Is it normal to have your period five days early?

Sometimes, there is no problem if menstruation comes five days early and no action is needed. However, if this happens every month, it needs to be taken seriously. This may be due to pathological reasons and you must go to the hospital for relevant gynecological examinations in time. Especially for patients who also have severe dysmenorrhea, it cannot be ignored. First, find out the cause and then do relevant treatment.

① Dysmenorrhea. Severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation affects work and daily life. There are two types: primary and secondary.

②Premenstrual syndrome. A small number of women experience a series of abnormal symptoms before menstruation, such as mental tension, emotional instability, inattention, irritability, depression, insomnia, headache, breast pain, etc. It is mostly caused by sex hormone metabolism disorders and mental factors. The treatment is mainly based on proper rest. Sedatives and diuretics can be used when necessary. Anti-estrogen therapies such as progestins, androgens, and bromocriptine can also be used.

③Polycystic ovary syndrome. The cause is unknown. Symptoms include infrequent menstruation, amenorrhea, and infertility. Symptoms such as hirsutism and obesity, and polycystic enlargement of both ovaries can be treated with hormonal surgery.

④ Menopausal syndrome: refers to a series of physical and mental symptoms caused by fluctuations or decreases in sex hormones in some women before and after menopause. It is divided into natural menopause and artificial menopause. Such as sexual dysfunction and paroxysmal bleeding.

Basic symptoms

1. Early menstruation Early menstruation refers to a shortened menstrual cycle, shorter than 21 days, and it occurs for more than 2 consecutive cycles. It is a basic body of ovulatory functional uterine bleeding.

The temperature is biphasic, with a short follicular phase of only 7 to 8 days, or a luteal phase shorter than 10 days, or a temperature rise of less than 0.5°C.

2. Delayed menstruation: Menstruation is delayed for more than 7 days, or even 40 to 50 days, and occurs for more than two consecutive menstrual cycles. For those who ovulate, the basal body temperature is biphasic, but the follicular phase is long and the high temperature phase is low; for those who do not ovulate, the basal body temperature is monophasic.

3. Prolonged menstrual period: The menstrual cycle is normal, but the menstrual period is prolonged, lasting more than 7 days or even 2 weeks. People with inflammation usually have lower abdominal pain, which worsens during menstruation. They also have a lot of leucorrhea, which is yellow or yellow-white, thick, and has an odor. Those with incomplete corpus luteum atrophy also have heavy menstrual flow; those with prolonged endometrial repair still have a small amount of persistent vaginal bleeding after the normal menstrual period.

4. Menstrual disorders include irregular menstruation, early or delayed menstruation, and a cycle that is shorter than 21 days or longer than 35 days.

5. Changes in complexion

Menstrual disorders are often caused by visceral dysfunction, qi and blood imbalance or qi and blood deficiency. Women with menstrual disorders often have lip or complexion color

According to expert experience, women with menstrual disorders generally have the following changes in complexion, which are also called early symptoms of menstrual disorders:

1. The face is slightly blue, with blue veins visible between the cheeks and nose, dark lips and dark circles under the eyes: this is common in women who are depressed, irritable and easily angered.

2. Gray complexion and purple lips: often seen in women with blood stasis in the body;

3. Dark yellow or pale and swollen complexion, pale lips: often seen in women with spleen deficiency and qi deficiency;

4. Oily face and small pimples: mostly seen in women with damp heat in the body;

5. Pale face, as if powdered, red cheekbones, red lips, thin body: often seen in women with Qi and Yin deficiency