What causes heavy menstrual flow?

Menstruation is a common physiological cycle for women and is a normal phenomenon. However, some women have heavy menstrual flow, while some women have little menstrual flow. In fact, since each person's physical condition is different, the amount of menstrual flow is also different. If you suddenly have heavy menstrual flow, it is best to go to a regular hospital for relevant examinations in time. After finding out the cause, then symptomatic treatment to avoid worsening of the condition.

What's wrong with sudden heavy menstrual flow?

1. Due to excessive secretion of ovarian estrogen, long-term stimulation of the endometrium causes it to proliferate beyond the normal thickness, resulting in increased bleeding during shedding, such as anovulatory functional uterine bleeding.

2. Excessive menstrual flow in women may be caused by uterine fibroids. Endometrial bleeding is the main symptom of uterine fibroids, but in the vast majority of patients, endometrial bleeding often manifests as periodic increased menstrual bleeding and irregular menstruation. If your menstruation suddenly becomes irregular, or if one of the following situations occurs, you should be alert: excessive menstruation, cyclical bleeding, often accompanied by prolonged menstruation; shortened menstrual cycle, heavy menstrual flow; irregular bleeding, menstruation loses its normal periodicity, the menstrual flow varies from time to time, and it is continuous and lasts for a long time.

3. Inflammation of the reproductive organs. If there is heavy vaginal bleeding accompanied by lower abdominal or lower back pain, increased vaginal discharge, abnormal color or odor, fever, and frequent and painful urination, you should consider a reproductive organ infection.

4. Cervical hypertrophy. Cervical hypertrophy is a type of chronic cervicitis. The main symptoms include heavy menstruation, purulent leucorrhea, dysmenorrhea, pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral region, or frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, and bleeding during sexual intercourse. Severe cases can cause endometritis, salpingo-oophoritis, and fallopian tube adhesions, leading to infertility and increasing the risk of cervical cancer.

5. Blood disease. Such as: leukemia, aplastic anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, pernicious anemia, etc.

What should I pay attention to when my menstrual flow is heavy?

1. Keep a happy mood, avoid worry, depression and anger, which can damage the liver and spleen, or excessive emotions, which can turn the five desires into fire and disturb the Chong and Ren meridians, causing menstrual diseases.

2. Add or remove clothes and bedding appropriately according to changes in climate and environment. Avoid keeping the room too cold or too cool to avoid attracting external evil, damaging blood and qi, and causing menstrual diseases.

3. Combine work and rest, and avoid overwork and strenuous exercise, as this can easily damage your spleen and lead to menstrual diseases caused by dysfunction of control or biochemical deficiencies.

4. Pay attention to your diet and eat at regular times and in regular amounts. Avoid overeating or excessive consumption of fatty, greasy, raw, cold, spicy, and dry foods to avoid damaging the spleen and stomach and causing biochemical deficiencies, or accumulation of dampness and phlegm, or cooling or burning blood, which may cause menstrual disorders.

It is not necessarily a good thing for women to suddenly have heavy menstrual flow. To know the specific cause, it is best to have a detailed physical examination and then further confirm the diagnosis. Heavy or light menstrual flow are both gynecological abnormalities. If a woman does not know how much normal menstrual flow is, she might as well pay more attention to her menstrual flow, compare it for a few months, and then analyze the situation.