How to distinguish between menstruation and bleeding

The bleeding conditions during menstruation are similar to vaginal bleeding, so many women cannot distinguish whether they are bleeding from the vagina or menstruating. If bleeding occurs in a woman's lower body, it is usually caused by gynecological diseases, so women must pay close attention at this time. Next, I will explain to you in detail how to distinguish between menstruation and bleeding.

1. How to distinguish between menstruation and bleeding

1. First, you need to check whether you are pregnant, because pregnancy may also cause vaginal bleeding.

2. To distinguish between vaginal bleeding and menstruation, you need to know whether your menstruation is regular, when your menstruation usually occurs, how many days it lasts, and the amount of menstruation. Non-menstrual bleeding is abnormal vaginal bleeding.

3. Vaginal bleeding can come from the vulva, vagina, cervix, and endometrium, but most cases come from the uterus. There are many causes of abnormal vaginal bleeding, such as ovarian endocrine dysfunction, abnormal ginseng, tumors, reproductive tract inflammation, injury, foreign bodies, or systemic diseases.

4. Age is an important reference value for the identification of vaginal bleeding: vaginal bleeding in young girls and postmenopausal women (elderly women) is mostly considered to be malignant tumors; vaginal bleeding in adolescent women is first considered to be dysfunctional uterine bleeding (abbreviated as functional uterine bleeding); women of childbearing age are mostly considered to have pregnancy-related diseases.

2. How to distinguish between menstrual blood and pregnancy bleeding

First of all, it is not easy to distinguish these two diseases simply from the symptoms. They can only be confirmed after auxiliary examinations, because miscarriage in early pregnancy, especially spontaneous abortion, and menstruation have basically the same symptoms. Menstruation should have normal cycles, periods, volume, color and quality. If after pregnancy is confirmed, the amount of vaginal bleeding is less than the normal menstrual amount and is accompanied by abdominal pain, it can be confirmed that it is not menstruation. It may be pregnancy bleeding. Pregnancy bleeding is generally not a lot, but it may last longer, whereas menstrual bleeding is generally heavier in the first two days.