A lot of women during the critical days, and on the eve of the arrival of lack of energy and strength. Weakness during menstruation may be so severe that perform daily activities becomes problematic. Reasons for poor health are different. Identify them quite difficult without the help of a doctor.
Content
- physiological causes
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pathological causes
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Anemia
- depression
- vasoneurosis
- How to improve the well-being
physiological causes
The woman's body every month there is a number of changes, which are the cause of ailments. In the second half of the menstrual cycle hormonal changes state. Estrogen levels decreased, and the progesterone concentration begins to increase rapidly, and this is due to poor health before menstruation. Hormonal imbalance leads to a decrease in efficiency, sleep disturbances and mood swings.
After the end of the period of ovulation in the body is actively preparing for pregnancy. It is quite normal when the increase in breast size, and increased appetite.
If fertilization has not occurred, the genital organ is prepared to reject the functional layer endometrium, the uterus begins to contract, and women experience pain in the abdomen and sacrum. These symptoms are often accompanied by weakness and
dizziness.Before the advent of the critical days in women may experience shortage of vitamins C and A, as well as trace elements such as iron, magnesium, sodium and calcium. For this reason, there may be a general malaise, drop in blood pressure, and pale skin. These symptoms may occur due to high stress of the central nervous system in which the hormone synthesis and regulated processes menstrual cycle.
pathological causes
In a normal state of health during menstruation is deteriorating slightly, Woman continues to lead normal life. Cheerleaders have severe weakness or dizziness, accompanied by a pronounced pain syndrome, nausea or vomiting during menstruation. The reasons for these changes often pathological. A woman in need of treatment.
Premenstrual syndrome
Each month during menstruation there is a strong weakness, accompanied by dizziness, nausea, pain in the abdomen and irritability. In medicine, the combination of these clinical manifestations are called premenstrual syndrome. The degree of severity is different.
In normal menstruation a woman is not experiencing severe malaise, her condition only slightly degraded and all unpleasant feelings do not cause much discomfort. In those situations where PMS symptoms are too bright, you need medical care. Such changes indicate a pathological process. It can provoke stress, smoking and alcohol consumption, lack of vitamins, excessive exercise and developing the disease in the body.
Anemia
One of the major factors that can trigger weakness after a month, is to change the composition of blood.
Menstrual bleeding is often the reason for the decrease in hemoglobin. Against this background, can develop anemia. Most of these changes have been observed in women with suppressed immune system and if there is a history of gynecological diseases.
When significant blood loss during the critical days observed malaise, which is accompanied by nausea, vomiting. Additional symptoms indicating a decrease in hemoglobin can be identified:
- pallor;
- arrhythmia;
- shortness of breath;
- feeling of metallic taste in the mouth.
When you see such symptoms need to seek medical help.
depression
Hormone levels during the cycle is constantly changing. This becomes a cause of depression and the emergence of unpleasant sensations in the regulation period. The woman is very bad feeling, she did not want to do, it is experiencing a shortage of physical and emotional strength. Toward the middle of the cycle state is normalized.
vasoneurosis
Poor health after a month is observed in women suffering from vascular dystonia. For this pathology is characterized by sharp jumps in blood pressure, often there is a substantial reduction in his. As a result, it marked malaise during the critical days.
To determine the relationship between the deterioration of health and the IRR can be at home. To do this, you need to systematically measure the pressure at different periods of the cycle.
How to improve the well-being
In cases where the state of health during menstruation significantly deteriorates, it is necessary to seek help from a doctor. Only after identifying the causes of malaise gynecologist will tell you what to do and how to eliminate the unpleasant symptoms. Often at the same medications used to facilitate the suppression of pain and normalization of hormonal levels. The course of treatment depends on the cause of weakness and the presence of concomitant symptoms.
There are a number of recommendations, which will be able to improve the performing state:
- Systematic exercise. Moderate exercise helps to normalize the activity of the cardiovascular system, which significantly affects the well-being.
- Oxygen saturation of the body. Regardless of the phase of the cycle and being necessary as outdoor plenty of rest. If hypoxia (oxygen deficiency) is marked weakness, fatigue and lethargy.
- Proper organization of the diet. The daily menu should be the maximum amount of fruit and vegetables. Harmful products at the same time should be excluded or minimized.
- Intake of vitamins and minerals. Scientists have discovered a link between sickness and a lack of magnesium in the body. Therefore, women often prescribe drugs that contain this trace element. Furthermore, prior to and during menstruation body needs vitamins A, E, C and B.
- Refusal of bad habits and drinking coffee. Premenstrual syndrome is expressed brighter than female smokers. Aggravate the condition can also alcohol and coffee. These drinks during the regular recommended to exclude.
- Increasing the level of hemoglobin. If the problem is due to the development of anemia, prescribe a long course of oral iron.
Malaise during the critical days once in a while, but is seen in all women. It usually does not indicate a health problem and is caused by natural causes. If the condition worsens significantly, in addition to general weakness observed other clinical manifestations need to seek help from a doctor. Such symptoms can indicate pathological changes in the body.