What happens if I have heavy menstrual flow?

Menstruation is like a woman’s good friend, and it comes to visit her every month. However, many female friends will have certain troubles with irregular menstruation. Too much or too little menstrual flow is not good. Excessive menstruation is likely caused by some gynecological diseases. If gynecological diseases are not treated in time, they will pose a great threat to women's health. Below, the editor will introduce to you several common causes of increased menstrual flow.

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: excessive menstruation, cyclical bleeding, often accompanied by prolonged menstruation; shortened menstrual cycle, heavy menstrual flow; irregular bleeding, menstruation loses its normal periodicity, the menstrual flow varies from time to time, 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.

Regular menstruation can make women more confident and is also very helpful for women's beauty and skin care. Therefore, female friends must pay attention to many things during menstruation. They cannot eat raw or cold food to avoid blood clots. At the same time, women with heavy menstrual flow should also be careful not to eat hot foods.