What are the causes of irregular menstruation? Two factors that affect pregnancy

Menstruation is also called menstruation, aunt, etc., and Chinese medicine calls it menstrual blood. Normal female menstrual bleeding time is generally 2-7 days, and the total amount of menstrual bleeding is 30-50 ml per day. However, in real life, there are many female friends who have abnormal menstrual cycle or bleeding, early menstruation, delayed menstruation, menorrhagia, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, etc., which are called menstrual disorders in Chinese medicine and are a common gynecological disease.

The causes of irregular menstruation can be divided into the following categories:

1. Neuroendocrine dysfunction: mainly due to instability or defect in the function of the brain-pituitary-ovarian axis, that is, menstrual disorders.

2. Organic diseases: including local inflammation, tumors, developmental abnormalities, malnutrition, intracranial diseases, thyroid and adrenal cortex dysfunction, diabetes, Sheehan's disease and other endocrine dysfunctions; liver disease, blood diseases, etc.

3. Emotional disorders lead to menstrual disorders: Emotional disorders, such as long-term depression, mental stress, or major mental stimulation and psychological trauma, can lead to menstrual disorders or dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. This is because menstruation is formed by hormones secreted by the ovaries after the endometrium, and the hormones secreted by the ovaries are controlled by hormones released by the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, so the functions of the ovaries, pituitary gland and hypothalamus will affect menstruation.

4. Cold stimulation leads to oligomenorrhea or even amenorrhea: When women are exposed to cold stimulation during menstruation, the pelvic blood vessels will over-contract, which can lead to oligomenorrhea or even amenorrhea. Therefore, women should pay attention to cold and moisture protection during menstruation in their daily lives.

5. Dieting leads to irregular menstruation: Girls need fat to account for at least 17% of their body weight to have menarche, and body fat should reach at least 22% of their body weight to maintain a normal menstrual cycle. Excessive dieting, due to insufficient energy intake, leads to a large amount of fat and protein consumption in the body, resulting in a significant lack of estrogen synthesis, affecting menstruation, and even infrequent menstruation or amenorrhea. Therefore, women who pursue a slim figure should never diet blindly.

Will irregular menstruation affect pregnancy?

Irregular menstruation can affect ovulation and pregnancy. Normal menstruation is a sign of normal development and function of the female internal reproductive organs. If menstruation is early or late, the menstrual period is shortened or prolonged, or the amount of blood is too much or too little, it indicates endocrine disorders.

Also, why irregular menstruation can affect fertility:

1. Irregular menstruation will affect normal ovulation: Irregular menstruation will directly affect women's normal ovulation, among which anovulatory menstruation is the most common, because anovulatory menstruation will inevitably affect fertility. Anovulatory menstruation is mainly manifested by menstrual period shortened by no less than 21 days, rare menstruation once every few months, excessive menstruation, etc.

2. Hidden diseases will hinder the combination of sperm and egg: The main cause of irregular menstruation is gynecological diseases, such as gynecological inflammation pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, endometritis, salpingitis and oophoritis, gynecological tumors uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, polycystic ovary syndrome, etc. These gynecological diseases will affect or even hinder the combination of sperm and egg, thereby affecting fertility.

Therefore, for female friends, when the body shows signs of irregular menstruation, you should pay attention, find out the cause in time, and prescribe the right medicine.