Oh my! It’s that time of the month again! You know, that time when you feel like someone is punching you hard in the stomach repeatedly and you just want to lie in bed all day. Yeah, that time – Aunt Flo comes for a visit! For some women, menstrual days are an agony that goes far beyond bleeding. A painful condition that disturbs their daily activities.
What Pain Are We Talking About?
Period or menstrual pain (also known as dysmenorrhoea) is pain in the lower abdomen most women experience just before or during their menstrual periods. The severity of period pain varies between women – from a mild annoyance to severe pain. It affects up to 80% of women at some stage in their lifetime. But for 1 in every 10 women the pain is severe enough to interfere with their quality of life.
