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Period pain or Dysmenorrhea is the pain experienced by women before or during a menstrual cycle. Period pain is nothing out of the ordinary. The condition is not a sign of a disorder and is pretty usual. However, period pain can be very unsettling and can affect the quality of life immensely, usually disturbing the usual everyday routine. Period pain is also known as menstrual cramps.

Period pain usually affects the lower back and abdomen area.

Dysmenorrhea can be divided in the following two types.

Primary Dysmenorrhea

Common menstrual cramps are known as primary dysmenorrhea and it lasts between one to three days after it starts. The onset of primary dysmenorrhea may even start before menstruation and could also include bleeding.

Menstruation

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What is Constipation?

Constipation is a common condition which involves difficulty in bowel movement, a feeling of incomplete evacuation of the bowels and difficulty to defecate. Constipation is a particularly irritating problem due to its ill effects on the social life, apart from the normal course of everyday life. If a person experiences strain during bowel movements, incomplete evacuation, hard stools and infrequent bowel movement for at least one fourth of the time over three months, then he or she is suffering from constipation.

It should be understood that constipation is not a disease in itself and is merely a symptomatic condition of an underlying cause.

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Skin Rashes

Skin rash is the term used for one of the several skin abnormalities involving the color or texture which could appear for several reasons.

Different Types of Skin Rashes

Skin rashes can appear in various forms, shapes, types and may or may not spread on different parts of the body. These factors determine how a particular skin condition is recognized and diagnose.

The following are the different types of skin rashes according to its appearance on the skin.

Skin Rash Types As Per Size

Blister or Vesicle

A blister or a vesicle is a restricted skin elevation which fluid filled and occurs within the limits of the epidermis or the outer skin layer. It is characterized by thin walls and a translucent appearance. This type of skin rash does not exceed 1 cm in length. It appears in Dermatitis Herpetiformis, Chickenpox and Shingles.

Bulla

A blister or vesicle larger than 1 cm is called a bulla.

Crust

Crusts are red, brown or yellowish dried layers of fluid containing skin growths such as ruptured fluid-filled lesions or oil glands or even dried blood. Crusts are rough, dried, weak and bumpy and fall off the skin after a few days. Crusts may appear in Impetigo, Shingles and Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Pityriasis rosea on human torso

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Skin rashes can be any one of the conditions of the skin which may involve the change of its appearance and texture. Rashes can be harmless and can cause serious complications of the skin as well. Rashes are often characterized by the feeling of irritation, itching, swelling, blistering, cracking and swelling.

Skin rash is a term used to encompass a large number of skin disorders and is not referred to point to any one condition. Skin rash appears in different forms pointing towards a certain disease or condition of which it may be a symptom.

Types of Skin Rashes

Skin rashes can be of the following types.

Common or Non-infectious Rash

Common or Non-infectious rash only affects a particular anatomical area and is limited to it. This type of rash is not caused by microbial infections.

Some of the common rash conditions are as follows.

Severerash

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