What causes menstrual mucus?

We all know that women have a menstrual cycle every month. However, during this period, the body is particularly sensitive and has low resistance, which makes it easy for some problems to occur. Many women will observe that there is mucus in their menstruation, and they often don’t know the reason or whether it is normal. During this period, if you don’t pay attention, it is easy to cause some gynecological diseases. Therefore, many women are always very nervous. Let’s understand what is going on with mucus in menstruation.

What causes menstrual mucus?

Menstruation is a physiological cycle that occurs in some fertile female humans and in chimpanzees and other hominins. Cows, mares, female camels, sows, and sheep also have menstruation, and some mammals experience estrus cycles. In women of childbearing age and female primates, the endometrium undergoes cyclical changes every month or so, with autonomous thickening, blood vessel proliferation, glandular growth and secretion, and endometrial collapse and shedding accompanied by bleeding. This periodic vaginal discharge or uterine bleeding is called menstruation.

Precautions during menstruation

1. It is not suitable to have sexual intercourse: During menstruation, the endometrium is peeled off and a wound is formed on the surface. If sexual intercourse occurs, it is easy to introduce bacteria, causing them to move retrograde and enter the uterine cavity, causing intrauterine infection.

2. It is not suitable to eat too salty food: Too salty food will increase the salt and water retention in the body. Before menstruation, it is easy to have symptoms such as headaches, emotional excitement and irritability.

3. It is not suitable to drink strong tea or coffee: these beverages contain high caffeine content, which can easily stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular system, resulting in uncomfortable symptoms such as menstrual pain, prolonged menstruation and excessive menstrual bleeding.

4. Avoid eating raw and cold vegetables and fruits and cold drinks: raw and cold food will slow down blood circulation, thereby affecting the contraction of the uterus and the discharge of menstrual blood, causing adverse discharge of menstrual blood and causing menstrual pain.

5. Avoid eating seafood: Most seafood is cold in nature, known as the "yang in yin". When you are physically weak, try to eat less or no seafood. After cold food enters the esophagus, the blood vessels in the gastrointestinal tract are contracted due to the cold, which weakens the gastrointestinal digestive ability and leads to diarrhea and other phenomena. Therefore, women should not eat seafood during menstruation.

6. It is not advisable to take sitting baths or tub baths: During menstruation, the cervix is ​​slightly open, and sitting baths and tub baths can easily allow sewage to enter the uterine cavity and cause inflammation.

7. It is not advisable to wear tight clothes: tight pants with small hip circumference will put pressure on local micro-capillaries, thereby affecting blood circulation and causing congestion and edema in the genitals.

8. It is not advisable to sing loudly: During the menstrual period, the respiratory mucosa and vocal cords are congested. Singing or talking loudly can easily cause fatigue of the vocal cord muscles, leading to hoarseness.

9. Do not beat your back excessively: Although back pain and other symptoms are common during menstruation, you should not beat your back at will, as this will further cause congestion in the pelvic cavity, leading to excessive menstruation or prolonged menstruation.

10. It is not advisable to engage in strenuous exercise such as high jump, long jump, running, and playing football, which will induce or aggravate general discomfort during menstruation, and even cause dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorders. Some strength exercises that increase abdominal pressure, such as weightlifting and dumbbells, should also be avoided as much as possible, otherwise they will cause excessive menstruation or prolonged menstruation. In addition, since the cervix is ​​slightly open during menstruation, bacteria can easily invade the uterine cavity, increasing the chance of infection and causing various gynecological inflammations. Therefore, swimming is not suitable during menstruation. It is also not advisable to participate in competitions during menstruation, so as to avoid endocrine disorders and menstrual disorders due to excessive mental stress.

11. Tooth extraction is not advisable. I'm afraid that few dentists will ask you whether you are menstruating before extracting a tooth, but you must know that you cannot extract a tooth during your menstrual period! Otherwise, not only will the amount of bleeding increase during tooth extraction, but there will also be a bloody smell in the mouth for a long time after the tooth extraction, affecting appetite and causing malnutrition during menstruation. This is because during menstruation, the endometrium releases more tissue activating substances, which activate the plasminogen in the blood into plasmin with anticoagulant effects. At the same time, the number of platelets in the body also decreases, so the body's coagulation ability is reduced and the hemostasis time is prolonged.

The above is an introduction to what causes mucus during menstruation. After understanding it, we know that menstrual blood is generally accompanied by endometrium and mucus shed by the uterus. This is a normal phenomenon, so female friends don’t need to be too anxious or anxious. In addition, you should also maintain a good mood at ordinary times so that no abnormalities will occur during menstruation. You should also pay attention to hygiene during menstruation, and avoid eating raw, cold, and irritating foods.