Which Type Of Dysmenorrhoea Have You Experienced?

It felt like there is something in the abdomen. No, I am not pregnant! Although I do look like one with the fats in my body. Sigh. I was having period cramps without the period. Abnormal? Not really. I did some research and found that I am very much healthy, or so I do hope I am.

Pain associated with normal menstrual cycle is common. *but mine is irregular :( * The one I experienced should be the congestive pain that occurs few days before period and it is suppose to improve once the bleeding begins. Scientifically, what I had was just Dysmenorrhoea. It's not as complicated as it sounds. It is just pain in the abdomen, which could get really bad at times.

That's not just it. Dysmernorrhoea is classified into primary and secondary, where Primary Dysmenorrhoea usually begins within a year or a two of a women's first period. It occurs due to the forceful contractions of your womb a.k.a uterus, brought about prostaglandins (normal hormones that are produced by the body). They stimulate contractions of the uterus during period and are responsible for contractions in childbirth, during labour. The contractions are painful because they compress the blood vessels to the uterus, cutting off the blood supply and depriving the tissues of blood.

Secondary Dysmenorrhoea is period pain caused by an underlying disorder. It usually begins later in life. Causes include endometriosis (when tissue from the lining of the womb grows elsewhere in the body and bleeds every month when you have your period), pelvic inflammatory disease, a benign tumour of the uterus called a submucous myoma, IUDs, a rare congenital condition called a blind uterine horn, and narrowing of the cervical canal (the entrance to the uterus), which restricts the flow of blood.

Women who have heavy periods (menorrhagia) have trouble with period pain more often than women who do not. Their pain may be caused by the uterus trying to expel blood clots that have not fully dissolved. For more info, click here.

I guess I had Secondary Dysmenorrhoea! You must be young enough to be in the primary group since that happens during first period. How I wish I am in the primary group!! Yalar, yalar, I am old >_< It is not easy at all to be a woman!!

Yesterday was hell, today is a bliss. I watched Enchanted and I Am Legend on the same day, and had dinner with a group of darlings I've not seen for some time! I am a happy person today :)