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Primary dysmenorrhea
Period pain that starts within the first few menstrual cycles of a young woman starting her menses or menarche.
Dr. Douglas Lawson reviewed this
30 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 39-year old asked:
Can you advise for primary dysmenorrhea ?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: primary dysmenorrhea?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does I need to tell my child when older about having had primary dysmenorrhea?
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A 28-year old asked:
Do people with primary dysmenorrhea have a lot of pain?
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A 49-year old asked:
What is endometriosis and how is it different from primary dysmenorrhea?
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A 36-year old asked:
Bad cramps every month. Could I get drugs for a bad case of primary dysmenorrhea?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Is hormonal pill advisable for patients with primary dysmenorrhea?What would be the advantages and disadvantages of hormonal pills to a single woman having primary dysmenorrhea?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can you suggest how to deal with the pain from primary dysmenorrhea naturally without going on birth control pills?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I have primary dysmenorrhea. Last month i came on 2 weeks after my periods but had no cramps which has never happened. Could i b pregnant?
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A member asked:
I am 20 & I have primary dysmenorrhea, 2 options nsaids or birth control pills my doctor is letting me decide and get back to her. What is the best ?
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A 35-year old female asked about a female:
My primary doctor is a male not much he can do? I take so many ultrasound they all come back normal yet I still have horrible amd period pain?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Dysmenorrhea?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can a woman with dysmenorrhea be pregant?
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A 41-year old asked:
What causes dysmenorrhea and how to I prevent it?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can I do about pain of secondary dysmenorrhea?
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A 45-year old asked:
Could someone have dysmenorrhea or endometriosis at 16?
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A 16-year old female asked:
Can you get dysmenorrhea if you don't have endometriosis?
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A 47-year old asked:
How can I distinguish between dysmenorrhea or endometriosis?
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A 53-year old asked:
What are the differences between dysmenorrhea and endometriosis?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: secondary dysmenorrhea?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Tell me some good medicine for dysmenorrhea...Im 25 year old having regular peroids sometimes with pain..
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A 35-year old asked:
What is first aid for dysmenorrhea?
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A 34-year old asked:
Whats best painkiller for dysmenorrhea?
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A 41-year old asked:
Dysmenorrhea like pain in pregnancy normal?
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A 32-year old asked:
Pain like dysmenorrhea sign of pregnancy?
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A 36-year old asked:
I have dysmenorrhea and im vomiting, is it normal?
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A 41-year old asked:
Chocolate can help dysmenorrhea?
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A 39-year old asked:
What is medicine of dysmenorrhea?
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A 34-year old asked:
What sort of disorder is dysmenorrhea?
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A 18-year old asked:
What can I take to treat dysmenorrhea?
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