Is feeling cold due to menstruation or pregnancy?

When any abnormal condition occurs in our body, to put it simply, before we get sick, there will be some precursors in the body, but sometimes people don't pay much attention to it, so they miss the best time for treatment. Take women for example, one of the most common situations they face in daily life is menstruation, and there are some signs before menstruation. So is feeling cold a sign of menstruation or pregnancy?

Some women are afraid of cold during menstruation. Since women lose a lot of blood during menstruation, their bodies will lose too much iron, which may even cause women to suffer from iron deficiency anemia in severe cases. Iron is an important substance for producing human hemoglobin. If the human body lacks iron for a long time, the hemoglobin in the body will decrease accordingly. At this time, the oxygen content in the human blood will also be relatively reduced. If this continues for a long time, the heat in women's bodies will be greatly reduced, causing women to have cold hands and feet and chills during menstruation. If a woman loses a lot of blood during menstruation, the body will suffer from chills and coldness due to excessive loss of iron.

In the early stages of pregnancy, you may also feel cold. In the first three months, before the placenta is fully developed, the pregnant woman's body temperature is slightly higher, which manifests as fear of cold. After the placenta is fully developed, the body temperature gradually returns to normal. Due to the increase in blood volume, the body becomes hotter, which manifests as not being afraid of cold in the later period.

The reason for being afraid of cold in early pregnancy may also be poor physical constitution or insufficient nutrition, such as insufficient intake of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Another possibility is hypothyroidism. In order to prevent colds during pregnancy and affect fetal development, pregnant women are advised to pay attention to adding or removing clothes, get enough rest, and drink plenty of water. In addition, it is best to check thyroid function when preparing for pregnancy or in early pregnancy (preferably 8 weeks before pregnancy), which can prevent hypothyroidism from causing intellectual damage to the baby.

Of course, in addition to being afraid of the cold in the early stages of pregnancy, pregnant women may also experience symptoms such as amenorrhea, dizziness, weakness in the limbs, drowsiness, loss of appetite, frequent nausea, picky eating, preference for sour food, or dislike of greasy and special smells. In addition, breast development, nipple enlargement, darkening of nipple and areola, small nodules around the nipple, and even tingling and swelling in the breast may occur. Frequent urination may also occur because during the first three months of pregnancy, the uterus gradually grows in the pelvic cavity, pressing on the bladder, causing the pregnant woman to constantly feel the urge to urinate. In the middle of pregnancy, the uterus will move up to the abdominal cavity, and the phenomenon of frequent urination will improve. But towards the end of pregnancy, frequent urination will reappear.

Therefore, if you feel unwell, you should go to the hospital for consultation as soon as possible.