There are many reasons why the stomach swells before menstruation, which may be caused by PMS, dietary factors, and slowed bowel movements.
1. Premenstrual syndrome: estrogen and progesterone may rise in a woman’s body before the onset of menstruation, resulting in water and sodium retention in the body, which may be accompanied by a bloated stomach.
2. Dietary factors: women eat more gas-producing foods before the onset of menstruation, such as carbonated beverages, soy products, sweet potatoes, the intestinal tract accumulates more gas, may have a bloated stomach.
3. Intestinal peristalsis is slowed down: women’s hormone levels change before the onset of menstruation, which may slow down the basal metabolic rate, intestinal peristalsis is slowed down, there may be a bloated stomach before menstruation performance.
There are many reasons for the bloating of the stomach before menstruation, accompanied by other discomforts, timely medical treatment, improve the relevant examination, under the guidance of a professional doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, and actively targeted treatment.