What causes bleeding from other parts of the body during menstruation?

　　What is compensatory menstruation ? menstrual period removal Uterus In addition to periodic bleeding, there is also a small amount of bleeding in other parts of the body, which is also cyclical and is called compensatory menstruation. Bleeding often occurs in the nose, rectum (blood in the stool), or mouth.

　　The reason is that there is a physiological connection between the nasal mucosa and the female reproductive organs. Before menstruation, the estrogen in the blood is particularly high, causing the mucous membranes and subcutaneous capillaries outside the uterus to dilate and congest, causing bleeding. Especially the nasal mucosa in the front part of the nasal septum is more sensitive to ovarian estrogen, so nosebleeds are common.

　　There is another phenomenon that cannot be completely explained, that is, there is no longer normal menstrual bleeding after compensatory menstruation.； Or the amount of compensatory menstrual bleeding is heavy, but the amount of uterine bleeding is reduced. The patient is amenorrhea There will be general discomfort and abdominal distension, and as soon as compensatory menstruation occurs, the whole body will feel light. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is caused by blood heat and qi being inverse, that is, "weak constitution, deficiency of yin and blood, excessive yin and fire, forcing the blood to flow upward... Angry liver fire, blood and qi are inverse".

　　How to deal with compensatory menstruation ? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this kind of bleeding, with red blood, red face and eyes, irritability and heat in the heart, and red tongue, is mostly due to blood heat. To treat heat caused by cooling the blood and causing blood to flow downward, use Qingre Dihuang Decoction.

　　When bleeding occurs, a doctor should be consulted for diagnosis, such as taking a nasal mucosal biopsy to rule out endometriosis. If the nose bleeding is severe, electrocautery can be used. If endometriosis is present, follow the treatment of endometriosis. Such patients can be treated with vitamin K, vitamin C and other drugs during premenstrual period.

　　If compensatory menstruation occurs only 1-2 times and is not serious, treatment may not be required. It will heal on its own in the future. >>> Color changes in women with menstrual disorders