Do you know what dysmenorrhea vacation is? How can women get the vacation? According to news on the official website of ACFTU, Legal Affairs Office of the State Council made revision of female worker labor protection regulations which had not been changed for more than 20 years in October, 2009. Women workers, during their periods, companies shouldn't arrange them to do jobs like staying at very high places, working in the environment of very low temperatureor or doing something belongs to grade three physical labor intensity. Tao Yongxian, a professor of Capital Medical University said a woman who can't work because of her dysmenorrhea, with a doctor's certification, can have dysmenorrhea vacations for one or two days and her salary should be the same. What is dysmenorrhea and how to cure it?
Dysmenorrhea, as one of the main symptoms of common gynecological symptoms, refers to lower abdomen pain, swelling, sour in waist or other uncomforts before or during the period, for patients with serious situation, their life can be influenced. It can be divided into primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea, the former one refers to dysmenorrhea which is not caused by organic pathologic changes in reproductive organ, it accounts for more than 90% of dysmenorrhea. The latter one refers to dysmenorrhea caused by organic disease in pelvic.
Causes
1. Primary dysmenorrhea relates to increased prostaglandin in endometrium during period. The main cause of dysmenorrhea is increased PGF2α. This can lead to too strong shrink of uterine smooth muscle, vasospasm, and dysmenorrhea caused by ischemia or hypoxia in uterus.
2. Increased vasopressin, endogenous oxytocin, β-endorphin and etc.
3. Spirit or nerve factors.
Treatments
Dysmenorrhea is a common symptom in women, if a woman has dysmenorrhea before married, then after her growing up or especially getting married or giving birth to a baby, it can disappear naturally. But for patients whose dysmenorrhea lasts for 3 days, it should be treated. In the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea, spiritual guidance, Chinese herb medicine, western medicine and acupuncture are used mainly.
1. Common treatments
(1) Pay more attention to psychotherapy, eliminate tension and worry.
(2) Have enough rest and sleep, do exercise regularly, quit smoking.
(3) If the pain is insupportable, add some medical treatments.
2. Medical treatments
(1) Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors, such as ibuprofen, ketoprofen, meclofenamic acid, diclofenac and etc.
(2) Oral contraceptive is useful to women who have dysmenorrhea and want to do contraception, the effective rate is more than 90%.
(3) Fuyan Pill, which is a type of TCM, is totally safe and green like food we eat, often patients can be cured within several months without getting the disease again in the future without any pain or wound.
