What if the menstrual period is brown and the amount is small?

The issue of women's menstruation is a problem that female friends are more concerned about, because there is such a period of time every month that is troubled. If there is any abnormality, it will not only affect life and work, but may also cause certain physical problems. Therefore, special attention should be paid. For example, when the menstrual volume is small and the color is dark brown, what kind of symptom is this and what may be the cause? The following explains.

There are many reasons for less menstrual flow. In addition to insufficient corpus luteum function, abnormal thyroid and prolactin function, or previous artificial abortion or endometrial adhesion are also possible factors. In addition, it may be related to malnutrition. Dark coffee-colored menstruation generally does not indicate any problems. It may be caused by menstrual blood staying in the uterine cavity for a long time or gynecological inflammation. Because menstrual blood is mixed with shed endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and vaginal epithelial cells, it looks dark in color, not as bright red as blood flowing out of damaged skin, and there are also some small thin fragments mixed in the menstrual blood.

In addition, the causes and pathologies of oligomenorrhea include deficiency and excess. Deficiency is mostly caused by physical weakness, serious illness, long-term illness, blood loss, or diet, fatigue, spleen damage, or sexual fatigue, kidney damage, which leads to blood deficiency and reduced menstrual volume; excess is mostly caused by blood stasis, or phlegm and dampness stagnation, meridian blockage, poor blood flow, and reduced menstrual blood.

Moreover, if oligomenorrhea is caused by oral contraceptives or intramuscular contraceptive injections, the medication should be stopped and the disease can be treated according to the discussion and treatment of this disease. The diagnosis of oligomenorrhea generally refers to two or more consecutive occurrences. If a woman has had normal menstruation but suddenly has less menstruation, she should be aware of whether it is a sign of threatened miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy or a small amount of vaginal bleeding due to ectopic pregnancy. Further examinations are necessary to differentiate between the two.

From this we can see that we should pay attention to the situation where female friends have less menstrual volume and darker color. First, we should confirm whether they have had an artificial abortion or taken oral contraceptives. If not, we should consider whether they have malnutrition or physical weakness. Especially when this continues for two or three months, we should go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis as soon as possible.