Natural alternatives for excessive periods
🩸Have you started using larger pads or tampons or changing them more frequently than usual? If you use a cup now you empty it more than four times a day, right? Or even if yours is the sea sponge, you are not saved either... If your answer is yes, it is usually a sign that you could be suffering from menorrhagia, that is, prolonged or excessive menstrual periods.
Don't worry, you're not the only one and...there is a solution!
Menorrhagia, a medical term for this menstrual disorder, one of the most common reasons for consultation that we receive at Rita Uttara, therefore, we share this information with you so that you do not ignore the symptoms, and above all, take action and seek support therapeutic or medical, avoiding complications such as iron deficiency anemia, more pain, or losing joy and love for life, among other profound emotional consequences.
Technically we find that, when “the period lasts more than six or seven days and the overall flow during that time exceeds 80 ml” it is known as menorrhagia or hypermenorrhea. Be careful not to confuse it with metrorrhagia, bleeding that is not associated with the menstrual cycle!
Possible causes of heavy menstrual periods
Keeping the above clear, before addressing emotional aspects, you should know some causes that cause menorrhagia:
- Use of the IUD (IntraUterine Device). We delve a little deeper into it below.
- Incomplete miscarriages
- Contraceptives
- Hormonal imbalances in menstrual cycles without ovulation. Common in women between forty and fifty years old, during the transition to menopause
- Ovarian dysfunction
- Uterine fibroids, uterine polyps
- Adenomyosis, endometriosis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Ovarian, uterine, cervical cancer
Wait, there's more:
Diseases related to the liver and kidneys, ectopic or extrauterine pregnancies, and even certain medications (mainly anti-inflammatories, anticoagulants) can also play a role.
Now, let's approach our emotional mirror: menstruation.
In this case the menstrual cycle is largely diagnosing: Internal Stress
Yes, that stress that we often keep in silence, feeling isolated, angry, can you identify? Menorrhagia usually affects women who feel that someone else controls their life, whether family or a partner, or who are victims of circumstances that prevent them from taking charge of their own life.