What causes heavy menstruation?

Women often find that the amount of menstruation changes. Sometimes it becomes very little, and sometimes it becomes very much. At this time, you should closely observe whether there are other symptoms. For example, it is usually accompanied by some dysmenorrhea symptoms. This problem needs to be taken seriously because it is a manifestation of irregular menstruation. At that time, you should carefully review your life and diet in recent times to see if there is anything abnormal. You can judge for yourself what caused it.

What causes heavy menstruation?

Menstruation is caused by the shedding of the endometrium, which mixes with blood to form menstrual blood. If there is a large amount of endometrial shedding, that is, blood clots, it is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, if the menstrual flow is heavy and there are many blood clots during menstruation, it is blood stasis. When you have heavy menstruation, you can consider taking Chinese patent medicine to stop the bleeding. However, after the bleeding stops, you can go to the local hospital for a detailed examination in time, mainly to rule out other causes.

The presence of blood clots in menstrual blood is related to the amount of bleeding and the speed of bleeding. If the bleeding is heavy and there is not enough time for it to be discharged, it will coagulate into a blood clot and be discharged. The presence of blood clots may indicate that the amount of bleeding is heavy at this time, so it forms a clot. When menstrual blood comes out, the endometrium will fall off, but it may be some fragments, and the blood clots should still come from the blood vessels that supply the endometrium. In other words, the discharge of blood clots during menstruation indicates excessive menstrual flow.

In addition, normal menstruation lasts for 2 to 7 days, and in some cases it lasts for 3 to 5 days. If the menstrual period lasts more than 7 days, it is considered as prolonged menstruation, which is an abnormal phenomenon and should be taken seriously. Prolonged menstruation and heavy menstrual blood clots may be caused by low estrogen levels, uterine fibroids, polyps, endometritis and intrauterine contraceptive devices. Therefore, you need to go to the hospital's gynecology department for examination and diagnosis so that you can receive symptomatic treatment.

Causes of excessive blood clots during menstruation

(1) Qi stagnation: Qi is the leader of blood. When Qi flows, blood flows. When Qi stagnates, blood coagulates. When emotions are stagnant, liver qi is stagnant, and qi flow is unfavorable, menstruation will be blocked and clots will form.

(2) Cold stagnation: "When the air is warm, the blood becomes slippery, while when the air is cold, the blood becomes coagulated." "When the blood is affected by cold, it coagulates into lumps." Due to external cold evil, or internal injury caused by cold food, or inherent yang deficiency and internal cold, the cold evil will accumulate in the Chong and Ren meridians, and the blood will be coagulated by the cold and form lumps during menstruation.

(3) Qi deficiency: Excessive fatigue or long-term illness depletes vital energy. Qi deficiency makes it unable to circulate blood, causing blood circulation to be sluggish, which results in blood clots during menstruation.

(4) Blood heat: due to external heat evil, or excessive consumption of spicy and hot food, or excessive use of medicines that warm the uterus, as well as emotional injury, the five emotions turn into heat, and the heat is hidden in the Chong and Ren meridians. The blood is tormented by the heat evil and forms clots during menstruation.