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What hidden diseases does menstruation bring to women?

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Asked on:Mar 31, 2026 05:10 PM

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  • Urania Urania

    Mar 31, 2026

      doctors are here clinical found in some disease and female The menstrual cycle is inextricably linked and should attract a high degree of attention from female friends! For example, menstruation will bring the following seven diseases to women.

      menstrual arthritis

      Some women may experience joint pain during menstruation, especially knee joint pain, which may be accompanied by mild joint swelling and deep tenderness, which worsens when walking (especially going down stairs). Some scholars believe that changes in hormone secretion in the body during menstruation cause water and salt metabolism disorders. When too much water and salt accumulate in the body, joint swelling and pain, abdominal distension, and breast problems may occur. distended pain and other symptoms.

      menstrual rash

      Some women have no other cause before and after menstruation, and millet-like herpes appear around the lips or nose, with burning and itching sensations, or polymorphous rashes such as papules, erythema, and vesicles on the chest, back, limbs, etc. These rashes are obviously related to the menstrual cycle. The reason may be an allergic reaction caused by increased progesterone secreted by the ovaries, so it is allergic. skin disease

      menstrual toothache

      Some adolescent girls may suffer from toothache before and after menstruation, but most of them are transient. Some women also experience symptoms such as gum congestion, redness and swelling, and spontaneous bleeding. This is mostly because the concentration of estrogen in the body increases during menstruation, which stimulates the concentration of gingival hormones to increase, stimulating special receptors in the gums, causing the blood vessels in the pulp and periodontal ligament to expand and swell, thereby compressing the local area. nerve And induced. Generally, after menstruation is over, gum swelling is relieved and toothache disappears.

      Menstrual sex asthma

      A few young women, due to their weak constitution, Menstrual disorders , when menstruation comes, it can often cause excessive excitement of the vagus nerve, secrete a large amount of acetylcholine, promote bronchial smooth muscle spasm, and cause asthma attacks.

      menstrual pneumothorax

      A few women may suddenly experience chest tightness, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, cyanosis of the lips and other symptoms during menstruation. Its characteristics are that patients are between 24 and 40 years old; chest lesions are mostly on the right side of the chest; the onset time is usually between 72 hours before menstruation and 72 hours after menstruation, and does not occur during non-menstrual periods.

      Menstrual sex mental illness

      Most of them occur in adolescence, usually with symptoms such as insomnia, dizziness, excessive sweating, dry mouth, cold hands and feet, and poor appetite before menstruation. There are also some girls who have a sudden attack, characterized by abnormal demeanor, feverish excitement, irritability and talkativeness, crying, panic or sluggishness, hallucinations, food refusal and lethargy. The symptoms are similar to those of mental patients. They last about a week and do not require special treatment. After the menstrual period, the attack stops and returns to normal.

      menstrual angina

      Some women develop angina due to changes in their menstrual cycles. The Journal of the American Medical Association once introduced a typical case of this type: A middle-aged woman had suffered from angina for five consecutive years. Although she had undergone various examinations, the diagnosis was still not clear. It was not until she reviewed her medical history after a severe attack that she realized that each attack of angina almost always occurred 2-3 days before menstruation. After follow-up observation by a doctor, the diagnosis was diagnosed as "menstrual-related angina."