Delayed and light menstruation

For women, there are always a few inconvenient days every month. When the menstrual period comes, different conditions will appear according to different physical conditions. Some women will experience back pain, abdominal pain, and dysmenorrhea during the menstrual period, while some women will have small and irregular menstruation. This may be because some women now like to eat spicy food, stay up late, and other irregular daily habits, which may lead to delayed menstruation.

Question 1

Oligomenorrhea means that the menstrual cycle is normal, but each menstrual period is shorter than 3 days and the amount of menstrual blood does not exceed 20 ml each time. The amount of menstrual blood is light or dark in color. 1. Excessive and scanty menstruation is caused by hypopituitarism, insufficient ovarian estrogen secretion, low estrogen levels in the body, insufficient endometrial proliferation and thin endometrium; long-term use of contraceptives can also cause it. 2. Endometrial lesions such as endometrial dysplasia, rough curettage that damages the endometrium, and endometrial tuberculosis. 3. There are also individual differences, that is, after menarche, the menstrual flow is always very small, but ovulation and reproductive functions are normal. 4. Progressive menstrual reduction is often a precursor to amenorrhea.

Question 2

Oligomenorrhea refers to a period with less menstrual volume than normal, which is mostly caused by blood deficiency, qi stagnation, blood stasis, cold stagnation in the blood, phlegm obstruction and other reasons.

The causes and pathologies of oligomenorrhea can be both deficiency and excess. Deficiency cases are mostly due to physical weakness, serious illness, long-term illness, blood loss, or diet and fatigue that damage the spleen, or sexual fatigue that damages the kidneys, which leads to deficiency of the blood sea and reduced menstrual volume; excess cases are mostly due to blood stasis in the body, or phlegm and dampness stagnation, which block the meridians, poor blood circulation, and reduced menstrual blood volume.

If the menstrual cycle is basically normal but the menstrual flow is significantly reduced, or even stops with a few drops, or the menstrual period is shortened to less than two days and the menstrual flow is also small, it is called oligomenorrhea, also known as scanty menstruation. It is generally believed that menstrual volume less than 30 ml is considered oligomenorrhea. This disease is often a precursor to amenorrhea. Oligomenorrhea may be associated with cycle abnormalities, such as scanty menstrual flow or scanty menstrual flow at the end of the menstrual cycle.

If oligomenorrhea is caused by oral contraceptives or intramuscular contraceptive injections, the medication should be stopped and the disease can be treated according to the discussion and treatment of this disease. The diagnosis of oligomenorrhea generally refers to two or more consecutive occurrences. If the flow is always normal but suddenly becomes less, attention should be paid to whether it is a threatened miscarriage in the early stages of pregnancy, or a small amount of vaginal bleeding due to ectopic pregnancy. Further examinations must be done to differentiate.