Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Dysmenorrhea
Painful menstruation
HP:0100607
What it means
Pain during menstruation that interferes with daily activities.
In everyday care
Most people with this sign do not have a rare disease — it appears in common conditions far more often. These general reference pages cover the same topic:
Rare diseases that can present with this13
Very common80–99%
2Sometimes5–29%
8- Asherman syndrome
- Autosomal semi-dominant severe lipodystrophic laminopathy
- Familial partial lipodystrophy, Dunnigan type
- GAPO syndrome
- Glycogen storage disease due to liver and muscle phosphorylase kinase deficiency
- Glycogen storage disease due to liver phosphorylase kinase deficiency
- PPARG-related familial partial lipodystrophy
- Silver-Russell syndrome due to a point mutation
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
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Start free with EleplanThis page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.