Dr. Taz Varkey talks about painful periods (dysmenorrhea): what it is, common symptoms, and how it's treated.
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Painful periods are a major problem for women. They can start as early as the teenage years and continue on into a woman's 20s and 30s. They can interfere with school, work, relationships, and we can help.
Oftentimes, painful periods are connected to conditions such as endometriosis or heavy bleeding that might in turn be due to hormonal imbalances such as PCOS or uterine fibroids or ovarian cysts.
Our job at Westside Women's Health is first and foremost to hear you and to try to figure out what your particular issue is and then to treat you based on that.
Please give us a call so we can help you. You don't need to keep suffering with this problem.
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