Reasons for prolonged periods

Everyone should understand their own menstrual conditions, because whether the menstrual period is healthy or not actually reflects women's physical health problems. Therefore, when women find any abnormal phenomenon, they must not ignore it. Some women always have prolonged menstruation. At this time, you need to consider whether it is caused by some disease problems. The following will introduce to you the reasons that lead to prolonged menstruation.

Normal menstrual bleeding usually lasts for 3 to 7 days. If it exceeds 10 days, it can be considered as prolonged bleeding. Excessive menstrual bleeding can be caused by many reasons, the most common ones are: fatigue during menstruation, cold, endocrine disorders, IUD insertion, gynecological inflammation, uterine fibroids, blood disease, liver or kidney disease, endometrial abnormalities, etc. After the bleeding stops, it is necessary to check six sex hormones and B-ultrasound to find out the cause and then treat it symptomatically. Use hemostatic drugs when necessary. Pay attention to keeping warm and resting during menstruation.

The causes of irregular menstruation are: 1. Neuroendocrine dysfunction: mainly the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis is unstable or defective; 2. Organic lesions and drugs, including local inflammation of the reproductive organs, tumors, developmental abnormalities, malnutrition, intracranial diseases, other endocrine dysfunctions, such as thyroid and adrenal cortex dysfunction, diabetes, liver disease, blood disease, etc. 3. Drugs for the treatment of mental illness, endocrine preparations or those who use intrauterine contraceptive devices can all cause irregular menstruation. Certain occupations, such as long-distance runners, are prone to amenorrhea. In addition, some abnormal bleeding during pregnancy is often mistaken for irregular menstruation.

It is abnormal that the menstrual period is always long-lasting, because the normal duration of a menstrual period is 3 to 7 days. If it exceeds this range and the amount of bleeding is heavy, then women need to pay attention to a comprehensive physical examination, because this is a typical menstrual disorder problem.