Painful menstruation (Dysmenorrhea) refers to lower abdominal pain or other discomforts before, after or during menstruation. Clinically abdominal pain during menstruation starting from menarche is called primary dysmenorrhea and abdominal pain during menstruation after the occurrence of menarche is called secondary dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea usually occurs among women of 15-25 years among young women during adolescence, or the unmarried or the married without delivery of child. Serious dysmenorrhea may affect health.
Primary painful menstruation
Secondary painful menstruation