The term “menstrual period” generally refers to a woman’s menstruation. Gastrointestinal discomfort during menstruation may be related to physiological reasons such as endocrine changes during menstruation, or pathological reasons such as chronic gastritis and indigestion, which need to be analyzed specifically.
1. Physiological reasons: During menstruation, the level of sex hormones fluctuates, and these hormones will act on the gastrointestinal receptors through the regulation of body fluids, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. Chronic gastritis: Chronic gastritis is a chronic inflammatory lesion of the gastric mucosa caused by a variety of etiologic factors. If you usually have chronic gastritis and your body is weak during menstruation, you are prone to gastrointestinal discomfort.
3. Indigestion: If women eat too much greasy food during menstruation, such substances are not easy to be digested and absorbed by the intestines, which will also increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, and too much food may cause indigestion, resulting in gastrointestinal discomfort.
There may be other reasons for women’s menstrual discomfort, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, complete the relevant examinations, under the guidance of a professional doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, targeted treatment.