What to eat for heavy menstruation

Every girl must experience a menstrual period every month. Due to different health conditions, the conditions of each menstrual period are different. Some girls have long menstrual periods, some have short menstrual periods, and some have heavy menstrual flow. So what should I do if my menstrual flow is heavy? What should I eat? What causes heavy menstrual flow? Let’s find out together!

What to do and what to eat when menstruation is heavy

Avoid salty food before menstruation:  

Salty food will increase the body's salt and water storage. Before menstruation, estrogen increases, making edema, headaches and other conditions more likely to occur. People who suffer from premenstrual anxiety, constipation, and low back pain should eat more foods that promote gastrointestinal function, such as raw vegetables, tofu, etc., to relieve the discomfort.

Eat more spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating foods in the early stage:

During this period, you will always feel back pain and loss of appetite. At this time, you might as well eat more spleen-strengthening, appetite-stimulating, and easy-to-digest foods, such as dates, noodles, barley porridge, etc. Spicy food and cold food are irritating, which can easily cause pelvic blood vessel constriction and lead to less menstrual flow or even sudden cessation, so they should be eaten less.

In the middle and late stages, more protein is added:

During this period, you should eat nutritious and easily digestible foods to supplement nutrients. Drinking more water and eating more vegetables can maintain smooth bowel movements. Take in enough protein, eat more meat, eggs, tofu, soybeans and other high-protein foods for lunch and dinner to replenish the nutrients lost during the menstrual period.

Causes of heavy menstrual flow

1. Due to excessive secretion of ovarian estrogen, or long-term stimulation of the uterine wall causing it to proliferate beyond normal thickness, bleeding increases during miscarriage. Such as male sexual dysfunction and abnormal uterine bleeding without ovulation.

2. Caused by organic gynecological diseases. Uterine fibroids, uterine polyps, etc.

3. Systemic symptoms. Such as: sepsis, aplastic anemia, low platelets, pernicious anemia, liver disease, hypertension, etc.

4. Mental factors, fatigue, childbirth, IUDs, etc. can also cause heavy menstrual flow.

What exactly causes heavy menstrual flow? It may be caused by illness, or it may be caused by excessive fatigue or mental depression. We should pay attention to physical nourishment and mental relaxation in our daily life, so that we can effectively reduce the amount of menstruation. In addition, this article also introduces several food taboos for those with heavy menstrual flow, hoping to be of some help to those friends with heavy menstrual flow.