What causes stomach pain during menstruation?

Menstruation is a normal physiological problem for women. It is the result of the cyclical growth and development of the female ovaries and the subsequent shedding of some useless tissue, which causes bleeding. Women who are menstruating always experience discomfort, such as lower abdominal pain, fatigue, and anorexia. During menstruation, there will be stomach pain, which has a great impact on the human body. So what is the cause of stomach pain during menstruation?

Although we are all very familiar with the discomfort caused by stomach pain, female friends should not go on a blind diet if they experience stomach pain during menstruation. First of all, you must maintain a regular and light diet. In addition, avoid drinking coffee and taking fast-acting medications. These situations may have a certain impact on women's endocrine system and cause menstrual discomfort. There are many factors that cause stomach pain during menstruation. First of all, menstrual discomfort may induce stomach pain in women. This situation is mostly caused by severe abdominal pain, which is therefore ignored by women. In this case, women only need to adjust their mentality and get enough rest to recover, without the need for excessive treatment.

1. Eat at regular times and in regular amounts: Gastric acid secretion has a certain regularity, that is, the secretion peaks during the three meals a day. Frequent snacks will disrupt the working of the stomach and destroy the normal rhythm of gastric acid secretion, which can lead to stomach problems over time. Therefore, daily diet should be three meals a day, and do not eat too many snacks. The amount of food you eat at each meal should be moderate. Being too hungry or too full, or eating unevenly when hungry or full, will cause the stomach to function abnormally and cause indigestion. Therefore, you should develop a good habit of eating at regular times.

2. Appropriate food temperature: The food temperature should be “not too hot or too cold”, that is, generally kept at 40-50 degrees Celsius. Too cold food will shrink the blood vessels in the gastric mucosa, reduce the blood flow to the gastric mucosa, and affect the function of the stomach. At the same time, too cold food can stimulate the gastric peristalsis and even cause gastric spasm. Overheated food can burn the gastric mucosa, reduce the protective effect of the gastric mucosa, and dilate the blood vessels in the gastric mucosa, which can lead to gastric mucosal bleeding.