| The painful, heavy periods can be caused by a variety of conditions including endometriosis, fibroids, chronic pelvic infections, and adhesions. |
| Growths such as polyps or fibroids can often be removed and endometriosis can often be treated with medications or surgery. |
| Secondary dysmenorrhea involves an underlying physical cause, such as endometriosis or uterine fibroids. |
| Uterine fibroids are benign tumours developing from the smooth muscles of the uterine wall which can grow at times to as large as 15 cm or more. |
| One way to treat women with fibroids is called uterine fibroid embolization. |
| This blockage causes fibroid muscle cells to degenerate and form scar tissue, which causes fibroids to shrink. |
