What to do if your period is delayed by 10 days

Menstruation is very important for women. Normal menstruation in daily life will make us feel good. Under normal circumstances, a complete menstrual cycle of female friends is 28-30 days. If it is within the normal menstrual cycle, it is normal to be advanced or delayed by about 7 days. Don’t worry too much. Everyone’s situation is different, but have you ever encountered a situation where your period is delayed by 10 days?

If there are no unexpected menstrual cycles in women, they are generally normal and menstruation will come on time every month. However, if one day you find that your period is delayed by 10 days, this should attract our attention. It may be due to pregnancy or other factors.

There are two main reasons for delayed menstruation: pregnancy and irregular menstruation. If your period is delayed for 10 days, you must check it out. For example, you can do an ultrasound, urine HCG test, or blood test to understand the specific situation in detail and find the cause.

1. Pregnancy: Ten days after the menstruation is delayed, you can use the early pregnancy test strips to test your urine at home. If the result is positive, it means that you are very likely pregnant. However, the early pregnancy test strips cannot be used as a standard to determine whether you are pregnant, because the accuracy rate of the early pregnancy test strips is only 55%-73%, so you cannot trust the test results of the early pregnancy test strips too much.

2. Caused by surgery: If you have had an abortion or medical abortion, your menstruation may be affected to a certain extent. The time of menstruation depends on the recovery of the endometrial wall, because some intrauterine surgeries may also cause cervical adhesions, leading to menstrual blood stasis and delayed menstruation.

3. Taking birth control pills: This point cannot be ignored. A woman's menstruation is delayed by 10 days, which may be related to the long-term use of birth control pills. This is because long-term use of birth control pills can cause menstrual cycle disorders, irregular menstruation, and even amenorrhea in women, thereby causing symptoms of infertility. Therefore, it is generally better for women to take less or no birth control pills.

4. Other factors: If women have these conditions, it will also affect their endocrine system and cause delayed menstruation, such as irregular living habits, excessive mental tension, high stress, or environmental changes. Menstruation is caused by hormones secreted by the ovaries that stimulate the endometrium. If the hormones secreted by the ovaries are controlled by the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, any abnormality in the ovaries, pituitary gland or hypothalamus will affect menstruation.

If the menstrual period is delayed by 10 days, we should first consider whether we are pregnant and check whether we have taken safety measures during our last sexual intercourse. If we are not pregnant, we should undergo some gynecological examinations to see if we have any gynecological diseases. After all, some gynecological diseases can also cause menstrual disorders.