There are several types of dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea is very familiar to women, and there are many types of dysmenorrhea. Different types of dysmenorrhea will easily lead to different symptoms. In general, the abdomen will easily experience bloating and pain during menstruation. This type of dysmenorrhea will easily cause constipation or gastrointestinal discomfort, and the amount of menstrual blood is relatively small. Another situation is cold pain inside the abdomen, which may be caused by physical weakness.

Classification of Dysmenorrhea

Stomach bloating pain

This situation is prone to constipation. The more bloating and pain there is, the more likely it is to get constipated. The color of the menstrual blood will also become darker and feel sticky. Sometimes even dark blood clots will come out. The amount of menstrual blood is relatively large. The most important feature is that the menstrual period will last longer.

Cold pain in the stomach

As soon as the menstrual period comes, the abdomen feels cold. I can feel all the cold air drilling into the abdomen. The inside of the stomach feels cold and the dysmenorrhea is severe. If you pay attention to keeping warm or drinking some hot water, you will feel more comfortable. This is due to physical weakness.

Diarrhea and abdominal pain

It is mainly caused by too much stress, which will make people anxious and restless, prone to temper tantrums, and they will either become bulimic or anorexic. These two phenomena will repeat over and over again, and they will also burp and fart.

Different types of dysmenorrhea pain convey different messages to us, so women who experience multiple dysmenorrhea must pay attention to it.

4 common misconceptions about dysmenorrhea

1. Dysmenorrhea is just stomach pain

In addition to abdominal bloating, cold pain, stabbing pain, dull pain, heaviness, colic, and spasmodic pain, dysmenorrhea can also cause pain to spread to the waist, back, chest and other parts of the body, such as: breast pain, chest tightness and irritability, headache and dizziness, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain and diarrhea, etc. The psychology will also be affected to varying degrees, accompanied by symptoms such as panic, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, sweating, depression and irritability.

2. Abuse of painkillers

The causes of dysmenorrhea are very complicated. Whether it is primary or secondary dysmenorrhea, medication should be taken under the guidance of a doctor. Especially for secondary dysmenorrhea, if the medication is used improperly, it may cause serious harm, and abuse of medication may aggravate dysmenorrhea. You cannot simply rely on painkillers to relieve dysmenorrhea.

3. Dysmenorrhea can heal itself after marriage

Many women experience primary dysmenorrhea before marriage, which naturally improves or even disappears after marriage. They often think that dysmenorrhea is nothing to worry about, and that it will pass if they just endure it and will heal naturally in the future. In fact, primary dysmenorrhea does not involve any organic lesions, and most cases may improve naturally. Secondary dysmenorrhea usually occurs after marriage and is caused by obvious organic lesions. If the underlying disease is not treated, dysmenorrhea will not only not improve, but will gradually worsen and even cause serious complications.

4. Cover your stomach with a hot water bottle and rub it, and the stomach pain will go away

Many women with dysmenorrhea hold a hot water bottle and feel relief after covering it. In fact, warm therapy for dysmenorrhea is not suitable for everyone. It is effective for those with weak and cold constitutions, but it is not suitable for women with other constitutions to use this method to treat dysmenorrhea.

How to treat dysmenorrhea

1. Supplement foods rich in vitamin E

Vitamin E can help the reproductive organs function normally and promote metabolism. Foods containing vitamin E include grain germ, wheat germ, egg yolk, beans, nuts, leafy vegetables, sesame oil, etc. Eat more of these foods.

2. Food conditioning according to the symptoms

According to the different symptoms of dysmenorrhea, foods that warm the body, dissolve blood stasis, and replenish the body are given respectively.

① People with cold stagnation, qi stagnation, cold body and fear of cold should eat foods that warm the meridians and dispel cold, such as chestnuts, brown sugar, turmeric, fennel, Sichuan pepper, pepper, etc.

② For patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis, it is best