...
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HealthCondition: asthma

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FieldTerminology: Estrogen

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Company: Reuters

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