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Menstrual distress in females of reproductive age: a literature review

  • Rubeena Maqbool , Mudasir Maqbool ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Mehrukh Zehravi und Irfat Ara
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 22. Juli 2021

Abstract

Menstrual-related issues have significant public-health ramifications. Women who are having menstruation troubles should get their mental health checked by healthcare specialists. In young women, a menstrual-related condition has serious health implications. Young females who have menstrual issues miss job and school, and their behavioural and mental development suffers as a result. Depression and anxiety have an impact on women’s menstrual periods in adults. Symptoms like as cramps, tiredness, backache, swelling abdomen, and painful breasts have also been described in women with menstrual misery. Menstrual distress has been shown to impair women’s daily activities, as well as their reproductive and psychological health, according to research. Menstrual periods are frequently accompanied by a variety of unpleasant symptoms, such as premenstrual syndrome, which includes symptoms such as mild cramping and exhaustion. The severity of these symptoms, on the other hand, differs from woman to woman, depending on their health, food, way of life, and other factors. Women with menstrual-related issues have also reported smoking, alcohol intake, and an increase in hunger. Furthermore, young women experience emotional disturbances such as melancholy, restlessness, and despair. It is a sign of an atypical menstrual cycle if there is no cycle or if the bleeding is atypical or light. As a result, it is critical to maintain contact with a gynaecologist in order to detect any significant changes in a regular menstrual cycle.


Corresponding author: Mudasir Maqbool, Research Scholar, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India, E-mail:

Acknowledgement

Authors would like to thank all the authors whose work has been reviewed while preparing this manuscript.

  1. Research funding: None.

  2. Competing interests: None.

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Received: 2021-06-10
Accepted: 2021-07-02
Published Online: 2021-07-22

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