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Symptoms of disease - pain during menstruation

The appearance of the milf in women is the result of complex interactions of reproductive hormones, the level of which in the body rises and falls in different periods of the monthly cycle, which lasts for approximately one lunar month (28 days). Many women do not notice many changes in your body during the entire cycle of the milf, except for the blood discharge in a few days. However, about one-third of women in the world suffer from the unpleasant symptoms during milf associated with fluctuations in the levels of hormones, especially noticeable negative feelings milf in the last 7-14 days of the cycle.

What is the cause of pain during the milf?
- insufficient level of endogenous opiates (endorphins, enkephalins);
- insufficiency of the luteal phase;
- functional failure of tissue enzymes of the endometrium and violations of fragmentation reject mucous membrane of the uterus;
- excessive content of prostaglandins;
- increased pain sensitivity;
Strong motivation and effort of the will, switching attention to any intellectual activity can ease the pain during the milf or even completely suppress it.

As is evident pain during milf?
Pain during milf occurs in 30-50% of women, but only in 5-10% of cases the pain is too strong (dysmenorrhea) and lead to a decrease of work capacity.
Distinguish between primary, or a function, not associated with, and secondary algodismenoreyu caused by pathological processes in the small pelvis organs.
Algomenorrhea manifest severe pain during the milf, weakness, loss of consciousness, low blood pressure.

Which diseases there is pain during menstruation

The symptoms of pain during the milf:
- cramping pain in the lower abdomen, radiating in the lumbar region, at least - in the area of external genitals, groin and thighs. Severe pain concerned about in the days of the milf or a few days before her. The pain of spasmodic and rather intensive. Severe pain during milf exhaust the nervous system, contribute to the development of asthenic conditions (lethargy, weakness), reduce the working capacity;
- a General weakness, nausea, vomiting;
- spastic headaches, dizziness;
- increase temperature to 37 C;
- dryness of mouth;
- swelling of the abdomen;
- mental disorders - anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression, memory impairment, indifference and apathy;
craving for sweets, increased appetite, reaction to sugar (headache, cardiac arrhythmia, fatigue, fainting);
- weight gain, swelling of hands and feet, swelling and painful sensitivity of mammary glands;
- fainting and other disorders.

Sometimes lead becomes one symptom that worries more than the pain. The pain was accompanied by disorder of the functions of the gastro-intestinal tract.

Severe pain during the milf in adolescence (primary algomenorrhea) are usually at the little emotional girls, in 1-1, 5 years after the first month, with the initiation of ovulation.

Severe pain during milf among adolescent girls, as a rule, are not connected with the anatomical changes of internal genital organs.

Pain during menstruation usually is felt in the lower abdomen or in the middle of it and has a character of a wave-like contractions. Sometimes the pain during the milf is felt also in the area of sacrum and thighs. Painful monthly and may be accompanied by other symptoms: nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, headache, as well as the belly colic. The cause of pain during the milf is the excess of the «bad» of prostaglandins, which cause the constriction of blood vessels and spasms of the muscular wall of the uterus. However, experienced specialists without work will relieve you from the unpleasant symptoms that accompany you during the milf.

Pain during milf - as a symptom of other diseases (secondary algomenorrhea).

Severe pain during the milf, which arise because of anatomical changes of the uterus (violation of contractile activity of myometrium, hyperanteflexion, adenomyosis, endometriosis, etc.)

Other causes of pain during the milf in women after 30 years:
- in women after 30 years may occur after childbirth, abortion, inflammatory gynecologic diseases;
- one of the most frequent causes of secondary algodismenorrhea - endometriosis. In patients with endometriosis aching (sometimes cramping) abdominal pain radiating into the rectum may bother throughout the menstrual cycle and amplified for 2-3 days before the milf;
- the use of intrauterine contraceptive devices, but when using intrauterine contraceptives containing progestins (e.g., Mirena), severe pain during the milf is not observed;
- sybmucous myoma of the uterus - the so-called born myomatous nodes, when a node is pushed out through the cervical canal;
- pelvic varicose veins. Varicose veins of small pelvis may be the result of inflammation and adhesions, system diseases of the veins (expansion of hemorrhoids veins and vein lower limbs);
- malformation genitals, which hinder the outflow of menstrual blood.

In the case of menstrual better to consult a gynecologist, to ensure the absence of any serious health problems. If no such complications, get rid of pain during milf help right kind of diet and vitamins.

Refer to the gynecologist, if:
- the pain will not pass after the end of the milf;
- if You have a high temperature, diarrhea or a rash during the milf;
- menstrual bleeding was especially strong in several months;
- after the "normal milf" suddenly there is painful;
- pain accompanied by serious problems with the digestive system - black, tarry stools or blood in the stool.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain during menstruation

• Gynaecologist

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