Not exact matches
The medical term for
severe menstrual pain is
dysmenorrhea and there are just about as many types of treatments as there are women suffering this pain — which is a lot!
Taking oral contraceptives continuously, rather than as traditionally prescribed for each cycle, provides earlier relief for moderate to
severe menstrual cramps —
dysmenorrhea — according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine.
As a dietary supplement, magnesium is often recommended to those suffering from
severe asthma, migraines, arrhythmia, leg cramps, constipation, and
dysmenorrhea.
By the time I attended college, the
dysmenorrhea was so debilitating I spent the whole first day of my cycle in bed with a hot pack and a «barf bowl» nearby because the
severe pain caused me to throw up.