How to treat long-term dysmenorrhea

Abdominal pain and lumbar pain before, during, or after menstruation, which affects life and work, is called dysmenorrhea. Menstrual pain is divided into two types: primary and secondary. For some female friends, the menstrual pain will be alleviated or disappear after the pregnant women give birth. Some female friends may have long-term menstrual pain. There are several aspects to how to treat these long-term dysmenorrhea female friends:

1. Pay attention to your life routine and eliminate fear, anxiety and restlessness about your menstrual period. Pay attention to environmental hygiene during menstruation. Sexual intercourse is strictly prohibited during menstruation. Avoid excessive exercise and overwork. Usually, try to avoid eating cold and irritating foods. It is better to eat a light but nutritious diet. Pay more attention to exercise to increase immunity. Keep warm during menstrual period to prevent catching cold. Pay attention to your work and rest schedule and don't stay up late.

2. In case of menstrual cramps during menstruation, you can use hot salt to warm the lower abdomen and gently massage the lower abdomen. For menstrual cramps caused by cold, you can drink brown sugar ginger water to relieve dysmenorrhea.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the purpose of disease prevention can be achieved through food treatment: 20g of Yuanhu, 50g of Leonurus japonicus, and 2 eggs are boiled together in water, which is effective for menstrual pain caused by Qi deficiency and blood stasis. Black-bone chicken and angelica soup is effective for menstrual pain caused by deficiency of qi and blood. Evodia rutaecarpa porridge: Evodia rutaecarpa 2g, rice 50g, 2 slices of ginger, 2 scallion roots, effective for menstrual pain caused by cold stagnation and blood stasis. Of course, when taking this kind of diet therapy, you should seek advice from a professional Chinese medicine doctor.

4. For female friends who suffer from long-term dysmenorrhea, they should find a professional doctor to identify the cause of the dysmenorrhea and treat the cause. If it is due to poor uterine development, estrogen can be taken. If the dysmenorrhea is caused by endometriosis, you should actively treat the endometriosis. If the dysmenorrhea is caused by pelvic inflammatory disease, you should use anti-infection treatment. If the dysmenorrhea is caused by uterine cervical fibroids, you should surgically remove the uterine cervical fibroids.