Table 5.
Cluster Descriptions and Supporting Examples from Male Queries
| Cluster | Description | Example queries |
|---|---|---|
| 1 and 2: Management of menstrual pain | Generic management | • My girlfriend gets bad cramps—other than a heating pad—what else can I do for her to help her deal with the pain the next couple of days |
| • What helps girl cramps stop so they can party? | ||
| Medication-related | • Can birth control pills control the strength of cramps and regulate her circle? | |
| • Can cramps occur while on the depo birth control? | ||
| Food/drink | • What should a girl eat if she is cramping? | |
| • What will naturally help minimize my girlfriend's pain when she's on her period? Chocolate, laughing? | ||
| Sex | • Does having sexual intercourse help with women's cramps? | |
| • Is it painful or dangerous for women to have sex while on their period? | ||
| 3: Symptoms | Symptoms related to dysmenorrhea | • What is my diagnosis with the symptoms of bad headaches, really bad cramps, body aches, fatigue that won't go away? |
| • What's the best way to get rid of bloating due to menstrual cramps? | ||
| Cramps-like symptoms outside of menstruation. | • What does it mean when a female's pelvic area hurts internally, kind of crampy but not menstrual related? | |
| • If my girlfriend missed her period and she had little bleeding and some cramps and headaches and her breasts hurt, is she pregnant? | ||
| 4: Vaginal discharge | Characteristics of vaginal discharge (brown, light, blood clots, white etc.) | • What kind of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) could you have if you have a brown discharge and cramping? And you are a woman? |
| • What could be the cause of a darker color vaginal discharge with a smell, pelvic pain, and cramps? | ||
| 5: Menstrual pain from male's perspectives | What of menstrual cramps feel like, the meaning and normalcy of menstrual cramps | • Which pain is more intense? Girls getting cramps, or boys getting kicked in the balls? |
| • Is cramps something a girl has when she's on her period? | ||
| 6: Pregnancy-related cramps | Whether it is common or normal to experience cramps during pregnancy | • Will a girl still cramp like she is about to start her period if she is very early in pregnancy? |
| • Is it normal to have cramps during pregnancy? | ||
| 7: Pelvic pain in malesa | Whether it is possible/common/normal to have male pelvic pain | • Can guys get penis cramps? |
| • As a pubescent male of sixteen years, Should I be concerned if my groin area is cramping? |
a
Indicates irrelevant cluster.