Describe the pathogenesis of dysmenorrhea?
Answer:
excessive production of prostaglandins --> causing painful contraction of the uretus and arteriolar vasospasm.
ALSO
Psychological factors may also contribute, like anxiety and tension.
As women grow older, dysmenorrhea often decreases and often completely resolves after childbirth.
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Menstrual Disorders
- What causes metrorrhagia? (and is the reason it's the most significant form of menstrual dysfunction).
- What causes menorrhagia? Difference between onset in early life and later in life.
- How do you treat secondary dysmenorrhea?
- How can you diagnose secondary dysmenorrhea?
- What is secondary dysmenorrhea?
- How do you treat primary dysmenorrhea?
- What mnfts occur in severe primary dysmenorrhea?
- What are the mnfts of primary dysmenorrhea (not severe)?
- Tell me about the pattern of primary dysmenorrhea symptoms?
- When does primary dysmenorrhea start?
- Again, there is a primary and secondary form of dysmenorrhea. What is primary dysmenorrhea?
- How do you treat amenorrhea?
- How do you diagnose amenorrhea?
- What are some causes of secondary amenorrhea?
- What is secondary amenorrhea?
- What are the 4 (weird name) causes of primary amenorrhea?
- There are two types of amenorrhea, primary and secondary, what are the characteristics of primary amenorrhea?
- When the basic pattern of bleeding is UNchanged and episodes of bleeding or spotting occur, what is it often due to?
- When the basic pattern of bleeding is changed, what is it often due to?
- What kind of dysfunctional bleeding can occur in post-pubertal women?
- What are the patterns of menstrual bleeding in a HEALTHY women?