Taking vitamin E can significantly reduce the severity and duration of period pain, research suggests. The condition, also known as dysmenorrhoea, usually affects teenage girls, and can significantly disrupt their education. The research, by a team from Tarbait Modarres University in Iran, is published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. UK experts said the “breakthrough” could help thousands of young girls. Period pain affects around 40% of adult menstruating women, and over 10% report it severely limits what they can do for up to three days during each cycle.
