What causes irregular menstruation? What should I do if my menstrual cycle is prolonged?

Irregular menstruation is a common gynecological disease in clinical practice. Its main clinical manifestation is abnormal bleeding during the menstrual cycle. Some patients also have organic lesions and functional abnormalities. Irregular menstruation not only causes gynecological inflammation in patients, but also affects their normal work and life. When irregular menstruation is severe, it can easily cause female infertility, miscarriage, etc. Experts mentioned that many women do not pay attention to regulating menstruation in the early stages, and only realize the importance of regulating menstruation when the condition becomes serious.

So what exactly causes irregular menstruation?

Experts say that the causes of menstrual disorders include organic lesions, such as endometrial polyps, adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, endometrial or endometrial lesions. Menstrual disorders refer to abnormal uterine bleeding in women of childbearing age, manifested by abnormal menstrual cycles and abnormal menstrual flow. Specifically, menstrual disorders are manifested by symptoms such as early menstruation, delayed menstruation, irregular menstruation, prolonged menstruation, menorrhagia, and oligomenorrhea.

In addition, there is another important factor that affects irregular menstruation, that is staying up late, but many women do not know how staying up late will affect menstruation. The chief physician of the expert said that staying up late will affect the female endocrine system, which is often manifested as abnormal menstruation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that staying up late often can easily damage the yin essence and consume the yin fluid, and female menstruation belongs to the yin part. Staying up late for a long time can lead to yin deficiency, less blood and even heat, resulting in menstrual disorders, such as less menstruation, early menstruation, delayed menstruation and even no menstruation. Staying up late will prolong the menstrual cycle, so what should women do at this time?

What should I do if my menstrual period is prolonged?

It is best to take Chinese medicine to regulate prolonged menstruation. Long menstrual cycle means that the menstrual cycle is greater than 35 days, or even only comes once every 3 to 5 months. This is undoubtedly a problem. The normal menstrual cycle is 21 to 35 days. If the menstrual cycle is within this time period, it is within the normal range and does not require special treatment. However, experts remind: If the menstrual cycle is greater than 35 days, or even only comes once every 3 to 5 months, you need to go to the hospital for further examination and cause treatment. Chinese medicine is also very effective in regulating menstruation, and can be regulated according to the patient's constitution.

Prolonged menstrual cycle is also a manifestation of irregular menstruation, which can be affected by many factors. When patients have irregular work and rest and irregular diet, they are prone to irregular menstruation and prolonged menstrual cycle. Therefore, when patients find that their menstrual cycle is prolonged, they must go to the hospital for a gynecological examination in time to find the cause and determine the correct treatment measures for the cause. In case of prolonged menstrual cycle, patients can also use a combination of Chinese and Western medicine treatment, which is more effective and has fewer side effects on women.