Menstrual period is a little black

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon that every girl has experienced. It basically starts from puberty and then stops at a certain age. Menstruation is accompanied by different manifestations, the most common of which is bleeding from the lower body. However, the color of the blood is also different. Some are bright red, and some are black. So why is the menstrual period a little black?

If a woman’s menstrual blood is dark, you can tell by observing the color of the blood every time she has her period. So, why does menstrual blood turn dark? The dark color of women's menstrual blood is most likely caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, weakness of both qi and blood, or kidney deficiency. This phenomenon is also very serious and requires timely treatment measures.

1. Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Women with irregular menstrual cycles will have different menstrual periods each time. Sometimes the amount of menstrual flow is heavy and sometimes it is light. Most of the time, the flow is purple-red and accompanied by blood clots. There will also be symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, chest tightness, and dark spots on the tongue. At this time, treatment should be carried out by promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain.

2. Deficiency of both Qi and blood. Qi and blood deficiency is very common among women. Weak Qi and blood can cause women to have irregular menstruation, poor menstrual flow, fatigue and fear of cold during menstruation. Female friends should drink more red dates and longan soup after menstruation, which is very good for replenishing qi and blood.

3. Kidney deficiency. Women with kidney deficiency will have irregular menstrual cycles, more or less menstrual volume, and red or dark red color, and are often accompanied by symptoms such as blurred vision, back pain, dizziness, and excessive urination. If the tongue becomes pale or the pulse becomes slow, we need to nourish the kidneys and regulate menstruation in time.

4. Detoxification. Menstruation is actually the body's process of detoxifying. The darker the color, the more toxic it is. This may mean that you have been eating too much acidic food or taking too many western medicines in the past, causing too much acid to accumulate in your body. The body detoxifies through menstruation. Once all the waste is gone, it will be normal.

Causes: 1. Due to excessive secretion of ovarian estrogen, long-term stimulation of the endometrium causes it to proliferate beyond the normal thickness, resulting in increased bleeding during shedding, such as anovulatory functional uterine bleeding.

2. Excessive menstrual flow in women may be caused by uterine fibroids. Endometrial bleeding is the main symptom of uterine fibroids, but in the vast majority of patients, endometrial bleeding often manifests as periodic increased menstrual bleeding and irregular menstruation. If your menstruation suddenly becomes irregular, or if one of the following situations occurs, you should be alert: heavy menstruation, cyclical bleeding, often accompanied by prolonged menstruation; shortened menstrual cycle, heavy menstrual flow; irregular bleeding, menstruation loses its normal periodicity, the menstrual flow is sometimes more and sometimes less, and it is continuous and lasts for a long time.

3. Inflammation of the reproductive organs. If there is heavy vaginal bleeding accompanied by lower abdominal or lower back pain, increased vaginal discharge, abnormal color or odor, fever, and frequent and painful urination, you should consider a reproductive organ infection.

4. Cervical hypertrophy. Cervical hypertrophy is a type of chronic cervicitis. The main symptoms include heavy menstruation, purulent leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral region, or frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, and bleeding during sexual intercourse. Severe cases can cause endometritis, salpingo-oophoritis, and fallopian tube adhesions, leading to infertility and increasing the risk of cervical cancer.

5. Blood disease. Such as: leukemia, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, pernicious anemia, etc. Because menstruation, like other bleeding phenomena in the human body, is regulated by the body's own coagulation system. If there is an abnormality in the coagulation system, for example, in hemophilia patients who are born with a lack of a certain coagulation factor, the blood will not coagulate easily, resulting in heavy menstrual flow and prolonged bleeding. If you have been having heavy periods for a long time and your gynaecologist cannot find any cause, you should consider undergoing a detailed blood test to see if you have a blood disease.