Anamika Gupta, Simran, Riya Bhatt*, Purnima, Vaishali Trivedi and Shabnam Shah
Dysmenorrhea is a very common gynaecological problem affecting 50% of cases. It mainly affects adolescence girls specially school going girls including age group 15-20 years. It affects daily activities of life and a high degree of absenteeism and severe economic loss. In primary dysmenorrhoea there is no pelvic pathology, while in secondary dysmenorrhoea there is gross pelvic pathology causes severe pain during menstruation. In primary dysmenorrhoea the pain is of spasmodic type and generally occurs generally 1st and 2nd day of menstruation. In secondary dysmenorrhoea pain the is of congestive type in presence of pelvic pathology such as ovarian cyst, uterine fibroids, PID, endometriosis, etc. It generally occurs 2 to 3 days before menstruation and slowly relieved by the onset of menstruation.
Homoeopathy is a system of medicine based on the law, "Similia Similibus Curentur" (Let like be treated by like). In homoeopathy, we take patient as a whole and treats on the symptoms similarity. There are so many medicines in homoeopathy for dysmenorrhea which gives good result gave relief to the patient which was selected on according to totality of symptoms.
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