{"paper_id":"608031d8-68f6-421b-a5fd-903d110651c9","body_text":"Abstract\nDysmenorrhea, the most common gynecologic problem, means painful monthly flow. It affect between 30% and 75% of all women in the reproductive age group. Primary or physiologic dysmenorrhea is painful menses that occurs in the absence of pelvic disease. It has been shown that excessive production of prostaglandins by the endometrium can result in uterine ischemia and hypercontractibility and can cause severe dysmenorrhea. This has clarified a previous “psychosomatic” disorder, and many strides have been made in effective treatment of dysmenorrhea using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications.1,2\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nDawood MY. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and changing attitudes toward dysmenorrhea. Am J Med. 1988; 84 (suppl 5A): 23–29.\nPasquale SA, Rothhauser R, Dolese HM. 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Philadelphia, Pa: JB Lippincott Company; 1992: 7.\nStoval TG, Ling FW, Crawford DA. Hysterectomy for chronic pelvic pain of presumed uterine etiology. Obstet Gynecol. 1990; 75: 676.\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1993 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.\nAbout this chapter\nCite this chapter\nSaleh, H.J. (1993). Dysmenorrhea and Chronic Pelvic Pain. In: Knaus, J.V., Isaacs, J.H. (eds) Office Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_11\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_11\nPublisher Name: Springer, New York, NY\nPrint ISBN: 978-1-4612-8740-7\nOnline ISBN: 978-1-4612-4340-3\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}