Dysmenorrhea: What's this?

The term dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual problems in general (from Greek = caused difficulty), but is commonly used to refer to pain in lower abdomen that precede or accompany the rules. The term dysmenorrhea is more accurate, the prefix meaning algos "pain". In one way as another, this is painful menstrual cramps and painful sensations that they experience repeated many girls and women.



The sharp decline in sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone) at the end of the cycle, in the absence of pregnancy, causes the "driven" from the endometrium (the lining of the uterus) and its elimination in the form of menstruation. Painful cramps and spasms that accompany menstruation are produced by repeated contractions of the uterus are expelled out of himself.

Painful menstruation is often in late adolescence and perimenopause, periods of hormonal fluctuations. The pains that occur at these moments in life are usually not disturbing and not hiding any underlying gynecological disorder. Teen, pain diminishing over the years and often disappear after a first pregnancy when they are very intense and persist after the bleeding, the pain is suggestive of endometriosis. The prevalence of menstrual pain varies from 50% to 80% depending on age group. Of these, 5% to 15% of women are bothered enough to have to change their daily activities (forced rest, work or in school).