I-Dysmenorrhea iwuphawu oluvamile, ikakhulukazi kwabesifazane abasebancane abaqala ukuya esikhathini. Nokho, lokhu akulona uphawu "oluncane". Isikhathi sakho sokuqala singakhululeka ngokuthatha ibuprofen (phezu kwekhawunta) noma ama-NSAID kadokotela. Uma lokhu kungenele, isivimbeli-nzalo esithathwa ngomlomo (i-estrogen-progestogen noma i-progestin iyodwa), uma kudingekile ekuphuzeni okuqhubekayo (okwenza umjikelezo uphumule futhi kumise ukuqala kokuya esikhathini), kutuswa. Uma i-dysmenorrhea ishubile (i-endometriosis, ikakhulukazi), kufanele kuphakanyiswe ukusetshenziswa kwe-progesterone intrauterine device (Mirena®), ngisho nakowesifazane osemncane kakhulu ongakaze akhulelwe. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi i-endometriosis iyingozi ekuzaleni okulandelayo futhi kufanele iphathwe ngempumelelo ngangokunokwenzeka.

UMarc Zaffran, MD (uMartin Winckler)