Don’t take persistent dysmenorrhea lightly

There are many factors that lead to dysmenorrhea. In addition to congenital causes, it may also be caused by some diseases, such as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, etc.

Take endometriosis as an example. As the name implies, endometriosis refers to a disease caused by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity (excluding the myometrium). The clinical symptoms of this disease are cyclical, and dysmenorrhea is its most common clinical feature, which often presents a progressive aggravation. Generally, dysmenorrhea starts 1 to 2 days before menstruation, is most severe on the first day of menstruation, and gradually eases and disappears after the menstrual blood is clean.

If this type of dysmenorrhea is not taken seriously enough, it will cause endometriosis in the pelvic cavity to cause adhesions of reproductive organs and blockage of fallopian tubes, leading to infertility, with an incidence rate of infertility as high as 75%. In addition, depending on the location of the endometriosis, the patient may also experience sexual intercourse pain, intestinal symptoms and urinary tract symptoms.

Therefore, once women experience unbearable dysmenorrhea, they must go to the hospital for examination and not take it lightly.