What to do if your period is delayed for 8 days

However, many women in life will experience delayed menstruation, especially those who have just entered puberty and have just started to have physiological phenomena. This is because women are still relatively young at this time, and their uterus is not particularly mature, so it is very easy for menstruation to be delayed. If the number of days of delayed menstruation is not particularly long, no treatment is needed. So what should I do if my menstruation is delayed for eight days?

Is it normal that it hasn’t come after being delayed for 10 days?

Normally, a woman's menstrual cycle is 28-30 days. It is normal for it to be earlier or later than 7 days within this range. The length of the menstrual cycle varies from person to person.

However, if your menstruation was very regular in the past, but suddenly it is delayed for a period of time, or even the delay exceeds 7 days, and it has been 10 days, or even longer, or if your menstruation is delayed frequently, then you need to pay attention to it. You can do necessary examinations, such as B-ultrasound, urine HCG test, blood test, etc. to find the specific cause. But if your menstruation is delayed only occasionally 1-2 times, and there are no symptoms or discomfort, then it does not fall into the category of irregular menstruation.

The main reasons for delayed menstruation

1. Blood deficiency

Symptoms: scanty menstrual flow, thin fluid, light or pink in color, often delayed menstruation or amenorrhea, dull pain in the lower abdomen during menstruation, accompanied by pale or sallow complexion, dizziness, palpitations, nightmares, numbness in the hands and feet, etc.

Cause: A series of symptoms caused by improper diet, excessive fatigue, long-term illness, or physical weakness, which results in insufficient blood nourishment to the internal organs, meridians, and body.

Conditioning: On the basis of a normal diet, eat more meat, such as lean meat, beef, salmon and other red meat products; Angelica sinensis and donkey-hide gelatin are holy products for blood supplement, and people with blood deficiency should often use these to make soup for nourishment; in addition, pork liver, red dates, black rice, black beans, fungus, longan, etc. are also good blood-enriching foods.

Recommended recipe: Eggs stewed with wolfberry and red dates

20 grams of wolfberry, 8 red dates, 1-2 eggs. After the eggs are cooked, peel them and cook for a while longer, then eat the eggs and drink the soup. It replenishes Qi and blood, warming but not dry.

2. Kidney deficiency

Symptoms: delayed menstruation, scanty and thin menstrual flow, or amenorrhea, dark or pale menstrual blood, systemic symptoms may include lumbar pain, increased frequency of urination and inability to hold it back, increased leucorrhea, thin and light-colored fluid, etc.

Causes: Improper or irregular diet, monotonous nutrition, drinking too little water; emotional distress, worry, depression, fear that damages the kidneys; excessive sexual intercourse, or frequent masturbation, etc.

Conditioning: Eat a normal diet, have three meals regularly, and eat more kidney-nourishing foods, such as lamb kidneys, oyster meat, walnuts, pork kidneys, chestnuts, lamb, yam, sea cucumber, loach, wolfberry, mulberry, etc.; don't have psychological pressure, relax, go to bed early and get up early, and exercise more; soak your feet in hot water every day, massage the Yongquan acupoint on the soles of your feet, and massage both sides of your waist in the morning and evening to replenish kidney qi.

Recommended recipe: Pork kidney stewed with walnuts and Eucommia ulmoides

Several walnuts, 25 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, and 1 pig kidney. After cleaning the ingredients, add appropriate amount of water, and then stew them in water until the ingredients are cooked and seasoned. Replenish kidney essence and strengthen tendons and bones.