What is the reason for long menstrual period but light menstrual flow?

What is the reason for long menstrual period but light menstrual flow?

Prolonged menstrual period but not much menstrual volume may be caused by physiological factors, or it may be caused by pathological factors, such as thin endometrium, early ovarian insufficiency, etc. Targeted treatment can be carried out after the doctor identifies the cause.

1. Physiological factors: Considering that women suffer from long-term lack of sleep during menstruation, they are often under too much stress and often eat spicy, greasy, and cold foods, such as pepper, hot pot, ice cream, etc., which affect the secretion of estrogen in the body, delay menstruation, and are accompanied by dysmenorrhea symptoms. Female patients should pay more attention to rest during menstruation, avoid staying up late, and eat light and easily digestible foods, such as millet porridge, rice porridge, pumpkin porridge, etc.

2. Thin endometrium: Considering that women often undergo artificial abortion or curettage, these operations will excessively damage the endometrium, causing the endometrium to become thinner and uterine adhesion, causing women to experience symptoms such as decreased menstrual volume and infertility. Hysteroscopic surgery can be performed under the doctor's advice.

3. Early ovarian insufficiency: Early ovarian insufficiency is related to autoimmune diseases, iatrogenic injuries, viral infections and other causes. After the disease, patients show symptoms such as shortened menstrual period, reduced menstrual volume, insomnia, memory loss, etc. They can take oral estradiol tablets/estradiol drogesterone tablets, Jiarong tablets, Kuntai capsules and other drugs under the guidance of doctors.

In addition to the common causes mentioned above, other possible causes include polycystic ovary syndrome. Patients should go to the hospital for treatment in time.