Daily Health Regimen Q&A Women’s Health Menstrual Health

Why do my eyes feel uncomfortable during menstruation?

Asked by:Polyhymnia

Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 05:17 PM

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  • Darlene Darlene

    Apr 02, 2026

           menstrual eye syndrome

      some female Symptoms such as eye congestion and conjunctival redness and swelling may appear before menstruation, but gradually lessen and disappear after menstruation. The greater the amount of menstrual blood, the faster the eye redness and swelling will disappear. This is more common in Irregular menstruation women, with cyclical attacks.

      amenorrhea

      Some women may experience subconjunctival hemorrhage or even retinal congestion 3 to 4 days before menstruation. This is often accompanied by epistaxis. The bleeding stops soon after menstruation. This eye disease is more common in women who have scanty or no menstruation.

      Menstrual pain

      Some women experience obvious eye swelling and pain 3 to 4 days before menstruation, often accompanied by headache, irritability, insomnia, fatigue, backache, stomach ache Symptoms gradually lessen and disappear after menstruation. Some individual cases are often accompanied by persistent photophobia, tearing, etc., which are relieved after the end of each menstruation, but will not completely disappear.

      There are also some amenorrhea Or for women with irregular menstruation, the eyes are not red or painful, but the vision is reduced. The outside of the eyes is normal during examination, and most of the fundus are also normal. Only a few eyes are visible nerve The nipple is slightly hyperemic, the edges are blurred, and the retinal veins are full. One of the biggest characteristics of this disease is that after taking menstruation medicine, vision recovers with the smoothness of menstruation.

      For the above-mentioned types of female eye disease patients, they cannot be treated solely as eye diseases when seeking medical treatment. If they can be treated from the perspective of regulating menstruation and nourishing blood, they may receive unexpected therapeutic effects.

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