Causes and treatment of irregular menstruation

Irregular menstruation is a gynecological disease that many women will encounter. Its characteristic is that it affects the normal state of menstruation. In addition to changes in the amount, it will also affect the normal cycle, causing early or delayed menstruation. If you have irregular menstruation, you should actively look for the cause and solve it in a targeted manner to achieve the best improvement effect. So, what are the causes and treatments of irregular menstruation? Let’s take a look below.

Causes of irregular menstruation

1. Irregular work and rest

Due to the influence of life or work, people often stay up late or have reversed work and rest schedules. This bad habit can easily lead to endocrine disorders and cause irregular menstruation.

2. Excessive weight loss

Uncontrolled weight loss or excessive exercise will result in the body not consuming enough protein and fat, thus affecting the normal synthesis of estrogen in the body, resulting in too little menstrual flow or amenorrhea.

3. Emotional factors

If you are in depression, anxiety or great mental stress for a long time, the function of the hypothalamus will be damaged, the ovaries will be unable to secrete hormones and ovulate, which can easily lead to irregular menstruation.

4. Abortion

Multiple abortions can lead to a thin endometrium, uterine damage that is difficult to repair, and even cause menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, and infertility.

5. Uterine fibroids

Women with uterine fibroids usually experience irregular menstruation, mainly manifested by heavy menstrual flow and excessively long menstrual periods. The severity of the symptoms depends on the severity of the uterine fibroids.

6. Thyroid problems

If the thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, it can also affect ovarian function and cause menstruation to become irregular.

7. Impact of IUD

The IUD is a foreign body outside the body that can irritate the female endometrium, leading to irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, etc.

How to regulate irregular menstruation

In addition to drug treatment, regulating menstruation also requires a healthy lifestyle, eating less frozen food, maintaining adequate nutrition, and avoiding excessive dieting. At the same time, learn to regulate and release your stress, and ensure adequate rest time.

1. Keep a happy spirit and avoid mental stimulation and mood swings. Some women may experience lower abdominal distension, back pain, breast tenderness, mild diarrhea, fatigue, drowsiness, emotional instability, irritability or depression during menstruation. These are all normal and there is no need to be overly nervous.

2. Pay attention to hygiene and prevent infection. Pay attention to the hygiene of the external genitalia. Keep warm and avoid cold stimulation. Avoid overwork. People with heavy menstrual bleeding should avoid eating brown sugar.

3. Prevent excessive dieting, quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption, pay attention to your own dietary structure, eat more lean meat, cereals, dark green leafy vegetables and calcium-rich foods, avoid overeating raw and cold foods, keep a good mood, strengthen exercise, and improve physical fitness.

4. Make sure your underwear is soft, made of cotton, and has good ventilation and air permeability. Wash and change it frequently, and dry it in the sun.

5. Avoid eating raw, cold, sour, spicy and other irritating foods. Drink more boiled water to keep your bowel movements smooth. People with hot blood should eat more fresh fruits and vegetables before menstruation, and avoid eating things that stimulate fire such as onions, garlic, leeks, and ginger. People with qi and blood deficiency must increase their nutrition in daily life, such as milk, eggs, soy milk, pork liver, spinach, pork, chicken, lamb, etc., and avoid eating raw and cold fruits and vegetables.

6. If you have long-term menstrual irregularities, you should pay attention to dietary adjustments, such as drinking more black fungus and red date tea, strong tea and brown sugar drink, hawthorn and brown sugar drink, etc. If the symptoms still do not improve, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination in time to identify the cause so that you can follow the doctor's advice and receive targeted treatment as soon as possible.