Itchy vagina a few days before menstruation

Menstruation is a normal physiological cycle for women. Generally, women will experience varying degrees of discomfort before their period. However, the symptoms of physical discomfort before menstruation are different for each person. If your genitals are itchy before your period, you must pay attention to it. It is best to go to the hospital for relevant examinations, find out the cause, and then treat the symptoms. The sooner the examination, the better, to avoid the condition becoming more and more serious.

Why does my vagina itch a few days before my period?

If a woman experiences genital itching a few days before her period, she needs to consider the specific cause of the genital itching. If the itching of the vulva is caused by the irritation of leucorrhea secretions caused by vaginitis, you usually need to go to the hospital's gynecology department to check the routine leucorrhea to confirm the specific type of vaginitis, and then use symptomatic vaginal medication to treat it according to the results. If the itching of the vulva is caused by simple vulvitis, consider using povidone-iodine solution for a sitz bath, and use erythromycin ointment or lithospermum officinale ointment for local application to relieve itching.

Before and after menstruation, the hormone level in the body is particularly low, and vaginitis is particularly prone to recurring at this time. Therefore, if this happens and you do not have your period, you should test the secretions as soon as possible to confirm the type of vaginitis and then use targeted medications. You should stop taking the medicine during the menstrual period. Generally, you will see significant improvement after three days of taking the medicine, and most of the symptoms will be cured in a week. If your menstruation happens to come after the test, you cannot take the medicine. Don't worry, you can take oral medication for symptomatic treatment.

If the itching is not severe, you can also apply local vaginal medication after the menstruation is over. Generally, local medication is the most effective for vaginitis. Usually, you should pay attention to washing underwear with boiling water, exposing it to the sun, and changing it once a day to wear loose cotton underwear. This can not only help vaginitis but also prevent the recurrence of vaginitis. Be careful not to have sexual intercourse during the entire medication period, because sexual intercourse will affect the efficacy. Also, stop the medication for more than three days to check if it is cured. For recurrent vaginitis, it will itch before and after each menstruation. In this case, you need to take the medication for three cycles seven days before and after menstruation.

Why do I have abdominal pain a few days before my period?

There will be mild abdominal pain a few days before menstruation. This is when the endometrium is shedding. When the endometrium is shedding, there will be mild abdominal pain. At this time, the uterus will spasm or contract irregularly, which can promote the outflow of menstrual blood.

If the pain is not particularly severe, there is no need for medication. During this period, try to keep warm, get enough rest, avoid overwork, eat cold food, and avoid stimulating the uterus which may cause excessive contraction and cause symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

If your stomach pain is particularly severe, you can drink some brown sugar ginger water to regulate it. Brown sugar ginger water has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging meridians, stimulating the endometrium, and promoting the outflow of menstrual blood. This can avoid the phenomenon of stomach pain caused by excessive menstrual blood clots.