What is the reason for delayed menstruation and abdominal pain?

There are many reasons for menstrual disorders in women, such as qi stagnation type menstrual delay, phlegm obstruction type menstrual delay, blood deficiency type menstrual delay, etc. Each type of menstrual delay will basically cause abdominal pain, and patients can also detect menstrual delay and physical discomfort in time. Delayed menstruation is a sign of menstrual disorder, so everyone should adjust their body in time.

Symptoms of delayed menstruation include menstruation being more than 7 days later than the normal cycle. The symptoms of delayed menstruation are also related to the physical condition of women. According to women with qi stagnation, phlegm obstruction, blood deficiency, and kidney deficiency, the symptoms of delayed menstruation are as follows:

1. Qi stagnation type delayed menstruation:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, scanty menstrual flow, normal color or dark red with clots, and poor discharge.

Systemic symptoms: depression, or lower abdominal distension and pain, or breast distension, chest and flank pain, slightly dark tongue, or thin yellow tongue coating.

2. Delayed menstruation due to phlegm obstruction:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, light-colored and mucous menstrual fluid, and excessive vaginal discharge before and after menstruation.

Systemic symptoms: obesity, dizziness, palpitations, abdominal distension, nausea, cough with lots of sputum, poor appetite and eating less, fat tongue with teeth marks, and greasy white tongue coating.

3. Delayed menstruation due to blood deficiency:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed, scanty, light in color, thin in consistency

Systemic symptoms: Pale or pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations and insomnia, even dull pain in the lower abdomen, which lasts for a long time and is prone to massage, pale lips and tongue, and a thin white coating.

4. Kidney deficiency type delayed menstruation:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, scanty and thin menstrual flow, dark or dark color menstrual blood.

Systemic symptoms : lumbar and sacral pain, frequent urination at night, excessive leucorrhea with thin and light color, or dizziness and tinnitus, pale tongue and thin white fur.

There are many reasons for delayed menstruation in girls. The main reasons for delayed menstruation include pregnancy, drug factors, mental factors, disease factors, and changes in living habits or living environment. The specific reasons for delayed menstruation in girls are:

1. Pregnancy

Generally, you can test whether you are pregnant 7 days after having sex. If a woman of childbearing age has had sexual intercourse before and her period is delayed for more than a week, she should consider whether she is pregnant. There are many ways to determine whether you are pregnant. Early pregnancy test strips are often used to determine it. In order to know accurately whether you are pregnant, you can go to the hospital for a blood HCG test.

2. Drug factors

Studies have shown that long-term use of birth control pills, emergency contraceptive pills, the gastrokinetic drug metoclopramide, drugs for treating hyperthyroidism, and the Chinese medicine tripterygium wilfordii glycosides can all cause delayed menstruation. For certain medications that may cause delayed menstruation, they should be taken reasonably under the guidance of a doctor if the need for treatment is ruled out.

3. Mental factors

Delayed menstruation is mostly related to mental stress. If a woman is too nervous or under too much work pressure, it may lead to delayed menstruation, dysmenorrhea, or even amenorrhea. Some women may experience abdominal distension, back pain, etc. during their menstrual period. These are all normal and there is no need to be overly nervous.