Painful Menstruation
Symptoms
Painful mentruation, pelvic pain. Irritability, breast tenderness, dizziness, fainting, weakness, nervous tension, depression, headache.
Causes
- Relative immaturity of ovarian hormonal function in adolescents
- Uterine malformations
- Fibroid (myoma) of the uterus
- Endometriosis
- Pelvic inflammations
Check up
- Gynecologic examination
- Measurement of hormone levels in blood
- Transabdominal or vaginal ultrasound
Treatment
Appropriate medication, sometimes surgical treatment recommended by the
gynecologist.