title: Primary dysmenorrhea.
abstract: Primary dysmenorrhea is the term applied to disabling menstrual pain of obscure aetiology. It is a condition rather than a disease and applies to the type of pain which forces the patient to relinquish, for days or hours, her mode of living and seek medical advice for its relief. Uterine colic is present, associated with headache, backache, nausea and vomiting.
authors.affiliation: Melbourne.
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Duigan