Period pain: symtoms and resolutions

My 20-year-old daughter has occasionally had painful periods but this is now happening more frequently. What would you suggest?

As many as one-in-10 women will experience period pain or dysmenorrhoea at some stage in their lives, it often occurs in between 15 and 25 years of age.

Most period pain occurs when the muscle wall of the womb contracts and a woman may experience muscle cramps in the lower stomach, and may radiate to the inner surface of the thighs and lower back.

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