European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS MODULATED DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD; A WAY TO PREDICT TIMING OF MENSTRUAL PHASES

Dr. Prashant Soni*, Dr. Yogesh Shivhare

ABSTRACT

The menstrual period is one of the important cycles associated with female reproductive system. This cycle mainly regulated by endocrine system during reproductive age of female (from puberty to menopausal age). Hormones like; estradiol, follicular stimulating, progesterone and luteinizing hormones govern physiology of menstrual cycle. Effects of these hormones alter biochemical and physiological responses of body. Sometimes this alteration may take places just before ovulation period followed by menstrual bleeding, at this time women require lot of attentiveness. Therefore any techniques that can predict expected starting time of menstrual bleeding would help greatly to enhance quality of life of women suffered with infrequent menstrual bleeding. Present article summarizes some parameters that modulate during or before menstrual bleeding and these parameters can serve as alarming tool to predict timing of menstrual bleeding.

Keywords: Menstrual cycle, menstrual bleeding, luteinizing hormones, menopause.