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Physiological Aspect of Menstruation Jum Natosba
Arkus Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): ARKUS
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37275/arkus.v1i1.59

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Menstruation or menarch or menstruation or menstruation is a normal physiological process for women, except during pregnancy. Menstruation is a sign of the fertile cycle and is a characteristic of female maturity which is marked by the process of removing blood from the uterus accompanied by periodic pieces of the lining of the uterine wall during the reproductive age Dismenorrhea is a medical condition characterized by severe uterine pain during menstruation that manifests as cyclical lower abdominal pain. This is the main cause of the decline in the quality of life of adolescents. This literature review aims to describe physiological process of menstruation.
Management of Dismenorrhea in Adolescent Jum Natosba
Arkus Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): ARKUS
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37275/arkus.v3i1.68

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The pathophysiological process due to increased myometrium activity caused by excessive production of prostaglandins that cause ischemia. Risk factors are very important in enforcing the diagnosis of dismenorrhea and also in distinguishing between primary and secondary dismenorrhea. Mainstay treatment is generally supportive by relieving symptoms in primary dismenorrhea and surgical treatment may be recommended for secondary dismenorrhea. Therefore, patients with primary dismenorrhea may only require simple non pharmacological and analgesic therapies, whereas patients with secondary menorrhea require treatment for major problems.