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Painful periods during adolescence linked to symptoms years earlier
More than half of girls participating in the long-term U.S.
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More than half of the girls enrolled in the U.S. Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) longitudinal study reported experiencing painful periods, or dysmenorrhea, by the time they were 12 or 13 years old. The research, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, found that the condition was most prevalent among Black and Hispanic participants. These findings highlight early onset of menstrual pain within this cohort.
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