Why do I have diarrhea every time I have my period?

Menstrual cramps are an indescribable pain for many women. Generally speaking, the pain is in the lower abdomen or back, but many women experience gastrointestinal discomfort during menstruation, and even diarrhea, which makes them feel even more tired during menstruation. What is going on?

Why do gastrointestinal problems occur during menstruation?

During menstruation, the body's hormone metabolism levels change, and the metabolism of estrogen and oleic acid increases. Estrogen metabolism causes uterine muscle contraction and is also the cause of primary dysmenorrhea. If estrogen enters the blood vessels and affects the sigmoid colon muscle, it can easily cause diarrhea.

Another condition is endometriosis. According to data, 35% of endometriosis patients experience abdominal pain and diarrhea during their menstrual period. Endometriosis may cause diseases such as chocolate cysts or adenomyosis, and in severe cases may lead to infertility. If there are long-term menstrual diarrhea symptoms, women should be vigilant and go to the hospital for physical examination and treatment.

For menstrual diarrhea caused by non-gynecological diseases, from the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is due to weak constitution and cold spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is very important to take care of your physical fitness.

How to relieve the symptoms of diarrhea during menstruation?

1. Eat a balanced diet. In your daily diet, pay attention to a healthy diet and take in as much fiber as possible. In case of gastrointestinal sensitivity during menstruation, it is advisable to eat some nourishing foods, such as jujube, dried longan, old brown sugar, etc., to replenish blood, Qi and regulate Qi.

In addition, eat less cold foods, and control the intake of cold foods such as ice cream. Due to differences in physical fitness, some people can eat whatever they want even during their menstrual period and it's fine. However, if you have gastrointestinal problems every time you have your menstrual period, you don't have to eat as much as others.

2. Wash your feet with warm water. Washing feet with warm water is not a health-preserving method unique to the elderly. Everyone can use hot water to soak their feet for health care. Washing your feet with warm water at about 50 degrees Celsius every day can speed up the body's blood circulation and achieve the effect of dispelling cold.

3. Apply hot compress. The same principle applies to soaking your feet in hot water. When you apply heat to the abdomen, it can reduce the pain in the lower abdomen. Some heat compresses for the abdomen contain medicinal ingredients, which can prevent the abdomen from getting cold. At the same time, the medicinal effects can regulate gastrointestinal motility and relieve diarrhea.

If women suffer from diarrhea during menstruation for a long time, it will have a certain negative impact on their health.

First, diarrhea causes poor gastrointestinal function, which affects the body's digestion and absorption of nutrients and may lead to malnutrition.

Secondly, diarrhea may cause imbalance of water and electrolyte solutions in the body and acid-base disorder, which in turn leads to the outflow of water from the body and causes dehydration.

Therefore, women must pay attention to their daily physical conditioning. If the symptoms persist and worsen, they must go to the hospital in time.