What’s wrong with back pain when you’re on your period?

“Aunt” generally refers to a woman’s menstruation. Normally, when a woman is menstruating, she will have mild back pain, which is a normal physiological phenomenon. In addition, severe back pain should be considered as endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease.
1. Normal physiological phenomenon: due to pelvic congestion during menstruation, it can cause abdominal and lumbar pain, but generally the symptoms are mild and do not affect work or life. After menstruation, the pain will be relieved slowly and proper rest is not necessary for special treatment.
2. Endometriosis: The ectopic growth of endometrium changes cyclically with the menstrual cycle, which can manifest dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain or menstrual abnormality, etc. Severe dysmenorrhea can be accompanied by lumbar pain.
3. Pelvic inflammatory disease: the body’s immunity decreases during menstruation, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is prone to acute attacks, when the inflammation stimulates the lumbar nerve root, there may be symptoms of back pain.
Menstrual back pain can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended that patients seek medical attention in a timely manner, improve the relevant examination, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment, to avoid delay in the condition.