What does dysmenorrheic mean?
Dysmenorrheic means Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea..
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/ˌdɪsmɛnəˈɹiːɪk/ · adjective
Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea..
It is more recently the opinion of specialists that psychogenic symptoms may be associated with some dysmenorrheic patients, but that these symptoms are not necessarily the cause of physical complaints.
In severely dysmenorrheic women, there is exaggerated uterine contractility and a significantly higher prostaglandin content in the menstrual blood with a twofold to tenfold increase when compared with women who do not have menstrual pain.
Baker and colleagues (1999) reported that dysmenorrheic women had reduced sleep efficiency when experiencing menstrual pain, with increased wakefulness, movement, and stage 1 sleep compared to pain-free phases of their cycle.
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Dysmenorrheic means Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea..
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It is more recently the opinion of specialists that psychogenic symptoms may be associated with some dysmenorrheic patients, but that these symptoms are not necessarily the cause of physical complaints.
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