On the other hand, for an estimated one woman in every ten, the effects are so severe that they require cutting back on regular activities to some extent. Those effects can be avoided entirely by the taking of oral contraceptives. Normally most women start experiencing menstrual pain in the early teenage years, about two years or more after their periods have begun. Regular recurrence may begin when the cycle of ovulation becomes well established. It may lessen spontaneously starting in about the mid-twenties.
Few women experience it after the birth of a first child.
Cases of menstrual pain representing secondary dysmenorrhea are comparatively uncommon. Symptoms you are likely to notice Many women who get only mild onslaughts of primary dysmenorrhea typically feel headachy and have a tinge of nausea with vague discomfort and a sense of overfullness of the abdomen. Other women go through moderate to severe attacks. These reactions generally start right before or with menstruation and dissipate in the first day or two of menstruation. Secondary dysmenorrhea typically differs in duration.