35 Possible Symptoms of Premenopause

1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling
2. Bouts of rapid heart beat
3. Irritability
4. Mood swings, sudden tears
5. trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles
7. Loss of libido (see note)
8. Dry vagina, a general drying out that can include eyes, mouth, joints and skin. (see note)
9. Crashing fatigue
10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)
12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
13. Disturbing memory lapses
14. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)
15. Itchy, crawly skin (see note)
16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)
17. Increased tension in muscles
18. Breast tenderness
19. Headache change: increase or decrease
20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea
21. Sudden bouts of bloat
22. Depression (see note)
23. Exacerbation of existing conditions
24. Increase in allergies
25. Weight gain (see note)
26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair
27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
28. changes in body odor
29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note)
30. Tingling in the extremities, (see note)
31. Gum problems, increased bleeding
32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, dry mouth, change in breath odor
33. Osteoporosis (after several years)
34. changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing' buzzing etc.

NOTES:
Symptom 1 (hot flashes)
Hot flashes are due to the hypothalamic response to declining ovarian estrogen production. the declining estrogen state induces hypophysiotropic neurons in the arcuate nucleas of the hypothalamus to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a pulsatile fashion, which in turn stimulates release of luteinizing hormone (LH). Extremely high pulses of LH occur during the period of declining estrogen production. the LH has vasodilatory effects, which leads to flushing.

Symptom 7 (loss of libido)
For some women the loss is so great that they actually find sex repulsive, in much the same way as they felt before puberty. what hormones give, loss of hormones can take away.

Symptom 8 (dry vagina)
results in painful intercourse

Symptom 11 (doom thoughts)
includes thoughts of death, picturing one's own death

Symptom 14 (incontinence)
reflects a general loss of smooth muscle tone

Symptom 15 (itchy, crawly skin)
feeling of ants crawling under the skin, not just dry itchy skin

Symptom 16 (aching sore joints)
may include such problems as carpal tunnel syndrome

Symptom 22 (depression)
different from other depression, the inability to cope is overwhelming. there is a feeling of loss of self. Hormone therapy ameliorates the depression dramatically.

Symptom 25 (weight gain)
often around the waist and thighs, resulting in the disappearing waistline

Symptom 29 (shock sensation)
"the feeling of a rubber band snapping in the layer of tissue between skin and muscle. It is a precursor to a hot flash"

Symptom 30 (tingling in extremities)
can also be a symptom of B-12 deficiency, diabetes, alterations in the flexibility of blood vessels, or a depletion of potassium or calcium

Some of the 34 signs may also be symptoms of one of the following:
* hypothyroidism
* diabetes
* depression with another etiology
* Multiple Sclerosis
* other medical conditions
If you have reason to believe you may have one of these conditions, please see your doctor for treatment.
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some of the symptoms of Morgellons are vague while others are very apparent. However, since Morgellons disease is still considered a medical mystery there is no agreement on what the symptoms are.

The symptoms reported by people suffering from Morgellons often mimic other diseases.

for instance, the symptoms of Lyme disease seem to overlap the symptoms of Morgellons resulting in a wrong diagnosis.

It has been suggested that up to half of those suffering from Morgellons has been disgosed with Lyme disease.

The symptoms may take a long time to develop, They are not always consistent, coming and going for no apparent reason. There is no evidence that Morgellons is a seasonal disorder.

Another common symptom that most suffer is the feeling of bugs crawling under the skin. some Morgellons’ sufferers complain of seeing insects flying in and out of their skin.

according to the CDC:

“Persons who suffer from this condition report a range of coetaneous symptoms including crawling, biting and stinging sensations; granules, threads or black speck-like materials on or beneath the skin;

and/or skin lesions (e.g., rashes or sores) and some sufferers also report systemic manifestations such as fatigue, mental confusion, short term memory loss, joint pain, and changes in vision.”

The most obvious symptom is sores that do no heal or are slow to heal. These sores have a thread like filimen protruding from them. Once that filiment is removed the sore begins to heal, aften leaving a scar.

Morgellons Disease Research reports that:

• these thread-like fibers are often multi-colored…white, blue, black, and red.
• many of the symptoms are common to all, but no one symptom is common to everyone.
• many experience painful sensations under the skin accompanyed by the appearance of fibers and granules.

Morgellons disease is not a respecter of any one group of people. Adults and children both can suffer from these Morgellons’ symptoms. sometimes only one member of the family may be afflicted while in some cases all family members are affected or just some of the family. To date, there is no evidence that Morgellons is contagious.

People who report these symptoms appear to be located the geographic areas of Texas, Florida and California as well as 47 other states in the United State. People is Canada, Australia and great Britain have reported sufferring with Morgellons symptoms.

Becuase of the variety and types of symptoms of Morgellons it is not surprising that you or a family member maybe suffering from this skin condition and not know it.