What are the reasons for delayed menstruation in women? How to regulate irregular menstruation in women?

Many women have irregular menstruation problems, and delayed menstruation is one of them. The following introduces the causes of delayed menstruation and methods to regulate irregular menstruation. If you want to know more, please read on.

More and more female friends are paying attention to their physical health. Only a healthy body can bring true beauty. However, some problems always bring troubles to female friends, and menstruation is one of them. Many women always have delayed menstruation. What are the reasons for delayed menstruation? What should I do if I have irregular menstruation? The following will introduce them one by one for your reference.

What are the reasons for delayed menstruation?

1. Pregnancy causes delayed menstruation. This reason is generally for women who have had sexual intercourse. If the menstrual cycle has always been normal, then a pregnancy test can be done on the fifth day after the delayed menstruation to confirm whether the woman is pregnant.

2. Surgery causes delayed menstruation. Abortion, medical abortion and intrauterine surgery damage the uterus and delay menstruation.

3. Side effects of drugs cause delayed menstruation. Long-term use of contraceptives can lead to endocrine disorders and also cause delayed menstruation.

4. Common chronic diseases such as chronic hepatitis, tuberculosis, tumors, hypothyroidism, etc. often cause delayed menstruation due to nutritional deficiencies.

5. Ovarian factors cause delayed menstruation. Polycystic ovary syndrome and premature ovarian failure can also cause delayed menstruation. Check in time and treat as soon as possible if abnormalities are found.

6. Mental stress, high pressure, environmental changes and other psychological factors, as well as some diseases that affect endocrine, can all cause delayed menstruation. This situation often causes breast pain, upset, depression and discomfort. Generally, no treatment is required, but sometimes menstruation is always delayed, and Chinese medicine can be taken for syndrome differentiation and conditioning.

7. Excessive dieting leads to delayed menstruation. Excessive dieting causes a large amount of fat and protein in the body to be consumed, resulting in estrogen synthesis disorders and obvious deficiency, which affects menstruation.

What to do if you have irregular menstruation?

1. Adjust your mindset.

Some patients suffer from irregular menstruation due to mental frustration or stress, so it is very important to maintain a good attitude.

2. Relieve mental stress.

To relieve mental stress, you can engage in some whole-body exercise, such as swimming and running, once or twice a week, 30 minutes each time.

3. Eat stress-reducing foods.

Eat more dishes that have a stress-relieving effect, such as bananas, cabbage, potatoes, shrimps, chocolate, ham, corn, tomatoes, etc.

4. Maintain good living habits.

Female friends should avoid staying up late, overwork, irregular life, etc. These problems will lead to irregular menstruation. Therefore, it is also important to maintain a good living habit.

5. Eat more iron-containing and nourishing foods.

If a woman's body is in a state of malnutrition, it is easy to cause irregular menstruation. Therefore, women should also have a reasonable diet in their daily life, avoid excessive weight loss, and supplement enough iron to avoid iron deficiency anemia.

6. Don’t diet.

Avoid excessive dieting, pay attention to your diet structure, eat more lean meat, cereals, dark green leafy vegetables and calcium-rich foods, and avoid overeating raw and cold foods. Keep a good mood, strengthen exercise, and improve physical fitness. If the symptoms still do not improve, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination in time to identify the cause so that you can follow the doctor's advice and receive targeted treatment as soon as possible.

7. Don’t smoke and drink less.

Certain ingredients and alcohol in cigarettes can interfere with physiological processes related to menstruation and cause menstrual disorders. Among women who smoke and drink excessively, 25% to 32% go to the hospital for treatment due to menstrual disorders. Among women who smoke more than one pack a day or drink more than 100 ml of strong liquor, the incidence of menstrual disorders is three times that of women who do not smoke or drink. Therefore, women should not smoke and drink less.

8. Eat a balanced diet and exercise more.

For patients with menstrual disorders due to weak constitution, their feet will swell before the menstrual period, they will be easily fatigued, have backaches, have little appetite, and are prone to colds or diarrhea. There is almost no menstrual pain, and the menstrual blood is light red, sometimes the amount is large and sometimes it is small, showing polarization. The menstrual period is short, and if it is complicated by anemia, the menstruation is likely to be late. The metabolism is poor, the edema is severe, especially the lower body is fat. A balanced diet, more exercise, and strengthening the physical fitness are the best treatments. You must eat breakfast, and it is not suitable to do strenuous exercise. If you want to exercise, it is best to take a walk after dinner.