Case report, 2009
Can PMS cause cheek biting and swelling?
In this one case, yes. A woman's cheek biting and swelling happened before her period along with other PMS symptoms.
What they did
Doctors described one woman's case of cyclic cheek lesions that occurred with PMS symptoms.
What they found
A 34-year-old woman had bilateral cheek lesions with thickened skin near her teeth and bleeding, plus swelling but no pain or burning. Her PMS symptoms included leg swelling, breast tenderness, bloating, and weight gain.
What it means for you
Water retention from PMS may have caused swelling in the cheeks, and stress-related teeth grinding during PMS may have caused the biting. This is just one case, so we don't know if other women have this. Doctors should check the mouth in women with PMS.
34
woman's age
About the study
- Original title
- Bilateral cyclic cheek lesions related to premenstrual syndrome: a multifactorial pathogenesis?
- Authors
- Minciullo PL, Nucera R, Lipari J et al.
- Journal
- Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
- Year
- 2009
- Study design
- Case report
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1007/s00404-008-0825-y
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