What is dysmenorrhea?

Dysmenorrhea is uterine pain that may occur with menses or precede menses by 1 to 3 days. It can be can be primary, which is the more common type or secondary due to pelvic abnormalities.

How do members experience dysmenorrhea?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with dysmenorrhea*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for dysmenorrhea*

Who has dysmenorrhea on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 40
30s 60
40s 80
50s 52
60s 13
70+ 5

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 244

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What is dysmenorrhea?

Dysmenorrhea is uterine pain that may occur with menses or precede menses by 1 to 3 days. It can be can be primary, which is the more common type or secondary due to pelvic abnormalities.



Common symptoms reported by people with dysmenorrhea

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for dysmenorrhea

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Compare treatments taken by people with dysmenorrhea

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have dysmenorrhea through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with dysmenorrhea? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has dysmenorrhea on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 62 say dysmenorrhea is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 40
30s 60
40s 80
50s 52
60s 13
70+ 5
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 104
20-29 years 16
30-39 years 8
40-49 years 5
50-59 years 0
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 4
Female 244

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 127
Not Diagnosed 25

These charts show data from dysmenorrhea patients who have completed their condition history
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