Published on October 24, 2009.
Estrogen and progesterone have a definite effect on the menstruation since they actually regulate that the ovulation during the menstrual cycle. So without a balanced level of these are hormones in the women bodies, the women are unable to appropriately ovulate producing abnormal (anovulatory) menstruation and also that there will lead to the menstrual irregularities. So that is why maintain a healthy hormone levels is significant to avoid and control the menstrual irregularities.
It is believed that one of the factors that cause these discomforts is stress. When the body has very high levels of pressure produces more prostaglandins. These discomforts can be comprehensive for up to two days and more often than not in the lower abdomen and lower back. If the woman has suffered from the pains started menstruation is not called primary dysmenorrheal.
Every woman needs to find a treatment is that works for her. Perhaps the most common treatment and especially in the past that has been to lie down at the first sign of pain. It used to be that many women’s restrooms contained a cot or a couch so that a woman who felt indisposed could lie down. A bed in the school nurse’s office served the same purpose and girls were routinely excused from bodily education or other classes because of menstrual cramps.