PHYSIOTHERAPY INTERVENTION IN WOMEN WITH PRIMARY DYSMENORRHEA: INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhoea, better known as menstrual colic, is a pain associated with the absence of pelvic organ injuries due to the intense production of prostaglandins. It is classified as primary and secondary, dysmenorrhoea is a disorder that affects half of the female population of childbearing age. In most cases they are accompanied by other manifestations, such as headache, abdominal swelling and breast sore, these symptoms may remain throughout the menstrual period. The causes of primary dysmenorrhoea may be by several factors, such as psychic, linked to suffering by menstruation and endocrine factor, which may be due to increased blood concentration of estrogens and pregnantriol, which are responsible for allate the vasopressin rates, contributing a myocontraction and vasoconstriction. Thus, to treat these patients, the physiotherapist improves through the exercises the action of the pelvic and pelvic organs, blood flow, metabolism, hemodynamic conditions and hydroelectrolytic balance, providing analgesia. Therefore, this work aims to understand the physiotherapeutic intervention in women with primary dysmenorrhoea. This integrative review was carried out between August and November 2019, obtaining information from the main health databases, such as: SCIELO, LILACS And PUBMED, between 2010 and 2019, except for books. Using the following keywords: "Primary dysmenorrhoea", "physiotherapy", "anatomy of the female genital system", "role of the physiotherapist in primary dysmenorrhea" and "primary dysmenorrhea". The results of the research demonstrate that physical therapy intervention through the numerous resources promote several benefits to patients with primary dysmenorrhoea. Thus, it is concluded that physiotherapy reduces pain and decreases the occurrence of symptoms, as well as reduces the use of medications.