One of the most disturbing thing for young women, in addition to acne, is dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea is the term for pain like menstrual cramps. Dysmenorrhea can occur with or without underlying disease in addition to menstruation. Dysmenorrhea usually occurs in the early days of menstruation and takes place on the first day to the third day. Abdominal pain due to dysmenorrhea has a unique location that is in the lower abdomen and can spread to the back and thighs.
The presence of dysmenorrhea sometimes interfere with the productivity of young women, causes laziness and pain to decreased consciousness. Several things can be done to alleviate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea so you can work as usual:
- Warm compresses It is common knowledge that a warm compress can relax the muscles and reduce pain, such as dysmenorrhea where the primary cause of pain is muscle contraction. Enter the warm water into the bottle or use a towel that has been soaked in warm water, then compresses the stomach in a comfortable body position. Do it for 15 minutes, or as long as you need. If necessary, please be repeated.
- Hot tea hot tea, which contains chamomile and ginger, is the right choice to reduce pain due to dysmenorrhea. Chamomile has anti-inflammatory effects and is able to relax the smooth muscles, relax the contraction, and reduce cramping and spasms. While ginger contains gingerol and shogaol chemicals that can relax the smooth muscle and can reduce abdominal cramps.
- Exercise pain due to dysmenorrhea cause you're lazy move. But did you know that exercise can reduce pain? Moderate exercise like brisk walking and other aerobic exercise triggers the body to pump more blood. This helps the body to release endorphins that will work against prostaglandins and reduce pain. If you frequently experience dysmenorrhea, exercise is one right way to prevent it.
- Vitamin D Consumption of vitamin D on a regular basis is important to prevent abdominal pain due to dysmenorrhea. One study found that high doses of vitamin D3 can reduce the pain caused by dysmenorrhea as much as 41%.
- Acupuncture Traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, has been investigated in South Korea's Kyung Hee University, is able to reduce pain better than placebo controls.
And no less important, if you are experiencing dysmenorrhea, always provide anti-pain medications, such as paracetamol or mefenamic acid. If the pain does not diminish with the ways above, immediately taking the drug, according to the dosage required (can be read in the drug's label or ask your pharmacist / doctor), and stop taking drugs after the pain disappears to prevent unwanted effects.
