What is dysmenorrhea?

I believe that many female friends have experienced the phenomenon and symptoms of dysmenorrhea. Some female friends have mild symptoms of dysmenorrhea, while others will experience severe abdominal pain before and after their menstruation every month, as well as cold hands and feet, and even pale face and fainting. It can be seen that dysmenorrhea not only affects our daily life and work, but also brings great pain to female friends. So what exactly is dysmenorrhea?

In fact, the main population suffering from diseases such as dysmenorrhea is concentrated in adolescent girls, and different girls have different degrees of pain problems. Moreover, dysmenorrhea once a month is not only physically but also psychologically tormenting for girls. Let me explain to you what dysmenorrhea is.

What is dysmenorrhea?

Prevention and treatment of dysmenorrhea is the most concerned issue for women. But before that, we still need to have a detailed understanding of the causes of dysmenorrhea. Young women are one of the victims of dysmenorrhea. So, what is dysmenorrhea in women?

Discomforts such as lower abdominal pain, heaviness, and back pain that occur before, during, or after menstruation are called dysmenorrhea. Dysmenorrhea without organic lesions of the reproductive organs is called primary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea is common in adolescent women, and approximately 30-50% of girls experience dysmenorrhea to varying degrees. Dysmenorrhea causes great suffering to women.

The main causes of dysmenorrhea are:

1. Fatigue factors: Excessive physical labor will aggravate bleeding and dysmenorrhea.

2. Factors of catching cold: catching cold due to cold weather or too little clothing will cause you to feel the cold evil. It causes stagnation of Qi and blood and blockage of meridians, thus aggravating dysmenorrhea.

3. Physiological factors: Due to the increase of prostaglandins in the endometrium, the uterus contracts excessively or uncoordinatedly. Local hypoxia in the uterus leads to the release of peroxides and histamine, causing dysmenorrhea.

4. Psychological factors: Fear and tension caused by lack of correct understanding of menstruation will aggravate dysmenorrhea.

5. Dietary factors: Some girls love to eat snacks, and they also eat cold drinks and raw and cold foods such as pears during menstruation, which can easily lead to stagnation of Qi and blood. As Chinese medicine says: if there is no blood circulation, there will be pain, which will naturally aggravate dysmenorrhea.

Female friends, you already have a general understanding of what dysmenorrhea is. In fact, there are many reasons that cause dysmenorrhea. It is not only related to physiological reasons, but also closely related to psychological reasons, diet, etc. Therefore, if you want to prevent and treat dysmenorrhea, in addition to avoiding eating cold and raw foods before and after menstruation, you also need to do a good job of keeping warm. When the weather is changeable, you should pay attention to adding or removing clothes in time, so as to relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.