What should I do if my menstruation is delayed after taking folic acid?

Folic acid is something that many female friends pay more attention to supplementing after marriage. It has always been valued in the female health care community. Folic acid can indirectly or directly affect the physical health of the future fetus. Therefore, many women are taking external supplements. However, many women said that they don’t know what to do if their menstruation is delayed after taking folic acid. Is it really folic acid that affects our physical health?

Take folic acid. 0.4 mg folic acid is an oral preventive medicine approved by the China Food and Drug Administration in addition to vaccines. It is also the only drug approved by the China Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of congenital neural tube defects in the fetus. It has been proven to be very safe for pregnant women and fetuses after being used by tens of millions of people for more than ten years. It is a key recommended product by the Ministry of Health and the China Maternal and Infant Health Center. Therefore, there is no such thing as folic acid having toxic side effects. If menstruation is delayed, there should be some of the following reasons.

Women who have not yet become pregnant and have taken folic acid supplements often report delayed menstruation. The first thing is to analyze the equivalent amount of folic acid supplementation. In 2007, the Chinese Nutrition Society made statistics based on the general folic acid content in the country, and the general folic acid dosage needs to be supplemented at 400 micrograms per day to meet the needs of pregnant women and continue throughout the pregnancy. If the folic acid is extracted from pure natural plants, generally 200 micrograms can be well absorbed by the human body.

When pregnant women buy folic acid for consumption, they should pay attention to making appropriate supplements according to the different specifications of folic acid, rather than blindly consuming large amounts of folic acid. Different situations may occur if folic acid is too little or too much. Long-term use of folic acid will interfere with the zinc metabolism of pregnant mothers. Once zinc intake is insufficient, it will affect the development of the fetus. It is best for pregnant mothers to take folic acid preparations under the guidance of a doctor. Too little or too much folic acid may cause delayed menstruation and other physical side effects.

Different people have different physical conditions. The role of folic acid is to prevent neural tube defects and has no effect on menstruation. This is the statement given by many experts. The balance of the female body, especially during menstruation, is very sensitive. The instability of a hormone in the body or too much or too little may cause unstable menstruation.

In fact, if folic acid is taken, the delayed menstruation is not necessarily due to the folic acid. It may also be due to some physical or mental stress in women before pregnancy, which can easily lead to special circumstances where women's menstruation is delayed. Such situations have happened before, so the best folic acid supplementation varies from person to person. Rather than blindly supplementing, otherwise it will have the opposite effect.