What is the reason for delayed menstruation and breast swelling?

Delayed menstruation brings a lot of troubles to women. On the one hand, delayed menstruation has an impact on women's bodies. The long-term accumulation of waste in the uterus will hinder uterine function. On the other hand, delayed menstruation makes it inconvenient for women to prepare for the upcoming menstruation, and they are often caught off guard. Some women also experience breast swelling when their period is delayed. So, what causes breast swelling due to delayed menstruation?

What causes breast pain during delayed menstruation?

It may be caused by the following three reasons:

The first is late menstruation accompanied by breast pain. Gynecologists say: It is usually normal for menstruation to be advanced or delayed by a week, and women do not need to worry; as for breast pain, it is because when women are approaching their menstrual period, the estrogen level increases, which promotes breast development, so they will feel breast pain.

The second type is cessation of menstruation and breast pain. In this case, there is an 80% chance that you are pregnant. If a woman's menstruation has stopped for more than ten days and she experiences symptoms similar to pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, frequent urination, and high body temperature, it is best to go to the pharmacy immediately to buy a pregnancy test stick or early pregnancy test paper to check whether she is pregnant by testing the HCG component in the urine.

The third type is that you may not be pregnant, but if you do not have your period, you should consider that it is caused by irregular menstruation. The symptoms of irregular menstruation include abnormalities in menstrual color, menstrual cycle, menstrual volume, etc. The cause should be identified in time and actively treated, as they will affect future fertility.

Symptoms of delayed menstruation

Symptoms of delayed menstruation include menstruation being more than 7 days later than the normal cycle. The symptoms of delayed menstruation are also related to the physical condition of women. According to women with qi stagnation, phlegm obstruction, blood deficiency, and kidney deficiency, the symptoms of delayed menstruation are as follows:

1. Qi stagnation type delayed menstruation:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, scanty menstrual flow, normal color or dark red with clots, and poor discharge.

Systemic symptoms: depression, or lower abdominal distension and pain, or breast distension, chest and flank pain, slightly dark tongue, or thin yellow tongue coating.

2. Delayed menstruation due to phlegm obstruction:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, light-colored and mucous menstrual fluid, and excessive vaginal discharge before and after menstruation.

Systemic symptoms: obesity, dizziness, palpitations, abdominal distension, nausea, cough with lots of sputum, poor appetite and eating less, fat tongue with teeth marks, and greasy white tongue coating.

3. Delayed menstruation due to blood deficiency:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed, scanty, light in color, thin in consistency

Systemic symptoms: Pale or pale complexion, dizziness, palpitations and insomnia, even dull pain in the lower abdomen, which lasts for a long time and is prone to massage, pale lips and tongue, and a thin white coating.

4. Kidney deficiency type delayed menstruation:

Menstrual symptoms: delayed menstruation, scanty and thin menstrual flow, dark or dark color menstrual blood.

Systemic symptoms: lumbar and sacral pain, frequent urination at night, excessive leucorrhea with thin and light color, or dizziness and tinnitus, pale tongue and thin white fur.