What are the causes of dysmenorrhea and how should it be treated?

Many people think that dysmenorrhea is not a disease and that it is normal for girls to suffer from dysmenorrhea. They think that dysmenorrhea will naturally disappear after getting married and having children. However, there are also many women who continue to suffer from dysmenorrhea even after giving birth and do not disappear. Therefore, dysmenorrhea still needs treatment. So, how to treat dysmenorrhea? Of course, different types of dysmenorrhea have different causes and different treatments, so it is recommended that you go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible to avoid delaying too long and increasing the harm.

Causes of Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is an experience that many female friends have had. However, some people do not pay attention to it and do not receive timely treatment, which leads to the continuation of dysmenorrhea and even causes greater harm. So, how to treat dysmenorrhea? First of all, you need to understand the cause of dysmenorrhea and go to a regular hospital for examination. Only after finding the cause of dysmenorrhea can you treat it symptomatically. There are many factors that cause dysmenorrhea, the most common ones are as follows:

1. When a girl has her first menstruation, she is under great psychological pressure. Sitting for a long time leads to poor blood circulation, poor menstrual blood flow, and a preference for cold foods, which causes dysmenorrhea.

2. Excessive contraction of the uterus. Although the uterine contraction pressure of patients with dysmenorrhea is basically the same as that of normal women (the normal pressure is about 4.9Kpa), the uterine contraction lasts longer and is often difficult to relax completely, so dysmenorrhea occurs due to excessive contraction of the uterus.

3. Cervical stenosis mainly causes obstruction of menstrual outflow, causing dysmenorrhea.

4. Uterine hypoplasia. Poor uterine development is prone to abnormal blood supply, causing uterine ischemia and hypoxia, leading to dysmenorrhea.

5. Vigorous exercise during menstruation, exposure to wind, cold, dampness, etc. can easily cause dysmenorrhea.

6. Abnormal position of the uterus. If a woman's uterus is extremely retroflexed or anteflexed, it may affect the smooth flow of menstrual blood and cause dysmenorrhea.

7. Mental and neurological factors: Some women are overly sensitive to pain.

8. Genetic factors: A daughter's dysmenorrhea is related to her mother's dysmenorrhea.

9. Gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, etc., and the placement of an intrauterine contraceptive device (commonly known as an IUD) in the uterus can also easily cause dysmenorrhea.

10. Endocrine factors: Abdominal pain during menstruation is related to the increase of progesterone in the luteal phase.

11. Bad air quality and the stimulation of certain industrial or chemical odors, such as gasoline, banana water, etc., can cause dysmenorrhea.

12. The content of prostaglandins (PG) in the endometrium and menstrual blood is increased. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) acts on uterine muscle fibers to cause them to contract and cause dysmenorrhea. The content of prostaglandins in the endometrial tissue of menstrual patients is significantly higher than that of normal women.

13. Abnormal uterine contraction. Patients with dysmenorrhea often have abnormal uterine contraction, which often leads to ischemia of uterine smooth muscle. Uterine muscle ischemia can cause spasmodic contraction of uterine muscle, resulting in pain and dysmenorrhea.

How to treat dysmenorrhea?

Dysmenorrhea can be divided into primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea refers to abdominal pain that occurs from the beginning of menstruation, while secondary dysmenorrhea refers to menstrual abdominal pain that occurs several years or even more than ten years after menstruation. The causes of the two types of dysmenorrhea are different.

The causes of primary dysmenorrhea are a narrow uterine opening, uterine hypoplasia, or large pieces of endometrium in the menstrual blood. The latter condition is called membranous dysmenorrhea. Sometimes menstrual blood contains blood clots, which can also cause lower abdominal pain. The causes of secondary dysmenorrhea are mostly caused by diseases, such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic congestion, etc. In recent years, it has been discovered that increased synthesis of prostaglandins in the endometrium can also cause dysmenorrhea. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the cause of dysmenorrhea through examination and then treat it accordingly.

It can be seen that there are many reasons for dysmenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea is very harmful to women's health, so everyone must not ignore the treatment of dysmenorrhea. So, how to treat dysmenorrhea? I believe many people have tried some folk remedies and herbal medicines, and the results are not ideal. This is because everyone is not treating the right symptoms when treating dysmenorrhea.