What are the ways to relieve dysmenorrhea?

What are the methods to relieve dysmenorrhea? Generally, it is to carry out necessary health knowledge missions, pay attention to psychological and psychological treatment, eliminate anxiety and fear, reduce mental burden, and timely treat systemic chronic diseases. People with poor development or weak constitution should try to correct it and start physical exercise to strengthen their physical fitness. Avoid exercise and excessive fatigue during menstruation, prevent colds, and pay attention to menstrual hygiene. Going to the hospital for acupuncture treatment can involve acupuncture on some acupoints, which is very effective in treating dysmenorrhea.

① Causes of dysmenorrhea

There are many reasons for female dysmenorrhea, but most of them are closely related to the uterus. In addition, mental and neurological factors may also cause female dysmenorrhea. Specifically, the common causes of female dysmenorrhea are reflected in the following 12 aspects:

(1) Vigorous exercise during menstruation, exposure to wind, cold, dampness, etc. can easily cause dysmenorrhea.

(2) Uterine hypoplasia Poor uterine development is prone to abnormal blood supply, causing uterine ischemia and hypoxia, leading to dysmenorrhea.

(3) Psychological and neurological factors: Some women are overly sensitive to pain.

(4) Cervical stenosis mainly causes obstruction of menstrual outflow, causing dysmenorrhea.

(5) Genetic factors: Dysmenorrhea in daughters is related to dysmenorrhea in mothers.

(6) Abnormal uterine position: If a woman’s uterus is extremely retroflexed or anteflexed, it may affect the smooth flow of menstrual blood and cause dysmenorrhea.

(7) Endocrine factors: Menstrual abdominal pain is related to increased progesterone in the luteal phase.

(8) The level of prostaglandins (PG) in the endometrium and menstrual blood increases. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) acts on uterine muscle fibers to cause them to contract and cause dysmenorrhea. The prostaglandin content in the endometrial tissue of menstrual patients is significantly increased compared with that of women with normal uterine function.

(9) Abnormal uterine contraction. Patients with dysmenorrhea often have abnormal uterine contractions, which often lead to ischemia of uterine smooth muscles. Uterine muscle ischemia can cause spasmodic contractions of the uterine muscles, resulting in pain and dysmenorrhea.

(10) Gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, etc. Placing an intrauterine contraceptive device (commonly known as an IUD) in the uterus can also easily cause dysmenorrhea.

(11) Excessive contraction of the uterus. Although the uterine contraction pressure of patients with dysmenorrhea is basically the same as that of normal women (normal pressure is about 4.9Kpa), the uterine contraction lasts longer and is often difficult to relax completely, so dysmenorrhea occurs due to excessive uterine contraction.

(12) Dysmenorrhea is caused by psychological stress, long periods of sitting, poor blood circulation, poor menstrual blood flow, and a preference for cold foods during the onset of menstruation in young girls.