What causes back pain during menstruation?

During menstruation, many people will experience some discomfort to a greater or lesser extent, but many people do not take it seriously. For particularly severe discomfort, treatment is generally not required. Paying more attention to rest can alleviate the symptoms. However, if symptoms of lower back pain occur during menstruation, it is necessary to take it seriously, actively find out the cause, and treat it symptomatically.

What causes back pain during menstruation?

Retroverted uterus

Generally speaking, the position of a woman's uterus can be divided into anterior, median and posterior. The posterior uterus is tilted and bent backwards, like a teapot tilted backwards. As the outlet for menstrual blood, the cervix is ​​like a spout. For women with a posterior uterus, it is difficult for the menstrual blood in the uterine cavity to be discharged smoothly from the "bottom of the pot". Therefore, they can only strengthen the contraction of the uterus and compress the uterine cavity to force the menstrual blood out. It is precisely because of the spasmodic contraction of the uterus that low back pain occurs.

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Lower back pain during menstruation may be caused by menstrual fever, and lower abdominal pain may be caused by pelvic inflammatory disease.

Endometriosis

If your period pain becomes more severe and lasts longer, you may have endometriosis. Therefore, women must pay great attention to it.

4. Endometritis

Normal menstrual blood is dark red. If the color of menstrual blood is light brown, or the odor changes, and the body temperature rises and lower abdominal pain occurs, you may have endometritis.

What to do if you have back pain during menstruation?

1. Never beat your waist with your hands. Just use your hands to rub your waist from top to bottom. Don't use too much force. Just rub it gently. During this special period, girls are already weak, and beating them hard may cause them to be unable to bear it, and it is more likely to cause menstrual disorders.

2. The reason for back and waist pain is related to the poor discharge of menstrual blood. You can use a hot water bag to apply heat to your lower abdomen, which can prevent the lower abdomen from getting cold to a certain extent, promote blood circulation, and reduce the chance of back and abdominal pain.

3. Don’t slouch on the chair in a sloppy manner. Since you have back pain, use the small pillow, sit up straight, keep your head up and chest out. This upright posture can reduce the pain in your waist and abdomen.

4. Apply hot compress to Guanyuan acupoint. Put the other four fingers of your right hand except the thumb together, and then take the middle joint of the middle finger as the standard. The horizontal width is 3 inches. Use it as a reference to find the Guanyuan point four fingers below the navel. Add a few drops of lavender essential oil to hot water, then wet a towel, wring it out slightly, and use the hot towel to apply hot compress to the Guanyuan acupoint. After the temperature of the towel drops, wet it again, wring it out, and apply hot compress again. Repeat this hot compress for 10 minutes.