Concept | Sub-concept | Example Quote (Patient ID#) |
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Pain (nĀ =ā45) | Constant pain (nĀ =ā40) | āThe consistent ache - you see, because the consistent ache, the dull ache is there every single - itās hurting right now as Iām sitting here talking to you.ā (306) |
Short-term pain (nĀ =ā31) | āIāll get a pain in my pelvic area but itās short-term. The duration isnāt like it is when my cycle is on.ā (104) | |
Dysmenorrhea | Pain during period (nĀ =ā43) | āBut on - during my menstrual cycle, when I was having my period, the pain was excruciating. At times it literally felt like a sword had been pierced right through my side, my left sideā (306) |
āā¦and sometime the pain is just - you know, especially around my menstrual period, itās very painful, that all I can do is lay on the couch and just - and I might take Tylenol, but sometimes that doesnāt even help.ā (206) | ||
Pre-menstrual pain (nĀ =ā28) | āI have a lot of pelvic pain and it gets worse, I think, about the week before my period, it starts to get really bad. I get a lot of stomach pains, a lot of lower back pain and then I get the period and the bleeding. ā(106) | |
āWell, with my symptoms, theyāre usually worse like the week before my period and during my period. So usually like the week before, Iām just in bed, very fatigued, feeling - just hurting, like cramping, like as if you would have menstrual cramps. Iām like that the week before my period, and then during my period, itās like 100 times worseā. (204) | ||
Dyspareunia | Pain during intercourse (nĀ =ā24) | āIāve had intercourse a couple of times, and sometimes thatās been very painfulā¦ Itās like a sharp pain. And then itās a sharp shooting pain, and then itās throbbing together afterward.ā (206) |
Pain after intercourse (nĀ =ā16) | āThe same type of pain, it sometimes stayed for 24āh, sometimes a few hours, sometimesā¦ sometimes 2 or 3ādays and thenā¦ thatās it.ā (501) | |
Vaginal bleeding (nĀ =ā33) | Heavy bleeding (nĀ =ā30) | āTheyāre extremely heavy, like bad heavy. It doesnāt lighten up until like the last day.ā (207) |
Spotting (nĀ =ā14) | āIāll actually sometimes, like if I push myself too far, Iāll start bleeding. And sometimes it may just be like spotty bleeding.ā (302) |