Back pain before menstruation

Women's physical health will be affected by physiological phenomena. For example, most women will experience lower abdominal pain, physical weakness, etc. during menstruation, which causes great trouble to women's lives. Some women will suffer from some pain before menstruation. Among them, lower back pain is one of the most common symptoms. Let’s take a look at what causes lower back pain before menstruation? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

The reason why women have menstruation is actually because there is no fertilization after ovulation, which causes the endometrium to fall off in preparation for conception. In order for the endometrium to shed, the muscles associated with the uterus need to contract, which can cause radiating pain when they compress the surrounding blood vessels.

In addition, in order to allow menstrual blood to be discharged smoothly, women will secrete a certain amount of prostaglandins from a few days before menstruation to during menstruation. If prostaglandins are secreted too much, it will cause spasm of the uterine smooth muscle, which will radiate to the waist and cause waist pain.

It is recommended not to beat your waist at this time, otherwise it may aggravate the pelvic congestion, which will not only be unhelpful for the low back pain, but may also cause a prolonged menstrual period.

What other symptoms occur before menstruation?

1. Mood swings: Affected by changes in hormone levels in the body, most women experience mood swings before menstruation, become easily irritable, and their sleep quality is affected, and they may even quarrel with others at any time.

2. Breast pain: Female breasts are more sensitive to changes in estrogen and progesterone. Therefore, before menstruation, the mammary ducts of women will expand and become congested, leading to breast pain. The situation will be more serious for women with breast cancer.

3. Lower abdominal distension, diarrhea, etc.: Due to the effects of prostaglandins and pelvic edema and congestion, many women will experience pelvic distension or lumbar pain before menstruation. It usually appears one week before menstruation and further accumulates 2-3 days before menstruation, but disappears after the end of menstruation.