Why is my menstrual period so thick?

When you feel that your menstrual period is very thick, it is definitely an abnormal situation. If you ignore it at this time, your symptoms will only become more serious, so you must go for a check-up. Otherwise, female friends may experience severe dysmenorrhea symptoms every time they have their period, which will affect their normal life and needs to be improved.

1. Abnormal menstruation

Ovulatory menstruation has a regular cycle, with the interval from the first day of menstruation to the first day of the next menstruation, generally averaging 25-38 days. An abnormal menstrual cycle is shorter than 21 days or longer than 39 days, and is mostly anovulatory menstruation. A menstrual cycle shorter than 21 days is called menorrhagia; a menstrual cycle longer than 39 days is called oligomenorrhea; and the absence of menstruation during this period is called amenorrhea.

2. Abnormal menstrual flow

Normal menstrual bleeding[3] should be between 20 and 60 ml, and bleeding exceeding 80 ml is considered menorrhagia. Based on the rough estimate of sanitary napkin usage, no more than two packs (10 pieces per pack) are used per cycle. If 3 packs of sanitary napkins are not enough and almost every sanitary napkin is soaked, it means that the menstrual flow is too heavy. On the contrary, if you cannot use up a pack every time during your period, it means your menstrual flow is too light and you should see a doctor as soon as possible.

3. Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea refers to cramping pain in the lower abdomen before, during, or after menstruation, accompanied by general discomfort that seriously affects daily life. There are two types: primary and secondary. If no obvious abnormalities of the pelvic organs are found after a detailed gynecological clinical examination, it is called primary dysmenorrhea, also known as functional dysmenorrhea. Secondary dysmenorrhea refers to those with obvious lesions in the reproductive organs, such as endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, tumors, etc.

4. Amenorrhea

There has never been any menstruation or the menstrual cycle has been established and then stopped. Those who have not had menstruation after the age of 18 are called primary amenorrhea, and those who have had menstruation but stopped for 6 months or 3 cycles are called secondary amenorrhea. There are two causes of amenorrhea: functional and organic. Functional amenorrhea is caused by dysfunction of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis; organic factors include genital dysplasia, tumors, trauma, chronic wasting diseases (such as tuberculosis), etc.