PAINFUL MENSTRUATION.

PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. 

Painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoea) is due to the action of substance called prostaglandins usually released locally into the womb or uterus at the time the unfertilized egg is to be shed. 

The prostanglandins also cause the muscles of the uterine walls to contract to expel the menses from the womb during which pains are felt by the females. 

Such pains include:
- Headache
- Waist pain
- Stomach ache
- Fever, etc.
The pains vary from female to female, it is mild in some females while it is very severe in others.

Causes:
- Retained product of
conception usually after abortion.
- Pelvic inflammation disease.
- Fibroids.
- Expired drugs.
- Cancer of the Cervix.
- Long standing STD such as gonorrhoea.
- Contraceptive pills
taken outside
doctor's
prescription.

Prevention and remedies:
- Vigorous exercise
such running,
swimming, etc.
- Rest.
- Drugs ( analgesics
and prostanglandin
inhibitors).
- Warm baths or
showers.
- Hot drinks.
- Diet.