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Dysmenorrhea, also known as period pain, painful periods or menstrual cramps, is pain during menstruation. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Its usual onset occurs around the time that menstruation begins. [ 1 ] Symptoms typically last less than three days. [ 1 ]
1. Pregnancy. Cramping can actually be caused by the opposite of getting your period—it may be a sign of early pregnancy, says Julia Cron, M.D., site chief and vice chair of the Department of ...
Mittelschmerz (German: [ˈmɪtl̩ʃmɛʁt͡s] ⓘ) is a term for pain due to ovulation.It occurs mid-cycle (between days 7 and 24) and can last minutes to up to several days. [4]
Leg cramps – Leg cramps (involuntary spasms of the calf muscles) can affect between 30% and 50% of pregnant women and most commonly occur in the last three months of pregnancy. [20] Leg cramps typically last only for a few seconds, however they can be extremely painful and last for minutes. [21]
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The first day of menstrual bleeding is the date used for the last menstrual period (LMP). The typical length of time between the first day of one period and the first day of the next is 21 to 45 days in young women, and 21 to 35 days in adults. [2] [3] The average length is 28 days; one study estimated it at 29.3 days. [10]
Intermenstrual bleeding (IMB), or metrorrhagia, is vaginal bleeding at irregular intervals between expected menstrual periods. [1] It may be associated with bleeding with sexual intercourse . [ 2 ] The term metrorrhagia, in which metro means measure and -rrhagia means abnormal flow, [ 3 ] is no longer recommended.
This is a shortened version of the eleventh chapter of the ICD-9: Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium.It covers ICD codes 630 to 679.The full chapter can be found on pages 355 to 378 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.