4. Cervical stenosis
Cervical stenosis is the process that occurs when there is a narrowing of the opening to the uterus. This has also been attributed to the development of dysmenorrhea in some people.
There is usually an increase in the pain felt during periods for people with cervical stenosis, as is to be expected with a narrowing of that kind, but it is a fairly small percentage of women that actually go on to be diagnosed with dysmenorrhea officially.
One woman who was asked as part of a research project into the correlation between the two conditions gave a fairly harrowing account of having to deal with dysmenorrhea on a monthly basis. She explained how the problem wasn’t just an issue at the time of the month, but that it caused her distress in the interloping periods of time, such as the dread that it carried for her. As far as she saw it, it was grim all round.