How do you know your period is coming?

In fact, the menstruation of many female friends is not regular. Sometimes it's a few days earlier, sometimes it's a few days later. So, how do we know that our period is coming? In fact, women will have some symptoms in their bodies before their menstrual period, and we can make judgments based on these symptoms. However, due to different physical conditions, each person's premenstrual symptoms are also different. But generally speaking, it will not exceed the following 8 types.

1. Water retention

Many women experience severe edema in the days before their menstrual period. Common symptoms include swelling of the hands, feet and eyelids. Some women may even experience breast pain and abdominal distension, and even weight gain!

2. Premenstrual headache

This type of headache is quite obvious. The headache symptoms appear several days before menstruation and are accompanied by nausea and even vomiting. The headache is persistent or comes and goes, which may be related to intermittent intracranial edema. If women confuse it with menstrual migraine, the latter is often unilateral and lasts for several hours without causing dizziness.

3. Pelvic pain

In the few days before menstruation, many women will experience pelvic distension and lumbar pain. In fact, there is no need to worry. The pain will disappear after the menstruation ends. In fact, this situation is mainly related to the action of prostaglandins and edema and congestion of pelvic tissues.

4. Breast pain

Many women have encountered this situation a few days before their menstrual period. Many women experience breast fullness, swelling and pain. The outer edge of the breast and the nipple area are the most important. What's more, it will affect the armpits and shoulders, and affect their normal sleep. When you touch it with a thin needle, there is no feeling of localized lump, and this situation will completely disappear after the menstrual period ends.

5. Great changes in mood

They often appear very anxious, and their emotions fluctuate with external factors. They are prone to becoming irritable and will quarrel and cry over simple matters and cannot control themselves. But there is also an opposite situation, that is, depression, emotional indifference, love of being alone, unwillingness to interact with others and participate in social activities, and sometimes even mental disorder.

6. Symptoms of hypoglycemia

It is easy to get tired and always feel listless. In daily diet life, there is also an increased appetite and a preference for sweets. Headaches may also be related to low blood sugar. Under normal circumstances, these symptoms will disappear after the woman's menstruation ends, so there is no need to worry too much about this issue.

7. Changes in appetite

Suddenly you like a lot of sweets. In daily life, you don’t like sweets, but before your first menstruation, you suddenly like sweets and your appetite increases. Most of them have a craving for sweets or a hobby for some special salty foods, and even aversion to certain foods. Don’t worry about these!

8. Skin problems

My normally smooth skin suddenly developed excessive oil secretion on my face in the past few days, and even developed ugly acne. In fact, these situations are caused by hormonal changes in the body. If you want to solve skin problems during this period, you just need to do daily skin care and wait patiently for the end of menstruation!

You see, there are so many symptoms before menstruation. We can learn about the symptoms of premenstruation. As long as we find some signs of menstruation, we can prepare in advance and try to reduce some embarrassment caused by menstruation.