What is a Period Pain?
Cramps and pelvic pain with menstruation, with common causes such as heavy flow, passing clots, uterine fibroids or endometriosis.
How To Ease Period Pains in South Africa?
Plan Ahead: If you are someone who always gets period cramps, one of the best period pain remedies is prevention. This simply means stopping the cramps from starting in the first place
Heat It: One of the best home remedies for period pain is heat. A heating pad, or a “rice bag” (you can make your own!) works great. Or take a hot shower or bath. When I have bad period cramps, I use it as an excuse to pamper myself. I light candles, play soft music, and slip into a warm bath.
Distract Yourself: You aren’t going to feel better if all you can think about is how bad you feel. Getting rid of cramps takes time, and no pain relief technique is going to work instantly.
My go-to method for surviving particularly bad cramps is to take painkillers, throw on a heating pad, and turn on my favorite movie.
Be Good to Your Body: When you feel bad you might be tempted to binge on some unhealthy comfort food. Resist the urge! Stuffing your face with sweets or salty snacks will only make you feel worse.
Head to The Doctor: Sometimes, no amount of heating pads, hot tea or happy thoughts helps relieve cramps.
What helps period pains immediately?
How you can ease period pain
- have a warm bath or shower.
- use a heat pad or hot water bottle wrapped in a tea towel on your tummy.
- try massaging your tummy and back.
- try some gentle exercise like yoga, swimming, walking or cycling.
- use painkillers like paracetamol or ibuprofen.
How do you deal with extremely painful periods?
Treatment options include pain-relieving medication, anti-inflammatory medication, the oral combined contraceptive pill, heat (such as a hot water bottle), and regular exercise. Some period pain is caused by other conditions, such as endometriosis, fibroids or adenomyosis.