1. Primary dysmenorrhoea
- uterine contractions resulting from production of prostaglandins by the endometrium
- most women experience within 2 years after menarche.
- less severe after first confinement
2. Secondary dysmenorrhoea - if dysmenorrhoea appears sometime later in life. It usually is due to pelvic pathology
- endometriosis
- adenomyosis
- pelvic infection
- fibromyomata
- ovarian masses
- tubal pathology
- adhesions
- uterine contractions resulting from production of prostaglandins by the endometrium
- most women experience within 2 years after menarche.
- less severe after first confinement
2. Secondary dysmenorrhoea - if dysmenorrhoea appears sometime later in life. It usually is due to pelvic pathology
- endometriosis
- adenomyosis
- pelvic infection
- fibromyomata
- ovarian masses
- tubal pathology
- adhesions