How does dysmenorrhea develop?
There are two types of dysmenorrhea: primary, for which allopathic medicine can find no obvious cause, and secondary, which is the result of a disorder of the reproductive organs. Primary dysmenorrhea usually appears in the early teens. The pain is related to the hormonal activity involved with the monthly release of eggs from the ovaries. The pain usually appears one to two years after the first period and usually subsides between the ages of 25-30. After childbirth the condition often disappears. Women who suffer from secondary dysmenorrhea are usually older than those with primary dysmenorrhea. Conditions that may be responsible for secondary dysmenorrhea include endometriosis, endometrial polyps, adenomyosis, fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease or the use of an intrauterine device. In addition, with female-related conditions, an estradiol excess (which can occur by taking oral contraceptives or other synthetic forms of estrogen) often is found to be part of the patient’s physiolo
