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Menstrual Pain
For most women, menstruation comes and goes each month with ease. But for others, or at various times in a woman’s childbearing years, periods may be complicated by pain. The medical term for menstrual pain is dysmenorrhea.
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What to do About
Menstrual Pain
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| Painful periods or cramps that can be relieved |
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| Pain during period is worse than it used to be and possible exposure to a sexually transmitted disease (STD) |
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| Pain increases and is accompanied by fever and blistery rash on your body |
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| Very heavy bleeding (soaking one or more pads per hour for more than 4 hours, or one or more pads every 15 minutes for more than 1 hour) |
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