INTRODUCTION
Dysmenorrhea
painful cramps that occur with menstruation
Primary dysmenorrhea
pain without organic pathology
secondary dysmenorrhea
pelvic pain associated with an
identifiable pathologic condition,
such as endometriosis
EPIDEMIOLOGY
THE PREVALENCE OF DYSMENORRHEA IS HIGHEST IN ADOLESCENT WOMEN,
WITH ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 20 TO 90 PERCENT
A RECENT PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR ONE YEAR,
FOUND THAT 72 PERCENT OF MONITORED PERIODS WERE PAINFUL, MOST
COMMONLY DURING THE FIRST DAY OF MENSES. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE
WOMEN STUDIED REPORTED AT LEAST ONE EPISODE OF SEVERE PAIN.
o IN SEVERAL LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF YOUNG WOMEN, RATES OF
ABSENTEEISM RANGED FROM 34 TO 50 PERCENT.
ETIOLOGY
MAIN CAUSE: INCREACE PRODUCTION OF PROSTAGLANDIN (PGF2)
SIDE EFFECTS
MORE COMMON
NAUSEA
RASHES
SWELLING
CHEST PAIN
CONSTIPATI
ON
LESS COMMON
DIZZINESS
LOST OF
APPETITE
STOMACH
UPSET
RARE
DIARRHEA
FAST &
SLOW
BREATHING
DROWSINES
S
HIGH FEVER
NON-DRUG THERAPHY
TUMERIC
VITAMIN E
MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM
TRANSDERMAL NITROGLYCERINE
PRESACRAL NEURECTOMY
COUNSELING
MEDICAL WARNING
DAFTAR PUSTAKA
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IN PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES. OBSTET GYNECOL. 1996;87:558.
HARLOW SD, PARK M. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF RISK FACTORS FOR THE OCCURRENCE, DURATION
AND SEVERITY OF MENSTRUAL CRAMPS IN A COHORT OF COLLEGE WOMEN. BR J OBSTET GYNAECOL.
1996;103:113442 [PUBLISHED ERRATUM IN BR J OBSTET GYNAECOL. 1997;104:386].
ANDERSCH B, MILSOM I. AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDY OF YOUNG WOMEN WITH DYSMENORRHEA. AM J
OBSTET GYNECOL. 1982;144:65560.
SUNDELL G, MILSON I, ANDERSCH B. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF
DYSMENORRHEA IN YOUNG WOMEN. BR J OBSTET GYNAECOL. 1990;97:58894.
DAWOOD MY. IBUPROFEN AND DYSMENORRHEA. AM J MED. 1984;77:8794.
PARAZZINI F, TOZZI L, MEZZOPANE R, LUCHINI L, MARCHINI M, FEDELE L. CIGARETTE SMOKING,
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND RISK OF PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA. EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1994;5:46972.
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