Abuse of menstrual pain relievers can cause infertility

According to Dr. Nguyen Cong Dinh – Director of Facility 2, Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, menstrual pain is a common condition that women often encounter. Dysmenorrhea usually begins sometime before, during, and after menstruation.

Symptoms usually last for at least three days. The pain is usually in the pelvis or lower abdomen. Other symptoms: some people have a dull pain, some people have severe pain that makes their faces pale, cold limbs, even some people writhe in pain.

Dr Dinh said, menstrual pain originates from many different causes. Some reasons can be mentioned such as due to unreasonable diet and activities during menstruation: drinking less water, eating a lot of cold foods, cold foods, not keeping the belly warm… is one of the reasons. commonly causes menstrual cramps.

During the menstrual cycle, women who exercise vigorously – run, jump or work hard… also cause menstrual pain. In contrast, sedentary, sitting too much also causes menstrual pain.

In some cases, because the cervix is ​​too narrow, making it difficult for menstruation to flow out, often causing dysmenorrhea, due to the insertion of the IUD, genetics. Due to hormonal factors, an abnormal increase in progesterone and an increase in prorostaglandin in the blood affect the uterine muscles, so it often causes dysmenorrhea.

Uterine contractions are not normal or too tight, making the uterus not easy to relax normally, thus causing dysmenorrhea.

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In addition, according to the doctor, abnormalities in the uterus such as: the uterus is not developed well, the position of the uterus is not normal, the uterus is backward or too forward, which will also affect the circulation. menstrual blood flow and cause abdominal pain during menstruation.

In particular, dysmenorrhea can also originate from a number of gynecological diseases such as endometriosis, abnormal endometrial position, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, uterine muscle cysts…

When having menstrual pain, Dr. Dinh said, women can use some natural pain relievers such as keeping the body warm, especially the abdomen, can use warm water to compress the lower abdomen. reduce pain, avoid vigorous exercise and have a reasonable rest and diet, drink lots of filtered water, limit alcoholic drinks or stimulants, abstain from spicy and cold foods during menstruation…

Regarding the use of drugs, Doctor Dinh recommends that women can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, pain relievers or birth control pills to limit blood loss and abdominal pain during menstruation. moon.

However, when taking drugs, it should be noted that pain relievers have the advantage of fast pain relief, long-term use can cause many dangerous side effects such as peptic ulcer, gastric perforation in humans. gastritis, hepatitis, interstitial nephritis, renal necrosis, pseudo-asthma, prolonged bleeding time, even myocardial infarction…

Moreover, when used regularly can cause “no ovulation syndrome” despite still having a normal menstrual cycle. This is one of the causes of infertility.

In case women use birth control pills to reduce menstrual pain, but the contraceptive pill, although it is effective, and has the effect of preventing pregnancy and regulating menstruation, if it lasts continuously, it will make the woman’s ovaries Females are suppressed for too long, there is no ovulation, the pituitary gland does not have the hormone to make the ovaries work, leading to a series of gynecological diseases such as endocrine disorders … and the most serious is Ovarian atrophy can lead to infertility.

Moreover, these are not ways to “relieve” menstrual pain permanently, but only work to stop immediately the pain of menstrual cramps.

Dinh’s advice, women should not buy drugs to drink by themselves, but let an obstetrician examine, advise and prescribe medicine for you.

Khanh Chi