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Section 9: For Women:
Female Hormones Check all symptoms that apply to
you during your period:
Number of pregnancies  Bad cramps
____________
 Heavy bleeding
Date of last menstrual period
________ Check all symptoms that apply to
you if you are experiencing
Use of birth control pills menopause or perimenopause:
____________  Hot flashes, night sweats
 Mood swings, irritability
Check all of the symptoms that  Insomnia
apply to you within two weeks  Erratic or missed period
before your period:  Dry skin, hair, vagina
 Weight gain  Painful intercourse
 Depression, anxiety,  Known or suspected
irritability osteoporosis
 Sore or swollen breasts  Joint pain
 Abdominal bloating or  Fibromyalgia
swelling  Hysterectomy
 Lower backache  Loss of interest in sex
 Craving for sweets
 Headaches
 Vaginal itching
 Recurrent vaginal
discharge
 Irregular periods
 Breast lumps (fibrocystic
breasts)
 Intensification of other
premenstrual syndrome
(PMS) symptoms