Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea
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This paper describes primary dysmenorrhea as midline pelvic cramping pain with accompanying symptoms, occurring during menstruation without a discernible underlying disorder.
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PRIMARY (essential) dysmenorrhea has been described as pelvic pain with other accompanying disturbances, which occur just before or during menstruation without demonstrable pelvic or systemic disorder. Although primary dysmenorrhea is only a symptom, rather than a disease, it is one of the most common gynecologic complaints in women during the reproductive years. The pelvic pain is of a sharp, cramping, intermittent character, referred to the midline and the lower abdomen. At times it extends to the vagina, lower back, and thighs. Accompanying symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea may consist of nausea, vomiting, headache, backache, nervousness, irritability, joint pains, etc. The etiology of primary dysmenorrhea is not known; discussions of the many different theories are not within the scope of this study. However, it is most likely due to tetanic uterine contractions during the latter part of the luteal phase, as shown by Wilson and Kurzrok.1Primary dysmenorrhea only occurs in
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