Globally, primary dysmenorrhoea is one of the most frequent gynaecological disorders in young women. It is associated with increased uterine tone, and exaggerated contractility of uterine smooth muscles. In many rural African communities, a number of medicinal plants, including Psidium guajava Linn. (family: Myrtaceae), are used traditionally for the management, control and/or treatment of prim...

OBJECTIVE To investigate gene expressions for neurohypophyseal and ovarian hormones as well as their receptors in the endometrium of women with primary dysmenorrhoea and healthy subjects at ovulation. STUDY DESIGN A group of eight women with moderate to severe dysmenorrhoea and eight healthy subjects were compared in parallel between 18 and 35 years of age, regularly menstruating, non-overwei...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the severity of dysmenorrhoea and attitudes towards its management in young females. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and severity of dysmenorrhoea in women aged 16-25 years. METHODS Participants were recruited via targeted Facebook advertising and asked to complete an online questionnaire covering medications, menstruation and ...

Objective: To study dysmenorrhoea in the high school girls in Masjed Solayman Khzestan Province in Iran. Methodology: Six hundred sixty high school students living in Masjed Soleiman in Khuzestan province in Iran participated in this study. All the participants were invited by letter to take part in the study. Correlation coefficient measures and Pitman’s permutation test applicable to both dis...

OBJECTIVES Nurses are at high risk of dysmenorrhoea while working with patients. The study objectives were to: (1) describe the demographic and menstruation characteristics of dysmenorrhoea, knowledge about dysmenorrhoea and menstrual attitudes towards menstruation among dysmenorrhoeal and non-dysmenorrhoeal hospital nurses; (2) identify significant differences between the groups; and (3) exami...

1Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; 2Students’ University Hospital, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt (Correspondence to A-H. El-Gilany: [email protected]). Received: 21/04/03; accepted: 23/03/04 ABSTRACT To examine the prevalence, determinants, impact and treatment practices of dysmenorrhoea, we studied 664 female students in secondary schools in urban and rural ar...