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I'm Dr. Aviva Rong. If you're struggling with menstrual cramps, an achy, awful period pain feeling or even mild but annoying monthly pain that's making you pop ibuprofen here and there.

I've got some good news for you.

The first is that there's nothing uniquely wrong with you,

about half of all women are struggling right along with you and

there are reasons for this and that brings me to the second bit of good news I

actually know what those reasons are and today I'm going to give you the tools you need so

period pain does not have to be your permanent status quo. In fact it can often in

as few as three months become a thing of the past.

First, let's get clear on the pain we're talking about.

We're talking about period

you might feel achy or crampy and it can last for as long as three days of your

period. This is called primary dysmanorrhea and that's what we're talking about here. While it may

also be accompanied by its nasty friends nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, backache,

headache and dizziness, this kind of period pain is you might say run of the

mill. That's a good thing because it means it's not likely being caused by any underlying

medical issues, for example, endometriosis, which would be called secondary

dysmenaria.

You can use all of the information I'm discussing here for the pain of endometriosis as well and all of the

dietary and environmental information I share with you today is totally

relevant but you'll also want to see my blog on endometriosis or listen to that

podcast because there are some special specific things that can help you turn

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