What's the difference between dysmenorrhea and menorrhalgia?
Dysmenorrhea
Definition:
(n.) Difficult and painful menstruation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The effectiveness of acupuncture in managing the pain of primary dysmenorrhea was investigated in a randomized and controlled prospective clinical study.
(2) With the introduction of the highly sensitive micro-transducer catheter it has been possible to make accurate quantitative estimations (Akerlund et al., 1978; Ulmsten & Andersson, 1979) but, to our knowledge, no detailed analysis and quantification of intrauterine pressure recordings in primary dysmenorrhea has been reported.
(3) Many clinical trials (controlled and uncontrolled) have demonstrated the efficacy of NSAIDs such as the fenamates, indole-acetic acid derivatives, and arylpropionic acid derivatives in relieving primary dysmenorrhea as well as IUD-induced dysmenorrhea that is also due to elevated prostaglandin levels.
(4) In spite of these differences, standard scores from the personality measures suggested that dysmenorrhea sufferers were not maladjusted.
(5) Dysmenorrhea was significantly more severe in stages III-IV patients than in either stages I-II patients or controls.
(6) Recent advances in the biochemistry of prostaglandins and their role in the pathophysiology of primary dysmenorrhea and intrauterine device (IUD)-induced dysmenorrhea have now firmly established a rational basis for the disorder.
(7) Primary dysmenorrhea is a familiar complaint to medical practitioners.
(8) The availability of effective dysmenorrhea therapy with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been accompanied by greater expectations of relief on the part of the patient, increased willingness to seek medical help, a more rational approach to patient management by physicians, changes in attitude toward women with primary dysmenorrhea, and a debunking of the myths associated with dysmenorrhea.
(9) Dysmenorrhea tended to be more common after application of Sturmdorf sutures, as it was reported by 27.8, 13.2, and 14.3% of patients, respectively, but the difference was not statistically significant.
(10) It was also concluded that piroxicam has an effect equivalent to that of naproxen sodium, an accepted treatment for dysmenorrhea.
(11) This time-series case study was designed to determine whether manipulating the spine can be an effective method of relief from dysmenorrhea.
(12) At the age of 19 years, the severity of dysmenorrhea was lower in users of monophasic OCs with low gestagen activity (p less than 0.05) and users of progestogen-dominated monophasic OCs (p less than 0.001) compared to women who used neither OC nor an IUD.
(13) Ninety-two patients with primary dysmenorrhea were included in a double-blind randomized crossover trial to study the efficacy of piroxicam on menstrual pain and associated symptoms, with placebo as control.
(14) 34 women with recurrent primary dysmenorrhea were given prescriptions for mefenamic acid and told to use it as needed for pain and cramps.
(15) 15 (92%) of the patients had IUD removal for medical reasons (bleeding irregularities; dysmenorrhea; adnexal tenderness).
(16) Dysmenorrhea was classified into grade I (absent or mild) and grade II (severe).
(17) For example, tubal destruction often exceeds that necessary for tubal occlusions, increasing the danger of thermal injuries and possibly such dysfunctional disorders as abnormal uterine bleeding and dysmenorrhea.
(18) However, there was a consistent difference in peak area at the onset of the menses (p less than 0.01) and there was also a significant decrease in peak area during the menses in the group with dysmenorrhea, with maximum uterine work being performed on the day when the pain was at its worst.
(19) Clearly beneficial effects are inherent not only in the avoidance of risks attendant upon pregnancy but also in improvements in menstrual function (regularity, reduction of hypermenorrhea and dysmenorrhea) and perhaps in a prophylactic effect upon certain abnormalities of the reproductive tract (cervical anaplasia, endometrial cystic and adenomatous hyperplasia).
(20) In secondary dysmenorrhea, there is a visible pelvic lesion to account for the pain, whereas only a biochemical abnormality is responsible for primary dysmenorrhea.
Menorrhalgia
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) A 25-year-old Japanese woman, complaining of catamenial hemoptysis and severe cough complicated with menorrhalgia, was diagnosed as having pulmonary and pelvic endometriosis.