Menstrual Pain WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Menstrual Pain
Menstrual pain, also known as menstrual cramps, occurs in the abdominal and pelvic area of a woman's body.1 Menstrual pain falls into two categories: primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea.2 Primary dysmenorrhea is a form of menstrual pain that is considered normal.2 Secondary dysmenorrhea is an abnormal menstrual pain that may indicate a problem such as a disease or an abnormality of the uterus.2
Fast Facts:
- Medical term for menstrual pain is dysmenorrhea.3
- Also known as mittelschmerz, a German word that means middle pain.4
- 30-60 percent of women have menstrual pain every month.5
- 10 percent of young women have menstrual pain so severe that it interferes with their daily lives.5
- Leading cause of young women being absent from work or school.2
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Latest Headlines on Menstrual Pain
What is Menstrual Pain?
- Mayo Clinic: Definition
- WebMD (via MedicineNet): What are Menstrual Cramps?
- Wikipedia: Dysmenorrhea
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Painful Menstrual Periods
What are the Symptoms of Menstrual Pain?
- Mayo Clinic: Symptoms
- Cleveland Clinic: What are the Symptoms of Dysmenorrhea?
- WebMD (via eMedicineHealth): Mittelschmerz Symptoms
What are the Causes and Complications of Menstrual Pain?
- WrongDiagnosis: Causes of Menstrual Cramps
- Mayo Clinic: Complications
- Kid'sHealth (via FamilyDoctor.org): Menstrual Problems
- Medical College of Wisconsin HealthLink: New Hope for Women with Endometriosis
- Women's Health (via Aetna InteliHealth): Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding
What are the Treatments and Medications for Menstrual Pain?
- UpToDate: Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhea in Adult Women
- Healthwise (via RevolutionHealth): Managing Menstrual Cramps (July 11, 2007)
- WrongDiagnosis: Treatments for Menstrual Cramps
- About.com: How to Relieve Menstrual Cramps
- Mayo Clinic: Treatments and Drugs
What are the Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Menstrual Pain?
- WebMD Health News (via WebMD): Herbal Relief for Menstrual Cramps? (Oct. 17, 2007)
- About.com: Natural Remedies for Menstrual Cramps
- ABC News: A Natural Approach to Menstrual Cramps (Feb. 7, 2008)
- Mayo Clinic: Alternative Medicine
What are the Types of Menstrual Pain?
- McKinley Health Center: Menstrual Cramps
- Women'sHealth.org: Primary (Normal) vs. Secondary (Underlying Problems): Who Gets Which
- The Menopause Self Help Book (via Healthy.net): Types and Causes of Menstrual Cramps
- Mayo Clinic (via RevolutionHealth): Midcycle Menstrual Cramps: What Causes This?
How Do You Prevent Menstrual Pain?
- HealthDay News (via RevolutionHealth): Health Tip: Help Prevent Menstrual Cramps (Nov. 2, 2007)
- Healthwise (via RevolutionHealth): Prevention (July 11, 2007)
- eMedicineHealth: Prevention
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Menstrual Pain
- Yahoo Answers: A Question for the Ladies about Menstrual Cramps?
- Female Reproduction Health: Relief from Menstrual Cramps
- Alternative Medicine and Health: How to Deal with Your Period
- DailyStrength: Weight Gain and Menstrual Cramps
- eHealthForum: Menstrual Cramps?
Foundations and Support Groups on Menstrual Pain
- DailyStrength: Pre-Menstrual Syndrome (PMS) Support Group
- Yahoo Health: Dysmenorrhea Support
- Healia Communities: Menstruation Online Health Community and Support Group
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Menstrual Pain
- PubMedCentral: Articles on Menstrual Cramps
- JAMA: Dysmenorrhea Articles
- Google Scholar: Search Results for Dysmenorrhea
Clinical Trials on Menstrual Pain
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials on Dysmenorrhea
- CenterWatch: Dysmenorrhea Clinical Trials
- Cleveland Clinic: Clinical Trial Listings for Menstrual Pain
Research Notes References
- ↑ WebMD (via MedicineNet): What are Menstrual Cramps?
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Painful Menstrual Periods
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: Menstrual Cramps
- ↑ WebMD (via eMedicineHealth): Mittelschmerz Overview
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Consumer Health Interactive (via AHealthyMe.com): What are Menstrual Cramps?
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- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Painful Periods, Menstrual Problems
- Last update: Apr. 7, 2009
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