%0 Journal Article %T Safety and value of skin test to sex hormones and sex hormone sensitivity desensitization in women with premenstrual syndrome %A Alek M. Itsekson %A Bomstein Yonit %A Itsekson-Hayosh Ze'ev %A Kivity Shmuel %A Zolti Matitiyahu %J Archive of "The World Allergy Organization Journal". %D 2019 %R 10.1016/j.waojou.2019.100041 %X Hypersensitivity to one's own sex hormones is not a new concept but it is an underappreciated one. Such a phenomenon may explain a large proportion of symptoms related to the menstrual cycle (such as premenstrual syndrome, PMS), cyclic pain syndromes or unexplained infertility. In this study we propose a novel diagnostic tool of hormonal skin testing which reveals sex hormones sensitivity with high clinical correlation, and a subsequent successful desensitization technique %K Sex hormones skin test %K Hormonal desensitization therapy %K Premenstrual syndrome %K Mastalgia %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6557725/