What Is It/		How Is It Recognized/	Is Massage indicated
Condition Name	What Are They?		How Are They Recognized?	or Contraindicated?
Dysmenorrhea		Dysmenorrhea is the tech-	The symptoms of dysmenorrhea	Massage is appropriate for dys-
(page 326)		nical term for menstrual	are dull aching or sharp severe	menorrhea that is not linked to
		pain that is severe enough	lower abdominal pain, preceding	underlying pathology, although
		to interfere with and limit	and/or during the early stages of	the abdomen is locally contrain-
		the activities of women of	menstruation. Nausea and vomit-	dicated for deep work during
		childbearing age.	ing may accompany very severe	days of heavy menstrual flow.
			cases.

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