Can patients with adenomyosis be anemic?

Because women have menstruation, the probability of anemia in women is much higher than that in men. I believe many people want to know, then, can patients with adenomyosis be anemic?

Patients with adenomyosis not only suffer from severe dysmenorrhea, but are also more likely to suffer from anemia.

Patients with adenomyosis should eat less of the following foods:

1. Don’t be greedy for cold food: Women with poor gastrointestinal function should avoid eating raw, cold foods before and during menstruation, such as cold drinks, raw cold dishes, crabs, snails, clam meat, leeches, pears, persimmons, watermelons, bananas, bitter melon, mangosteen, mung beans, cucumbers, water chestnuts, grapefruits, oranges, etc., so as to avoid cold stagnation and blood stasis which may aggravate dysmenorrhea.

2. Avoid eating sour foods: Acidic foods have astringent and astringent effects, which make the blood stagnant and not conducive to the smooth flow and discharge of menstrual blood. Therefore, people with dysmenorrhea should try to avoid eating such foods during menstruation. Acidic foods include rice vinegar, hot and sour vegetables, kimchi, pomegranates, green plums, bayberries, strawberries, carambolas, cherries, sour dates, mangoes, apricots, plums, lemons, etc.

3. Don’t eat spicy food: Some patients with dysmenorrhea have heavy menstrual flow. Eating spicy, warm and irritating food will aggravate pelvic congestion and inflammation, or cause excessive contraction of uterine muscles, which will aggravate dysmenorrhea. Therefore, patients with dysmenorrhea should try to eat less or no spicy food such as chili pepper, pepper, garlic, onion, ginger, leek, chicken soup, durian and spicy condiments.

4. Do not eat foods that are hot, coagulant, or contain hormones, such as longan, red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, and royal jelly. It is not suitable to eat mutton, shrimp, crab, eel, salted fish, black fish, etc.

Unnecessary gynecological examinations should be avoided during menstruation. When an examination is necessary, be careful not to squeeze the uterus too hard to prevent the endometrium from being squeezed into the fallopian tubes and causing endometrial implantation in the abdominal cavity.