Menstrual Pain

Menstrual Pain: How to manage?

  • Get enough sleep and rest

  • Exercise regularly. Physical activity could help ease menstrual cramps for some women.

  • Use heat. Soaking in a hot bath or using a heating pad, hot water bottle or heat patch on your lower abdomen might ease menstrual cramps.

  • Try dietary supplements. A number of studies have indicated that vitamin E, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin B-1 (thiamin), vitamin B-6 and magnesium supplements might reduce menstrual cramps.

  • Reduce stress. Psychological stress might increase your risk of menstrual cramps and their severity.


Diagnosis

  • Your health care provider will review your medical history and perform a physical exam, including a pelvic exam. 

  • During the pelvic exam, your provider checks for anything unusual with the reproductive organs and looks for signs of infection.

  • Treatment would be given accordingly.

  



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