Why is my period delayed for a week?

Women's menstruation is an important physiological phenomenon, and it can also directly reflect the condition of women's bodies. In particular, many women in life will experience irregular menstruation. When this happens, we must pay enough attention to it and find out the cause of the irregular menstruation when necessary. So what is the reason for the menstrual period to be delayed for a week? Let’s take a look at it below.

There are two main reasons for irregular menstruation:

1. Caused by neuroendocrine dysfunction: mainly due to unstable or defective function of the lower hindbrain-stomach-ovary axis, that is, menstrual disease.

2. Caused by organic diseases or drugs, including local inflammation, tumors and developmental abnormalities of the reproductive organs, malnutrition; intracranial diseases; other endocrine dysfunctions such as thyroid and adrenal cortex dysfunction, diabetes, Sheehan's disease, etc.; liver diseases; blood diseases, etc. Menstrual irregularities may occur in women who use drugs to treat mental illnesses, endocrine preparations, or intrauterine devices for contraception. Certain occupations, such as long-distance runners, are prone to amenorrhea. In addition, some abnormal bleeding during pregnancy is often mistaken for menstrual irregularities.

In clinical diagnosis of neuroendocrine dysfunctional menstrual disorders, the above-mentioned organic causes must be excluded.

Those few days every month are quite troublesome for women. It's good if it goes on regularly and without pain, but it's even more annoying for female friends if it doesn't go according to the rules. When many women have menstrual disorders, they only consider gynecological diseases such as uterine hypoplasia, acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, etc., but ignore lifestyle factors. Little do you know that many bad habits that you often don’t realize may be the culprit of menstrual disorders.

Through the above introduction, we know the reason why the menstrual period is delayed for a week. We must regulate our bodies in normal times. If there are abnormal conditions, we must actively treat them. During menstruation, we must pay attention to rest and avoid overwork or diet.