What causes bowel pain during menstruation?

During menstruation, many girls will experience dysmenorrhea, which manifests as pain in the lower abdomen. If it is mild dysmenorrhea, it is considered a normal phenomenon. It is caused by the shedding of the endometrium. Girls can relieve it through proper rest and diet. However, if the pain is very severe, you should consider whether it is a reproductive tract infection and need to be examined and diagnosed. So, what is the reason why girls have stomach pain during menstruation?

1. What are the causes of dysmenorrhea?

Severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation that disappears naturally after menstruation is called dysmenorrhea. Most dysmenorrhea occurs during menstruation, and for some people it occurs a few days before menstruation. The abdominal pain worsens after menstruation, but everything is normal after menstruation. The characteristics of abdominal pain are closely related to menstruation. Abdominal pain will not occur if menstruation does not come. Therefore, abdominal pain that is not related to menstruation is not dysmenorrhea.

Dysmenorrhea can be divided into primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea refers to abdominal pain that occurs from the beginning of menstruation, while secondary dysmenorrhea refers to abdominal pain during menstruation that occurs several years or even more than ten years after menstruation. The causes of the two types of dysmenorrhea are different. The causes of primary dysmenorrhea are a narrow uterine opening, uterine hypoplasia, or large pieces of endometrium in the menstrual blood. The latter condition is called membranous dysmenorrhea. Sometimes menstrual blood contains blood clots, which can also cause lower abdominal pain.

The causes of secondary dysmenorrhea are mostly caused by diseases, such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic congestion, etc. In recent years, it has been discovered that increased synthesis of prostaglandins in the endometrium can also cause dysmenorrhea. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the cause of dysmenorrhea through examination and then treat it accordingly.

2. What to do if you have menstrual pain

1. For the type of Qi deficiency and weak blood, stew mutton with Angelica and Astragalus: 50 grams of Angelica, 500 grams of mutton, 30 grams of Astragalus, eat the meat and drink the soup.

2. For liver and kidney deficiency type, cook Chuanxiong and Salvia miltiorrhiza with eggs: 6 grams of Chuanxiong, 12 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, two eggs, add water and cook until the eggs are cooked, peel them and cook for a while, eat the eggs and drink the soup.

3. Cold stagnation and blood stasis type: ginger and brown sugar water: 15 grams of ginger, appropriate amount of brown sugar, brew with boiling water as tea.

4. For Qi stagnation and blood stasis type, boil eggs with motherwort: 30 grams of motherwort, two eggs, add water and cook until the eggs are cooked. Cook for a while longer, eat the eggs and drink the soup.

5. For damp-heat and accumulated heat type, use loofah and brown sugar soup: Wash and chop 250 grams of old loofah, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, boil the soup and drink it while it is hot.