What causes delayed menstruation and abdominal pain?

Whether it is delayed or early menstruation, it is a problem that many female friends are more worried about in their daily life. However, when it comes to irregular menstruation, it is not clear how to treat it. What is the reason for delayed menstruation and abdominal pain? Patients who experience abdominal pain during delayed menstruation may have uterine abnormalities. We cannot experience any special feelings about uterine abnormalities. Many patients do not pay much attention to abdominal pain before and after menstruation. Therefore, doctors recommend going to the hospital for examination to prevent menstrual disorders and abdominal pain caused by uterine diseases.

What causes delayed menstruation and abdominal pain?

If a married woman experiences delayed menstruation and lower abdominal pain, she needs to consider the possibility of pregnancy. Secondly, gynecological diseases can also cause delayed menstruation and lower abdominal pain in women, such as endocrine diseases, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts and other diseases. Therefore, women must pay attention when their menstruation is delayed and they have lower abdominal pain for no reason.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that to treat irregular menstruation, the cause of the symptoms must be determined first, and then symptomatic treatment can be carried out. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that menstruation comes from the kidneys, so the basis for regulating menstruation lies in tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang. By regulating the body to replenish kidney essence and abundant vital energy, menstruation will naturally be regular. The method of tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang is to replenish the dominant essence and qi. The function of the spleen is to produce blood. Nourishing the spleen and stomach can replenish the body's blood supply. The spleen-strengthening method focuses on strengthening the spleen and stomach and generating yang. The purpose of soothing the liver and regulating qi is to regulate the qi wheel and transport blood and qi. If the blood and qi are in harmony, the menstrual period will be smooth. The method of soothing the liver and regulating qi must grasp the main symptoms of depression.

How to treat delayed menstruation and abdominal pain

Diet therapy method: Fresh mutton porridge: 250 grams of beef, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amounts of onion, ginger and salt. Wash and slice the beef, and cook it with rice, onion, ginger and salt in the basic way until the beef is soft. Function: Replenish Qi and blood, invigorate Qi and nourish blood, and relieve pain. Suitable for women with delayed menstruation. Pork skin jelly: 1000 grams of pork skin, 250 ml of rice wine, 250 grams of white sugar. Wash and chop the pork skin, add appropriate amount of water, simmer over low heat until the juice becomes thick, then add white sugar and rice wine. Take twice a day, dissolve in boiling water and drink warm. Function: Nourishes Qi, blood, and Yin, nourishes the kidneys and protects the liver. It can treat female qi and blood deficiency, fatigue, delayed menstruation and other symptoms, and is more effective for those with low back and leg pain.

Self-massage technique: Lie on your back first, use the left thenar eminence to rub the Qihai point on the abdomen for about 1 minute, then use the spiral surface of the left thumb to press the Sanyinjiao points on both sides of the lower limbs in succession, press each point for 1 minute, and finally massage the lower abdomen with the palm of one hand for about 1 minute. Then change to the prone position, first use the palms of both hands to massage the lumbar sacral area back and forth for 2 minutes, then use the thumbs and fingertips of both hands to press the Shenshu, Mingmen, Baqiao and other acupoints for 30 minutes each, until a sore and swollen feeling is felt, finally use the five fingers of both hands to press the bilateral Shenshu points 3 times each.

Reasons for delayed menstruation

1. Pregnancy

For pregnant women who have had sexual life, when their menstruation is delayed, they often doubt themselves whether their menstruation is abnormal or they are already pregnant. This problem is a very common situation in daily life. How to rule out pregnancy and how to determine whether it is a menstrual disease is the first question to be determined. First, make sure you are pregnant. If the menstrual cycle has been normal, there has never been a sign of delay, and there are some symptoms of pregnancy, you should use an early pregnancy test strip to test your urine on the fifth day after the delay of your period (you can also calculate the fifth day from the beginning of your period). If the test result is positive, you should cooperate with a gynecological pelvic examination. If the cervix changes to blue-purple, the uterus is rounded or enlarged, and there may be accompanying symptoms such as breast pain, nausea and vomiting, pregnancy can be confirmed. Of course, B-ultrasound can also quickly determine whether you are pregnant.

2. Side effects of drugs

Endocrine imbalance after long-term use of emergency contraception can also lead to delayed menstruation. Doctors also found based on patient symptoms that a new generation of gastrokinetic drug, metoclopramide, also known as domperidone, may also cause the disease. Because metoclopramide does not easily pass through the blood-brain barrier, it is believed to have no inhibitory effect on central nervous system dopamine receptors. The dopamine receptors in the nerve center are inhibited, resulting in a small amount of factors released by the hypothalamus-pituitary gland entering the anterior pituitary gland. Therefore, the secretion of gonadotropin and corticosteroids by the anterior pituitary gland decreases, causing amenorrhea and delayed ovulation.

3. Surgery

(1) The menstrual period after artificial abortion or medical abortion is determined by the degree of repair of the uterine wall, which may greatly lead to delayed menstruation.

(2) Intrauterine surgical treatment causes cervical adhesions, leading to menstrual blood stasis, which in turn delays menstruation.

4. Others

Such as psychological disorders such as tension and anxiety, too much pressure, changes in the natural environment, and some diseases that affect the endocrine system. Can cause delayed menstruation. like:

(1) Excessive lifestyle According to scientific research, cold stimulation during women's menstrual period can cause excessive contraction of blood vessels in the pelvis, which can lead to oligomenorrhea or even amenorrhea. Therefore, women need to have a regular daily life to avoid excessive fatigue, especially during the menstrual period to avoid cold and moisture.

(2) Abnormal and long-term mental depression, anger, or severe mental stimulation and psychological trauma can all cause menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, and amenorrhea. This is because menstruation is produced after the hormone secreted by the uterus and ovaries stimulates the uterine wall. The hormone secreted by the uterus and ovaries is controlled by the hypothalamus and pituitary gland and the hormone released by the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Therefore, whether it is the function of the uterus and ovaries, the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, or the hypothalamus, it will affect the menstruation.

(3) Excessive dieting and weight loss related studies have shown that the body fat of young girls must be at least 17% of their body weight to experience menarche, and the body fat must be at least 22% of their body weight to maintain a normal menstrual cycle. Excessive dieting to lose weight will cause the body to lose a lot of body fat and protein due to insufficient energy intake, resulting in obstruction of estrogen production and a significant deficiency, affecting menarche, and even causing scant menstruation or amenorrhea. Therefore, ladies who pursue a slender figure should not blindly follow the trend of dieting to lose weight.