How to first aid for heavy menstrual bleeding

During menstruation, girls will expel menstrual blood from their bodies. Generally speaking, the amount of menstrual blood excreted by women is standard and there will not be a large amount of blood excreted. As long as women use sanitary products at prescribed time periods, most problems will not occur. Some women may have special physical conditions and experience dysmenorrhea during menstruation, and some may even experience heavy bleeding. How to provide first aid for heavy menstrual bleeding?

First you need to stop the bleeding:

1. Place a clean cloth or towel (preferably sterile gauze) on the wound and apply direct pressure for about 10-20 minutes to stop the bleeding.

2. After the bleeding stops, bandage the wound gently with a bandage, being careful not to wrap it too tightly, just enough to stop the bleeding, and then go to the hospital for treatment.

3. Do not use absorbent cotton or straw paper to pad the wound, and do not apply medicine on the wound.

Disinfect within 6 hours to prevent infection and suppuration

After bleeding or injury, you should immediately wash with tap water filtered by a water purifier, disinfected well water, or cold boiled water. There is no special need for disinfection. Once the wound is contaminated, suppuration will generally not occur as long as it is adequately disinfected within 6 hours. However, if the wound is caused by a blade or other object, and the object remains in the body, and is not adequately cleaned within 6 hours, the wound will become festered. Also, remember that no matter what causes the wound, there is a possibility of tetanus, so take preventive measures immediately.

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women, but the body will also be affected to a certain extent during menstruation, such as reduced resistance, mood swings, irritability, anxiety, etc. Due to menstrual blood loss, the body loses a lot of iron, especially those with heavy menstruation. Therefore, in addition to avoiding excessive fatigue and maintaining a happy spirit during menstruation, you should pay attention to the following dos and don'ts in your diet.

1. Avoid raw and cold food, and prefer warm food. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that blood flows when it is hot and stagnates when it is cold. Eating raw or cold food during menstruation can damage the spleen and stomach and hinder digestion. It can also easily damage the body's yang energy and cause internal cold. Stagnation of cold air can cause blood to stagnate, resulting in too little menstrual blood, or even dysmenorrhea. Even in the hot summer season, it is not advisable to eat ice cream and other cold drinks during menstruation. It is better to eat warm food, which is conducive to smooth blood circulation. In winter, you can also eat some foods that have warming and tonic effects, such as beef, chicken, longan, wolfberry, etc.

2. Avoid spicy and sour food, and eat light food. Menstruation can often make people feel very tired, weakened digestive function, and poor appetite. To maintain nutritional needs, the diet should be fresh. Fresh food is not only delicious and easy to absorb, but also has less nutritional damage and less pollution. During menstruation, the diet should be light and easy to digest. Eat less or no fried, spicy and other irritating foods to avoid affecting digestion and causing excessive menstrual bleeding due to spicy stimulation.

3. Eat a combination of meat and vegetables to prevent iron deficiency. Women usually lose about 30-50 ml of blood each time during menstruation, and each ml contains 0.5 mg of iron, which means that 15-50 mg of iron is lost each time menstruation. Iron is one of the essential elements for the human body. It not only participates in the synthesis of blood proteins and various important enzymes, but also plays an important role in immunity, intelligence, aging, energy metabolism and other aspects. Therefore, it is very necessary to supplement with iron-rich foods that are easy to digest and absorb during menstruation.