What is Dysmenorrhea?

What is Dysmenorrhea?

• Dysmenorrhea: Pain, cramping, or discomfort due to menstruation.
• Dysmenorrhea: Painful menstruation.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Dysmenorrhea: painful menstruation.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Dysmenorrhea: Introduction

Types of Dysmenorrhea:

Types of Dysmenorrhea:

• Primary Dysmenorrhea - occurring in many women without any specific underlying cause
• Secondary Dysmenorrhea - caused by other underlying medical conditions; see also symptom dysmenorrhea
• more types...»

Broader types of Dysmenorrhea:

• Pain conditions
• Women's health conditions
• Women only conditions
• Menstrual conditions
• Pelvic conditions
• Uterus conditions
• Genital conditions
• Reproductive conditions
• Female reproductive conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Dysmenorrhea?

Complications of Dysmenorrhea: see complications of Dysmenorrhea

What causes Dysmenorrhea?

Causes of Dysmenorrhea: see causes of Dysmenorrhea
Risk factors for Dysmenorrhea: see risk factors for Dysmenorrhea

What are the symptoms of Dysmenorrhea?

Symptoms of Dysmenorrhea: see symptoms of Dysmenorrhea

Complications of Dysmenorrhea: see complications of Dysmenorrhea

Can anyone else get Dysmenorrhea?

More information: see contagiousness of Dysmenorrhea
Inheritance: see inheritance of Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dysmenorrhea.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dysmenorrhea.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Dysmenorrhea: see treatments for Dysmenorrhea
Research for Dysmenorrhea: see research for Dysmenorrhea

Name and Aliases of Dysmenorrhea

Main name of condition: Dysmenorrhea

menstrual pain, painful menstruation, Dysmenorrhoea

Menorrhalgia, Menstrual pain, Dysmenorrhoea Source - Diseases Database

Dysmenorrhea: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Dysmenorrhea:

• Normal menstrual cycles
• Primary Dysmenorrhea
• Secondary Dysmenorrhea
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Endometriosis
• Fibroids
• Adenomyosis
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Spasmodic dysmenorrhea
• Congestive dysmenorrhea
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

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