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Treatment options for primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea
Author(s) -
Mavrelos Dimitrios,
Saridogan Ertan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1624
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , affect (linguistics) , primary (astronomy) , quality of life (healthcare) , gynecology , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , family medicine , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , physics , astronomy
Dysmenorrhoea affects up to half of young women and can adversely affect quality of life, especially if severe. This article describes the distinguishing features of primary and secondary dysmenorrhoea and discusses the main treatment options for women presenting in primary care.