Major Differences Between Painful Periods Without Any Underlying Disease And Painful Periods Caused By Underlying Disease

There are certain things differences between painful periods caused by underlying disease and painful periods caused by no underlying disease. The periods that are not caused by any underlying disease is known as primary periods or primary dysmenorrhea while the painful periods caused by underlying disease is known as secondary period or secondary dysmenorrhoea. Some of the major differences are:

1. The periods in the primary type had been painful right from the first day the girl started having her periods while the period in the secondary type in which periods that has been painless for months or years suddenly become painful. Primary dysmenorrhoea starts with pain the first day the girl started bleeding. 

2. The pain in the primary type starts just a day or few hours before the menstrual flow while in the secondary type starts 5 - 7 days before the menstrual flow began.

3. The pains in the primary type of painful periods become become less severe as soon as the period is established by the second day of the menstruation where as it is not so in the secondary type where the pain lasts throughout the period and instead of getting less become worse. 

4. In primary dysmenorrhea, there is no associated heavy periods lasting for about 6 - 8 days as against the case in the secondary dysmenorrhea where there is heavy flow. Heavy period is called Menorrhagia in medicine.

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