Delayed menstruation and lower abdominal pain

If there is any female friend whose menstruation is always on time and accurate, it is estimated that there will be very few. Generally, females’ menstruation is either early or delayed. So what causes abdominal distension and pain when menstruation is delayed? For the health of female friends, please read the content below to learn more about it.

What is the reason for delayed menstruation?

The reasons for delayed menstruation mainly need to be considered from five aspects: one is pregnancy, two is drug factors, three is mental factors, four is changes in lifestyle or living environment, and five is the impact of diseases.

Under normal circumstances, a woman's menstrual cycle is 28-30 days. If a woman's menstrual period is advanced or delayed by about 7 days, it is still within the normal range. The length of the natural cycle varies from person to person, but if the menstrual period has not come normally after more than 7 days, it is considered to be delayed.

A normal menstrual period lasts 3-7 days. If a female friend has sexual intercourse, uses condoms for contraception, and does not experience cracking or leakage, the possibility of pregnancy is not high. The detection rate of early pregnancy test strips is also low, and women with delayed menstruation are advised to conduct close observation. If the menstruation is delayed for about 10 days, you can go to the hospital for a blood HCG test to confirm whether you are pregnant.

What causes delayed menstruation and lower abdominal pain?

1. When menstruation is delayed and lower abdominal pain occurs, you should first consider whether you are pregnant. If you are not pregnant after examination, you need to consider whether it is caused by gynecological disease. Generally, some gynecological diseases can also cause irregular menstruation and abnormal leucorrhea, and general discomfort before, during, and after the menstrual period.

2. If your menstruation is delayed and you have lower abdominal pain, you should go to the hospital for a check-up. Generally, pelvic inflammatory disease can cause abdominal pain. If pelvic inflammatory disease is severe, it can also cause many other uncomfortable symptoms, such as headache, fever, loss of appetite, etc.

3. There are many reasons for irregular, early or delayed menstruation, sometimes due to taking certain medicines before menstruation, such as emergency contraception. The ingredients in these medicines can cause delayed menstruation, or women with other chronic diseases who are taking some medicines during the treatment of the disease, if they take them after the menstrual period, it will cause delayed menstruation.

Frequently Asked Questions:

If the irregular menstruation is only caused by medication, you can observe it for two months. If it returns to normal after the medication is stopped, you do not need to go to the hospital for a check-up. If there is a long-term irregularity and accompanied by symptoms of gynecological diseases, you need to go to the hospital for a check-up.