What to do when you have back pain during menstruation

What should I do if I have lower back pain during menstruation?

There will be back pain during menstruation. If the pain symptoms are not very severe, it can be relieved by local hot compresses and local massage. When physical methods do not achieve good therapeutic effects, you can consider using painkillers. If you have endometriosis, you can consider surgery and drug treatment.

1. Local treatment

If you have back pain during menstruation, it may be caused by a sudden increase in prostaglandins in the body, which can be treated with local hot compresses. Most families have warm packs, which can be heated and placed on the abdomen and waist to help relieve back pain and abdominal pain. It can be treated with local massage, or you can choose moxibustion treatment.

2. Drug treatment

If the effect of physical or local methods to relieve low back pain during menstruation is not very obvious, and the pain symptoms are very severe and unbearable, drug treatment is needed. Generally speaking, you can choose to use ibuprofen and other painkillers to relieve the symptoms of low back pain, but these drugs cannot be used for a long time. Do not choose these drugs to deal with pain every time. It is easy to become dependent on them, and there is no way to help you solve the problem fundamentally.

If there is pelvic inflammatory disease or endometriosis, it is caused by these diseases, menstrual low back pain, which can be treated with various medications or surgery. Currently, we can use these diseases to try to find our own solutions instead of blindly using painkillers.

If you have lower back pain during menstruation, the first thing to do is to find out the cause, and then deal with it accordingly. You should also have a good rest during your menstrual period and try not to do any physical work. You should also relax your mind and not put too much pressure on yourself. You should also trust the doctor's treatment method.