What causes headaches during menstruation?

As a woman, because of the special body structure, every month you can't help but worry about those days. During the menstrual period, there will often be unexpected things of one kind or another. Menstrual headache is one of them. This kind of menstrual headache is very common and every girl may have it. So once you have this symptom of menstrual headache, what should we do? Let's take a look below:

Female migraine is closely related to the neurochemical effects of estrogen. Further research has confirmed that a sharp increase in estrogen levels in the body will produce a large amount of a neurochemical substance called "serum base". Serum base can effectively stimulate the brain nerves, causing irritability and emotional excitement, thus causing migraines. The "culprit" that often makes people unable to sleep and eat and suffers a lot turns out to be the serum base produced by estrogen! There are two other "accomplices" that "add fuel to the fire" in causing migraines. One is that women with migraines release a large amount of prostaglandins in their blood before and after menstruation, which can relax smooth muscles, dilate blood vessels, and disrupt the vasoconstriction and vasodilation functions; the other is called endorphin, which is induced by the "serum base", resulting in a decrease in the secretion of endorphin in the human body. The effect of endorphin is precisely analgesia and has an anesthetic-like effect. The increase and decrease of these two "accomplices" significantly aggravate the migraine, so medical experts jokingly call migraine "menstrual migraine." American experts believe that "women's migraine is related to fluctuations in the levels of estrogen and progesterone in their bodies." In a comparison of women with migraine and those without migraine, researchers found that 63% of women with migraine had menstrual cycle disorders, while only 47% of women without migraine; 40% of women with ovarian cysts developed migraine, while only 18% of those without migraine. About 41% of women with migraine have a history of hysterectomy, while only 27% of those without migraine have a history of hysterectomy; 42% of them have migraines triggered by "dysmenorrhea" or "premenstrual tension disorder", while only 20% of them do not have migraines.

In addition to the above-mentioned physiological factors, many bad living habits can also become potential hidden dangers of migraine, such as women's lack of exercise leading to chronic fatigue, extremely irregular sleep and insufficient sleep, improper diet, excessive mental stress, melancholy and introverted personality, as well as alcoholism and smoking. Scientific research analysis suggests that for female patients with migraines that persist for a long time and for which no cause can be found, they should go deep into the "gynecological circle" to "drag a net" to search for the root cause in order to eliminate the disease as soon as possible or prevent complications such as "cerebral stroke". In addition, medical experts have found that a happy marriage can greatly reduce the incidence of migraines. There are significantly fewer married women than unmarried women; and significantly fewer women in happy marriages than women in average marriages. Experts explain that a harmonious and moderate married life allows people to fully experience the pleasure of orgasm and the happiness of life. While feeling ecstatic, it promotes the release of a large amount of endorphins in the brain, thus producing a magical analgesic effect.

Through the above reading, we know the reasons for headaches during menstruation. Once we ourselves have symptoms of headaches during menstruation, it means that we may have too much mental stress and lack of sleep recently. If this symptom occurs, we should not panic too much or take it lightly. We must adjust in time and receive treatment according to the correct method.