Symptoms of high prostaglandins in women

We use the human body every day, but do you really understand it? If we want the human body to serve us better, we must first understand its structure and secrets. Today, let us explore the unknown human body together! What exactly is prostacyclin? Does a woman's body also produce prostacyclin? Why does prostacyclin cause menstrual pain and diarrhea in women?

Before menarche and during menstruation, in order to help uterine contractions and clear menstruation, women's uterine wall will secrete a large amount of prostacyclin. Studies have shown that prostacyclin can cause excessive contraction of the uterine smooth muscle, and the blood vessels running through the uterine smooth muscle may be squeezed and the vascular muscle atrophies, leading to uterine ischemia and hypoxia, which is the key cause of dysmenorrhea. In addition, prostacyclin can increase the sensitivity of human sensory nerves and has the effect of amplifying inflammatory pain. This is the basic principle of prostacyclin causing dysmenorrhea in women.

Women do not have male prostates but are terribly damaged by prostacyclin

In addition, during the process of uterine contractions, the surrounding intestines and stomach may also be irritated, which will also lead to increased gastrointestinal function. This is why many sisters have diarrhea during their "period".

However, it should be noted that the causes of women's menstrual pain are very complex. Endocrine factors are only one of the causes of menstrual pain. The position of the uterus, mental factors, unhealthy lifestyles, etc. may also cause menstrual pain.

Women do not have male prostates but are terribly damaged by prostacyclin

At this point, many people will ask, isn’t the male prostate an organ that only men have? Why does a woman’s body also produce prostacyclin?

In fact, prostacyclin and the male prostate have nothing to do with each other, they just look like a family. Prostaglandin (PG) is an active substance composed of unsaturated fats existing in animals and humans and has a variety of physiological functions. When it was first discovered, it existed in human semen. At that time, people believed that this substance was secreted by the male prostate, so it was named prostacyclin. However, after continuous research, it was found that male prostate secretions often contain a small amount of active substances, and many tissue cells in the body can produce prostacyclin. It is not exclusive to men.

Because prostacyclin can cause significant contraction of the uterus, it is used in induced abortion, abortion and contraception of full-term pregnancies; in addition, prostacyclin may also be effective in the treatment of asthma, gastrointestinal ulcers, shock, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. Smart humans have developed therapeutic drugs for different diseases based on the different effects of different types of prostacyclins on human organs, such as alprostadil, misoprostol, dinoprostol, carboprostol tromethamine, etc., allowing the little fairy prostacyclin to serve mankind and safeguard our health.