Is it normal to have abdominal pain before menstruation?

Many women will have some symptoms before menstruation. Some women will have breast pain, and some women will have lower abdominal pain. Many women don’t know if this is normal. Some people say that if there are such symptoms before menstruation, it is abnormal. Many women are scared and don’t know whether they are normal. Let’s take a look at the doctor’s introduction to whether lower abdominal pain before menstruation is normal.

Is it normal to have abdominal pain before menstruation?

Women experience lower abdominal distension and pain before or after each menstrual period, and may even feel nausea, vomiting, and be unable to rest normally. This is called dysmenorrhea in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when menstruation comes, the Chong, Ren, Qi and blood change drastically, and the blood sea goes from full to overflowing, and from overflowing to empty. At this time, if there is a predominance of cold or heat, deficiency or excess in the physical constitution, it is easy to be invaded by external evils, and with the interference of organic factors, the Chong, Ren, Baogong, Qi and blood will not run smoothly and lack nourishment, resulting in pain due to lack of nourishment.

Since the beginning of menstruation, you should learn and understand some health knowledge, have a correct understanding of the physiological phenomenon of menstruation, eliminate fear and tension, which can prevent the occurrence of primary dysmenorrhea or increase the pain threshold to reduce the degree of pain. Pay attention to menstrual and sexual hygiene, prevent ascending infection during menstruation and childbirth, and actively prevent and treat diseases that may cause menstrual blood retention.

During menstruation, you should pay attention to keeping warm, avoid cold, cool, raw, and cold stimulation to prevent the invasion of cold evil; pay attention to rest, reduce fatigue, strengthen nutrition, and enhance physical fitness; you should try to control drastic emotional fluctuations, avoid strong mental stimulation, and keep a happy mood; you should avoid excessive sexual intercourse at ordinary times, and sexual intercourse is absolutely prohibited during menstruation.

During menstruation, you should pay attention to diet regulation. Avoid eating raw, cold and cool foods before and during menstruation to avoid cold stagnation and blood stasis which may aggravate dysmenorrhea. Those with heavy menstrual flow should not eat spicy and dry foods to avoid heat forcing blood circulation and causing more severe bleeding. Also, be careful not to abuse medication and treat the disease based on the cause of the dysmenorrhea.

Is it normal to have lower abdominal distension and pain before menstruation? This is a normal phenomenon, but sometimes we still have to be vigilant. Female friends should go to the hospital for regular gynecological examinations every year. After all, the incidence of gynecological diseases is very high now, and timely detection and timely treatment are very important.