Irregular menstruation at 16 years old

It is normal for women to have menstrual disorders during their menarche. At that time, women's reproductive organs have just developed and matured, and it is inevitable that they cannot ensure that their menstruation is in a regular cycle. It is normal for it to be less than one or two months. However, as time goes by, there will be many reasons for women's menstrual disorders. So, what should I do if I have irregular menstruation at the age of 16?

What to do if you have irregular menstruation at 16 years old

In addition to medication, menstruation regulation also requires a healthy lifestyle, eating less cold foods, maintaining adequate nutrition, avoiding excessive dieting, and learning to adjust and relieve stress, ensuring adequate rest, etc.

1. Maintain mental happiness and avoid mental stimulation and mood swings. Some women experience lower abdominal distension, back pain, breast pain, mild diarrhea, fatigue, sleepiness, irritability, anger or depression during their menstrual period. These are all normal and there is no need to worry too much.

2. Pay attention to hygiene and prevent infection. Pay attention to the hygiene and cleanliness of the reproductive organs. Keep warm and avoid severe cold stimulation. Prevent overwork. If you have heavy menstrual flow, you should avoid eating brown sugar.

3. Avoid excessive dieting, quit smoking and limit alcohol, pay attention to your own dietary structure, eat more lean meat, grains, dark green leafy vegetables and calcium-rich foods, avoid eating too much raw and cold food, maintain a happy mood, strengthen your physical fitness, and improve your physical fitness.

4. Make sure your underwear is soft, made of pure cotton, with good ventilation and air permeability. Wash and change them frequently, and put them in the sun to dry.

5. It is not suitable to eat raw, cold food, spicy and other irritating foods. Drink more boiled water to maintain smooth bowel movements. People with hot blood should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables before menstruation, and avoid eating irritating foods that promote fire, such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks, and ginger. People with insufficient qi and blood usually need to increase nutrition, such as milk, eggs, soy milk, beef liver, broccoli, pork, chicken breast, beef, etc., and are forbidden to eat raw and cold foods, fruits and vegetables.

6. For long-term menstrual irregularities, you should pay attention to a proper diet, such as drinking more black fungus and red dates tea, strong tea and brown sugar drink, hawthorn fruit and brown sugar drink, etc. If the symptoms have not improved, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a physical examination in time to determine the cause of the disease so that you can follow the doctor's advice and receive targeted treatment as soon as possible.

Causes of irregular menstruation

Menstrual irregularity is a common gynecological disease among women, mainly manifested by excessive or insufficient menstrual flow, prohibited menarche time, etc. Because an unhealthy lifestyle such as irregular work and rest, excessive eating, etc. will cause changes in the endocrine environment, which can easily lead to menstrual disorders in women. In addition, some gynecological diseases, uterine fibroids, uterine polyps, etc. are all causes of irregular menstruation in women.

1. Irregular work and rest schedule. Due to the influence of daily life or work, staying up late for a long time, or irregular work and rest schedule, this kind of bad work and rest schedule habits can easily cause endocrine disorders and cause irregular menstruation.

2. Excessive weight loss. Excessive weight loss or excessive exercise will result in the body not absorbing enough protein and fat, which will affect the normal production of estrogen in the body, resulting in oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea.

3. Mentality factors. If you are in depression, anxiety or great mental stress for a long time, the function of the hypothalamus and pituitary gland will be damaged, the uterus and ovaries will not be able to secrete androgen and ovulate, which can easily lead to irregular menstruation.