The term “auntie” generally refers to a woman’s menstrual period. Diarrhea during menstruation may be caused by physiological factors, but it may also be caused by pathological factors, such as irritable bowel syndrome and gastroenteritis.
1. Physiological factors: During menstruation, the uterus will secrete a large amount of prostaglandins, which may stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis to accelerate the phenomenon of diarrhea.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) irritable bowel syndrome: the cause is not clear, may be due to psychological factors, food factors, intestinal infections and other factors together caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction disease, resulting in menstruation of women appearing abdominal pain, defecation abnormalities and other phenomena.
(2) gastroenteritis: menstruating women who suffer from gastroenteritis can also cause diarrhea, and will be accompanied by epigastric pain, abdominal distension, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, postprandial fullness and other phenomena.
Menstrual diarrhea may also have other causes, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, improve the relevant examination, under the guidance of a professional doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment.