Causes of heavy blood clots during menstruation

Some female friends will have a lot of blood clots during menstruation. The appearance of this symptom makes female friends very worried, and they don’t know how to deal with it. In fact, we should find out the cause of the large amount of blood clots during menstruation, and then make targeted treatment according to the cause. It is generally believed that the appearance of a large amount of blood clots during menstruation is related to blood stasis. Below we will introduce the causes of large amount of blood clots during menstruation in detail.

Menstrual blood clots may be related to blood stasis

Under normal circumstances, menstruation is bright red, without purple or dark blood clots. Once menstruation with blood clots occurs, it is often accompanied by dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea often causes patients to become mentally tense and emotionally unstable. If the menstrual flow is heavy and there are many blood clots during menstruation, it is blood stasis. When you have heavy menstruation, you can consider taking Chinese patent medicine to stop the bleeding. However, after the bleeding stops, you can go to the local hospital for a detailed examination in time, mainly to rule out other causes.

Women who have blood clots during their menstruation are believed by traditional Chinese medicine to be suffering from blood stasis, and often have symptoms of qi stagnation and blood stasis, such as rough, dull facial skin and acne. In this case, Chinese medicine can generally be used for treatment. According to the symptoms and signs, the methods of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and unblocking collaterals can have better effects. Herbs such as safflower, peach kernel, mint, kuncao, zelan, and red peony root have good effects on improving symptoms and signs. However, this should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

Excessive menstrual bleeding is not necessarily a problem

The survey found that many women have encountered the problem of blood clots during menstruation, but don't worry, gynecologists said: If the menstrual bleeding comes out quickly, blood clots will appear. Because the amount of blood is large, part of the blood will coagulate together and be discharged, becoming dark red blood clots that we see. When the menstrual flow decreases, the blood clots disappear. These blood clots have no special composition. They are the same as menstrual blood, except that the blood components are the broken and detached endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and the vaginal epithelium that falls off.

In the above article, we introduced a situation that female friends may experience during menstruation, that is, the appearance of large amounts of blood clots. Above, we analyzed the causes of large amounts of blood clots during menstruation, and we hope that this will be of some help to everyone.