Premenstrual Drop in Progesterone May Explain Perimenstrual Asthma – (06-11-01)



Premenstrual Drop in Progesterone May Explain Perimenstrual Asthma

I must admit that the idea of using progesterone to treat asthmatic complaints is new to me, it would be something I would be very comfortable with. Progesterone is already an excellent tool to use to blunt the high estrogen levels that may lead to many other menstrual and premenstrual problems.

Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand’s annual scientific meeting In a prospective study of 51 women with asthma, 47% had constant symptoms, 41.2% had perimenstrual asthma, and 11.8% had mid-cycle deterioration in peak expiratory flow and other signs, according to respiratory physicians Dr. Glenn Rice-McDonald, from Mater Misericordiae Hospital in South Brisbane, and Professor Charles Mitchell, from Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba. “The magnitude of the drop in progesterone from day minus 7 to day minus 2, premenstrual tension symptoms, and age explained 89.2% of the variability in perimenstrual asthma symptom scores, with the progesterone gradient being the major determinant,” the researchers reported in a meeting abstract.

James Bogash

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