Why does my head hurt during my period?

It is said that menstruation is a special period for women. Many women will experience various abnormal conditions in their bodies after entering their menstrual period, such as headaches, stomachaches, general discomfort, etc. Maybe if you say you have a stomachache or feel unwell, that's understandable. So what is the relationship between menstruation and headaches? Let us now understand why you get a headache during your period.

Some women experience abnormal phenomena before or during menstruation, such as emotionally: irritability, melancholy, depression, suspicion, quarreling with others over trivial matters; in work and life: unable to work, study and do housework well, tossing and turning at night and having difficulty falling asleep; physically: fatigue, headache, distension and pain in the breasts and chest, loss of appetite, low fever, etc. This disease is medically known as "premenstrual syndrome". It mostly occurs in young and middle-aged women. Generally, there is no quality lesion. After menstruation, the symptoms are relieved or disappear. It often brings unhappiness to family life, even causes emotional breakdown and affects family harmony. Menstruation is the "pendulum" of mature women and generally does not cause any discomfort. However, a small number of women may experience the following "strange diseases" in addition to general reactions such as irritability, insomnia, edema, abdominal pain, and back pain.

1. Menstrual rash.

2-3 days before menstruation, the skin will itch, herpes, erythema or purpura will occur. The rash often occurs on the face, chest, back and limbs. With the end of menstruation, the rash and itching symptoms will heal without treatment. For those who suffer from severe menstrual rash and itching that affects sleep, desensitizing drugs such as cyproheptadine and chlorpheniramine can be taken.

2. Toothache before menstruation

Some people will experience sudden and severe toothache when eating cold dishes or drinking cold drinks one or two weeks before menstruation, which will stop in an instant. This is because before the menstrual cycle, the blood vessels in the dental pulp and periodontal mucosa expand and become congested due to the weight, and when the dentin is stimulated by cold, contractions occur. This is not a dental disease, so no treatment is required.

3. Menstrual headache

Modern medical research has confirmed that the imbalance of estrogen and progesterone secretion in women during menstruation is the root cause of menstrual headaches. Oral administration of ergotamine, caffeine, oryzanol or Yuanhu analgesic tablets or Jiawei Xiaoyao pills all have certain effects.

4. Herpes labialis during menstruation

This is related to the body's reduced resistance during menstruation and the activity of latent herpes viruses in the body. It usually occurs 1-2 days before menstruation or 2-3 days during menstruation, most commonly on the lips, but also on the eyelids, around the nostrils, and the edges of the labia. You can apply mulberry juice on it, but don't scratch it to avoid secondary infection of premenstrual syndrome.

It's premenstrual syndrome.

It is normal to experience headaches, breast tenderness, fatigue, tension, general weakness, mental depression or irritability, restlessness, insomnia, pelvic heaviness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dull back pain, nasal congestion, edema and other symptoms during and before menstruation. After menstruation, the symptoms will disappear naturally. If there are no other abnormal symptoms, no special treatment is required. Pay attention to rest during menstruation and do not eat raw, cold and irritating foods.

Pay attention to menstrual period care:

1. Try not to wash your hair during your menstrual period. If you have to wash your hair, try to wash it at noon and blow dry it immediately after washing.

2. Keep warm during menstruation, that is, use less air conditioning and wear more clothes in air-conditioned rooms.

.3. Avoid drinking cold drinks. Drinking ice water will prevent the dirty blood from being discharged smoothly.

4. Eating some sweets can help metabolize dirty blood.

5. Get enough rest

6. Don’t be too emotional

7. Avoid taking a bath