What should I do if I have abdominal pain during menstruation?

Many women will experience abdominal pain during their menstruation. Some people with severe cases often feel as if there is a rope stretching in their stomach, causing them severe pain. For severe cases, their normal study, work and life will often be affected during these days. This is dysmenorrhea. So, if you have dysmenorrhea, what measures should you take to relieve the symptoms?

1. Eat more red dates and longans

Women will lose a lot of blood during their menstrual period, so they need to replenish blood. At this time, women should eat more blood-replenishing foods, such as red dates, longan, donkey-hide gelatin, pig blood, duck blood, raisins, etc., which can effectively help women replenish blood and qi. At the same time, you can also drink more brown sugar water to help relieve the symptoms of abdominal discomfort during menstruation and say goodbye to stomach pain.

2. Say no to cold drinks

Female friends all know that you must not catch a cold during menstruation, but can you control it? The stomach and intestines are particularly fragile during menstruation. If you eat raw and cold food, your stomach and intestines will be overwhelmed. Therefore, if you want to protect your belly, you must avoid all cold drinks and refuse all raw and cold foods from entering your stomach.

3. Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables

Nutrition experts say that women should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables during their menstrual period, as fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins and various other nutrients that can help the body replenish energy.

4. Soak your feet in hot water more often

During the menstrual period, you can soak your feet in hot water before going to bed every night. Since there are many acupoints on the soles of the feet that connect to various parts of the body, soaking your feet in hot water can promote blood circulation, relieve body fatigue, and drive away the cold. In addition, you can perform a gentle foot massage during the foot soaking process, which can effectively relieve the symptoms of abdominal discomfort during menstruation.

If you find yourself having symptoms of dysmenorrhea, you should pay attention to it in normal times. Before your period comes, you should start to take care of your body. Drink more brown sugar ginger water, soak your feet in hot water more often, use warm water bags to apply hot compresses to your stomach, avoid eating raw, cold foods, etc. This will relieve dysmenorrhea to a certain extent. If dysmenorrhea is severe, you should see a doctor for treatment.