Hard lower abdomen and no menstruation

Women generally have certain feelings before their menstrual period. Some women may feel a hardness in their lower abdomen a few days before their period. But sometimes, even if you feel your lower abdomen is hard, your menstruation may not come after waiting for a while. This is still normal if the delay is not long. So, what is the reason for a hard lower abdomen and no menstruation?

Delayed menstruation means that a woman's menstruation comes more than 7 days later than the normal menstrual cycle. A normal cycle for women is 28-30 days. It is still within the normal range if it is about 7 days earlier or later. The length of the cycle varies from person to person. If a woman finds that her period is more than a week late, it is considered a late period. There are many factors that affect menstruation, including emotions, medications, lifestyle, etc., and the specific factors vary from person to person. But once it is more than 10 days, it is very likely that you are pregnant. It is best to go to the hospital for scientific examination. If you are not pregnant, you should also check whether you have gynecological diseases.

What is the reason for delayed menstruation?

The female menstrual cycle is 28-30 days, and the length of the cycle varies from person to person. Generally speaking, if menstruation is advanced or delayed by 7 days, it is within the normal range, but if menstruation does not come for more than 7 days, it is considered delayed menstruation. What are the reasons for delayed menstruation? The first reason for delayed menstruation is pregnancy, and the second is the impact of drug factors, mental factors, disease factors, changes in lifestyle or living environment on the menstrual cycle.

If a woman who used to have normal menstruation and sexual life has her menstruation delayed by 10 days, she is very likely pregnant. You can do a pregnancy test yourself, or go to the hospital to have blood drawn for an HCG test to confirm whether you are pregnant. Menstruation can provide signals to identify a woman's physical condition, so it is necessary to understand the main reason for her delayed menstruation. There are many reasons that affect delayed menstruation. Female friends should take care of themselves and pay more attention to whether their menstruation arrives as scheduled.

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.

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