Abundant menstruation - Causes, symptoms and treatment. MF.
Normally menstruation lasts 3-7 days, the first 2-3 days of release are abundant or moderate, then less and less. On the first day a number of blood clots are allowed.
Symptoms of profuse menstruation
- plentiful monthly with clots more than 2-3 days;
- increase in their duration for more than 7 days;
- the interval between them is less than 3 weeks( from the first day of the previous menstruation to the beginning of the current one);
- appearance of blood in the interval between monthly;
- severe pain during menstruation, especially if before it was not;
- resumption of bleeding after an annual break in those entering into menopause;
- any other changes in the nature of the selections;
Causes of profuse menstruation
- Pathological process in the uterus - myoma, polyps, endometriosis, oncological diseases.
- Dysfunction of the liver, endocrine glands, blood coagulation system( malfunction in the mechanism that stops bleeding).
- A diet with a predominance of fermented milk products( yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese), which cause the liver to produce enzymes that prevent blood clotting.
- Some medications( aspirin and other substances that dissolve blood clots).
- Deficiency of vitamins C, R, K, calcium and other biologically active substances and minerals that regulate the process of thrombosis.
- Spontaneously interrupted pregnancy or condition after abortion.
Folk remedies and folk recipes from profuse menstruation
Treatment with folk remedies for severe bleeding during menstruation without first consulting a doctor is dangerous. Before applying any folk recipes, you need to know your exact diagnosis and take into account the contraindications used by folk remedies.
If menstruation is too abundant and you are sure that this is not an abnormal uterine bleeding, try to reduce blood loss with such folk remedies:
- take 2 tablets of calcium gluconate before meals and an asco-rutin tablet( complex preparation containing vitamins C and P) after eating3 times a day brew as a tea herb shepherd's purse, pepper mountain or nettle, or a mixture of raspberry leaves and peppermint( 1: 1).Begin to take these infusions 3 days before the expected onset of menstruation and throughout the period: a drink of herbs - 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day, and tea made from raspberries and peppermint - as much as you like. Strengthen the healing effect of herbal tea 1-2 tablespoons of "live" viburnum, wiped with an equal amount of sugar;
- a good staining property is possessed by corn stigmas. Prepare from them infusion( a tablespoon into a glass of boiling water) and take on a tablespoon 6 times a day every 3 hours;
- on the eve and during the monthly 60 times a day for 2-3 seconds, forcefully push the tip of the index finger to the point located in the middle of the hollow, connecting the base of the nose to the upper lip.
To which doctor should I go for an abundant menses?
If the menstruation becomes abundant suddenly, and in the previous cycles was normal - do not delay the visit to the doctor to the gynecologist , it is the early diagnosis of various disorders of the menstrual cycle that will promptly eliminate the cause of the development of various complications of the female reproductive system.