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Síndrome pré-menstrual e transtorno disfórico

Last reviewed: 26 Nov 2025
Last updated: 08 Feb 2024

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • distensão abdominal
  • fadiga
  • sensibilidade nas mamas
  • cefaleias
  • humor depressivo, irritabilidade e tensão interna
  • humor lábil
  • efeito adverso sobre a vida
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Other diagnostic factors

  • aumento de apetite
  • esquecimento e dificuldade de concentração
  • outros sintomas subjetivos
  • insônia ou hipersonia
  • irritação gastrointestinal
  • palpitações cardíacas
  • fogacho
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Risk factors

  • mulheres na pré-menopausa e na pós-puberdade
  • história familiar
  • transtornos de humor
  • tabagismo
  • mulheres brancas
  • abuso sexual e/ou trauma
  • consumo de bebidas alcoólicas
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • diário de sintomas prospectivos
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Tests to consider

  • testes da função tireoidiana
  • níveis do hormônio folículo-estimulante
  • rastreamento de depressão
  • Hemograma completo
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Treatment algorithm

ONGOING

SPM leve

SPM moderada a grave ou TDPM

Contributors

Authors

Nancy A. Phillips, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick

NJ

Disclosures

NAP has been reimbursed by Synexis Pharma, manufacturer of Ibrexafungerp, for attending advisory boards. NAP is on the North American Board of the North American chapter of the ISSVD (International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease). NAP has received grants from Syneos for a study on Myfembree.

Gloria Bachmann, MD

Professor

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick

NJ

Disclosures

GB declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Nancy A. Phillips and Dr Gloria Bachmann would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor Margaret Rees and Dr Desiree Lie, the previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

MR and DL declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Julianne Toohey, MD

Obstetrician-Gynecologist

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of California Irvine Medical Center

Orange

CA

Disclosures

JT declares that she has no competing interests.

Carol Henshaw, MB ChB, MD

Consultant in Perinatal Mental Health

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool

UK

Disclosures

CH declares that she has no competing interests.

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Key articles

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG clinical practice guideline no. 7: management of premenstrual disorders. Dec 2023 [internet publication].Full text

Ismaili E, Walsh S, O'Brien PMS, et al; Consensus Group of the International Society for Premenstrual Disorders. Fourth consensus of the International Society for Premenstrual Disorders (ISPMD): auditable standards for diagnosis and management of premenstrual disorder. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Dec;19(6):953-8. Abstract

Green LJ, O’Brien PMS, Panay N, et al; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Management of premenstrual syndrome: green-top guideline no. 48. BJOG. 2017 Feb;124(3):e73-105.Full text  Abstract

World Health Organization. International classification of diseases 11th revision. Jan 2022 [internet publication].Full text

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