Lifestyle tips to relieve menstrual cramps

Dysmenorrhea brings great trouble to the lives of many women. Patients can use the following tips to relieve the pain.

1. Prevent constipation

The stress response caused by constipation will speed up the peristalsis of the digestive tract, thereby stimulating the tense contraction of the uterus, causing women to experience short-term severe pain and aggravating the symptoms of dysmenorrhea. Therefore, women with dysmenorrhea symptoms should focus on a light and easily digestible diet in daily life, eat less spicy and other irritating foods, such as peppers, raw onions, raw garlic, etc., keep bowel movements smooth, and avoid severe dysmenorrhea caused by violent peristalsis of the digestive tract.

2. Estrogen supplementation

Women's tolerance to pain is closely related to the level of estrogen in the body. Supplementing more foods rich in estrogen can effectively improve women's tolerance to dysmenorrhea and relieve pain to a certain extent. Foods rich in estrogen include beans, red dates, donkey-hide gelatin, wheat, black rice, lentils, onions, lemons, corn, bananas, quail eggs, apples, pomegranates, ginkgo, fennel, sunflower seeds, etc.

3. Special positions

When dysmenorrhea occurs, women can adopt a head-low-hip-high posture to effectively relieve pain, that is, kneel on the bed, raise the hips, and maintain this posture for a few minutes. This can improve the retroverted uterus, facilitate the outflow of menstrual blood, relieve the symptoms of pelvic congestion, and thus relieve dysmenorrhea and discomfort in the waist and back.