How many days can a woman's menstruation be delayed?

Women's menstruation is generally a signal. Sometimes some gynecological diseases can often be manifested through menstruation, so the delay of menstruation directly reflects women's health problems. However, some people often have some menstrual irregularities. The reasons for irregular menstruation at different ages are also very different. Generally, normal women's menstruation is delayed by up to one week, otherwise other factors should be considered.

(1) Adolescent girls: The most common cause of delayed menstruation is anovulatory menstrual disorder due to the incomplete regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. Its characteristics are infrequent and irregular menstruation, sudden irregular menstruation, excessive menstruation and prolonged menstruation after a short period of amenorrhea. The symptoms will gradually ease with age after the gonad axis matures, but those with severe symptoms still need treatment.

(2) Women who are married: Women who are married and have delayed menstruation should first consider whether they are pregnant. After ruling out the possibility of pregnancy, the cause should be investigated. Especially for those with severe symptoms, the cause of menstrual disorders can be divided into organic and functional types.

(3) Perimenopausal women: Perimenopausal women’s ovaries decline, their reproductive function gradually declines, and their hormone secretion becomes disordered, which leads to irregular menstruation cycles. It is characterized by short-term delayed menstruation, excessive endometrial hyperplasia, excessive and irregular menstruation, and continuous spotting, which often requires curettage or the use of sex hormone drugs to stop bleeding.

If a woman's menstruation is delayed for more than a week, it is considered menstrual irregularity. Modern women all focus on losing weight, but excessive weight loss will cause insufficient nutrient intake in the body, and then reduce the synthesis of female hormones. Long-term mental depression or psychological factors can also cause delayed menstruation. So we all need to have some rules in our lives.