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 OTHER NAMES
- Pain with the rule,
- Menstrual pain,
- Dismenorrea.
DEFINITION
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The menstrual pain or dismenorrea is a problem that appears to the beginning of the menstruation that collaborates to cramps in the legs and sometimes for the intensity of the pain to pictures they stroll around associated (sickness, morning sickness, vomiting, etc...).
CAUSES
The pain in the rule can be of primary origin presenting before itself to the beginning of the menstrual cycles, in the youth, and the whole life tends to last. In this case called prostagladina owes to the most intense uterine contractions of the normal thing in certain persons who liberate a substance in excess. This type of dismenorrea can present in 30 50 % of the women to himself and the women's daughters with dismenorrea are inclined to develop it.
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The secondary dismenorrea begins later, women more major along the life, and they are secondary to other problems or illnesses of the feminine reproductive organ as it can be the inflammatory pelvic illness or the endometriosis.
It seems that the smoking women have more tendency to the dismenorrea, drinking alcohol during the menstruation, the excess weight, and the beginning of the rules very precocious (menarche) (before 11 years).
SYMPTOMS
The dismenorrea usually turns out to be not alone with abdominal pain if not that collaborates to:
- Cramps in the part it goes down the abdomen.
- Pain in the part goes down the back.
- Pain removed towards the legs.
- Morning sickness
- Vomiting
- Diarrheas
- Weakness
- Faints
- Headaches
- Discomfort in general
If the dismenorrea is primary it usually not do any study beyond a gynecological examination and an abdominal ultrasound scan. If it is secondary there are used all the means available for a study of the feminine reproductive organ.
TREATMENT
In the sharp picture there are used the inhibiting ones of the prostaglandin that are in general all the AINEs (anti-inflammatory not esteroideos), as there can be the aspirin ®, the ibuprofeno, the paracetamol and nowadays one tends to use enough an anti-COX 2 called Robecosif (Ceoxx 50 ®). Also it is possible to treat about preventive form by means of true contraceptive oral which, on having inhibited the ovulation, tend to give good results. Other general measurements of debatable success are increasing the proteins consumption and to diminish the sweet food and the caffeine. Also it is recommended to do exercise regularly. As home-made measurements it is possible to use an ink pad or electrical blanket to produce heat on the abdomen and to do abdominal massages to him.
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