[Articles] Longitudinal association between dysmenorrhoea in adolescence and chronic pain in adulthood: a UK population-based study

Dysmenorrhoea in adolescence adversely affects immediate wellbeing and contributes to an increased risk of chronic pain in adulthood, thus lending supporting evidence to calls to consider adolescent dysmenorrhoea a crucial public health issue. Future work should focus on early identification and effective management, including non-pharmacological strategies and self-management, which relies on continuing work to improve young people's menstrual literacy.