What symptoms do you experience before your period?

A woman's menstrual cycle is about every 30 days, and some changes will occur in the body before menstruation comes. For example, some women may experience breast pain, chest tightness, shortness of breath, thirst, excessive secretions, etc. These are some symptoms before menstruation, but due to individual differences, each woman's physical changes before menstruation are different.

Symptoms before menstruation:

1. Many healthy women will also experience some discomfort and temperament changes, and they will know that their period is coming soon, such as a feeling of pelvic heaviness, back pain, headache, breast swelling, edema, irritability, and anger, which is called premenstrual discomfort. The disease is generally mild and does not require treatment. However, some women have severe premenstrual symptoms that affect their work and life, which is called premenstrual syndrome.

2. Premenstrual syndrome usually occurs 7 to 14 days before menstruation, is most severe 2 to 3 days before menstruation, and disappears or is significantly alleviated after menstruation. Discomfort is multifaceted and varies from person to person. Some women have more prominent edema, some women have more obvious breast pain, and some women mainly have mental symptoms. Sometimes, several symptoms coexist and therefore vary in severity.

3. Edema usually occurs one week before menstruation. Edema may also occur at other times and worsen before menstruation. Weight gain due to edema. Edema may also be accompanied by headache, runny nose, heaviness in the lower limbs, abdominal distension, constipation, etc. Breast pain can occur before or after menstruation. There are small nodules in the breasts, which are painful to touch. The pain becomes better after menstruation, but reappears before the next menstruation.

4. The main symptoms before menstruation are: There are obvious changes in leucorrhea before menstruation, and the most obvious symptom is the increase of leucorrhea. Before menstruation, the pelvic cavity is congested and the blood flow to the cervix and vagina increases, so the secretion of leucorrhea is more than usual.

5. When the period is approaching, the discharge may be a little pink, and then gradually turn into blood, which is menstruation. After the menstruation is over, the blood flow in the uterus and vagina returns to normal and the leucorrhea also decreases. In this case, increased vaginal discharge is normal because it is caused by the influence of estrogen. It is also normal to have increased vaginal discharge at other times, such as before intercourse or after pregnancy.