Many girls are aware of how severely and persistently their stomach hurts during menstruation. What to do in such situations? The first step is to understand why such unpleasant sensations arise in principle. Indeed, in the world there are thousands and even millions of representatives of the beautiful half of humanity, for whom “these days” are no different from any others.
Experts believe that there are several main reasons because of which the stomach hurts during menstruation. What to do and how to get rid of pain largely depends on them.
- High sensitivity. As you know, from the point of view of physiology, menstruation involves the removal of an egg from the body that has not been fertilized. In the process of cleaning the uterus, the muscles contract rhythmically, and some feel pain during this. Girls with particularly high sensitivity begin to feel discomfort a few days before.
- An unstable hormonal background. Excessive thyroid activity, a strong increase in estrogen and changes in the normal level of hormones can not only cause pain, but also affect the duration and profuse menstruation.
- Problems with the uterus. In cases where the uterus is improperly located, the presence of inflammation can cause pain. In the "risk zone" are also young, not yet giving birth to girls.
- Excitability of the central nervous system. Stress, nervous shocks, experiences can make the arrival of menstruation even more difficult and painful.
So, now you know why the stomach hurts during menstruation. What to do in such cases and how to quickly get rid of discomfort?
First of all, doctors advise to reduce the intensity and frequency of physical activity. During active movement, the heart begins to work faster, that is, the speed of blood circulation in the body also increases. As a result, bleeding intensifies, and pain can occur.
If you have periods, your stomach hurts very much, but you don’t want to take medications, you can use the old proven method, namely, apply something cold to the lower abdomen. As you know, from a high temperature, the vessels expand, and from a low, on the contrary, they narrow. When they are narrowed, less blood flows to them. If the sensitive areas are in the "radius of action", the pain will recede somewhat. However, gynecologists do not advise abusing this method.
When there is no strength to endure pain, you can drink a pill of pain medication. It is best if the gynecologist takes up the selection of suitable drugs.
Abdominal pain before or during menstruation can cause a specialist to be consulted. In which cases you need to visit a gynecologist?
- if the pain does not go away, but only intensifies;
- when you notice symptoms of inflammation: pain in the joints and / or muscles, profuse sweating, chills, fever;
- if there are symptoms of infection: a change in the nature of the discharge, an unpleasant smell, itching, discomfort in the genital tract shortly before menstruation, problems with urination, etc .;
- when the bleeding becomes too profuse (in particular, if you are forced to use more than one pad every hour).
In rare situations, you may need to call an ambulance. If you lose consciousness, experience severe dizziness every time you try to get to your feet, pieces of tissue of a grayish or silver shade are visible in the menstrual blood, there is a sharp intense pain in the lower abdomen, from which it is holding your breath, or there is a suspicion of pregnancy, it is best to cause ambulance. The problems that may arise if this is not done can be very serious.
Now you know why the stomach hurts during menstruation, what to do in such situations and when you need to contact specialists for help.