What should I do if my period is short?

A large part of women's physical health is affected by physiological phenomena, among which menstruation has the greatest impact, also known as period. This is a cyclical manifestation of the female reproductive system and is very important for female fertility. Different women have different manifestations in their menstrual cycles. For example, some women have very short menstrual cycles. Let’s take a look at what to do if your menstrual cycle is short?

For example, common mood swings disrupt women's menstrual cycles. Please see the following for details:

1. Caused by neuroendocrine dysfunction: mainly due to unstable or defective function of the lower hindbrain-stomach-ovary axis, that is, menstrual disease.

2. Caused by organic diseases or drugs, including local inflammation, tumors and developmental abnormalities, malnutrition of reproductive organs; intracranial diseases; other endocrine dysfunctions such as thyroid and adrenal cortex dysfunction, diabetes, Sheehan's disease, liver diseases; blood diseases, etc. Menstrual irregularities may occur in women who use drugs to treat mental illnesses, endocrine preparations, or intrauterine devices for contraception. Certain occupations, such as long-distance runners, are prone to amenorrhea. In addition, some abnormal bleeding during pregnancy is often mistaken for menstrual irregularities.

The normal menstrual cycle of women is generally 28-30 days. The length of the cycle varies from person to person, but a menstrual cycle shorter than 21 days should be considered an abnormal short menstrual cycle.

A menstrual cycle of less than 25 days is called a short menstrual cycle; a menstrual cycle of less than 20 days is called frequent menstruation. Short menstrual cycles and frequent menstruation are different stages of the same disease.

Common causes include:

① Luteal phase insufficiency: due to the shortening of the relatively fixed luteal phase, the menstrual cycle becomes shorter. This disease often occurs during the childbearing age.

② Dysfunctional uterine bleeding during puberty: This is because the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian function is not fully developed;

③ Dysfunctional uterine bleeding during menopause: caused by ovarian dysfunction;

④Poor ovarian reserve function: mostly occurs in women of childbearing age after 35 years old;

⑤ Some women with heavy bleeding during ovulation may also experience frequent menstruation;

At the same time: Severe uterine fibroids may cause heavy menstrual flow, frequent menstruation or shortened menstrual cycles.

You can go to the hospital for a check-up, identify the cause, and then take medication under the guidance of a doctor.