Contents:
- Medical Video: Endometriosis
- Diarrhea during menses, is it reasonable?
- What causes diarrhea during menstruation?
- What should I do to treat diarrhea during menses?
Medical Video: Endometriosis
Not a few women who complain when entering the menstrual period or menstruation. In addition to abdominal cramps, diarrhea during menses is also widely complained of by women. This digestive disorder is often experienced by women when they are menses. Then what is the connection between menstruation and diarrhea? How can menstruation cause diarrhea?
Diarrhea during menses, is it reasonable?
Actually diarrhea is a digestive disorder that is very normal and can happen to anyone. Adults are known to experience this 4 times a year. Many things can cause you to experience diarrhea, for example eating foods that are not clean, allergic to food, or side effects from a particular drug.
Diarrhea during menses is also still quite reasonable, because this might occur due to changes in body function during menstruation. However, you should be careful if your diarrhea is long lasting or occurs in large quantities and often until you feel weak. If you experience this you should immediately consult a doctor.
What causes diarrhea during menstruation?
Diarrhea during menses can be caused by changes in bodily functions that occur during this period. Yes, when you menstruate, your body will automatically make some responses, such as removing various hormones and finally changing your condition.
Although until now there has been no clear reason why women experience diarrhea during menses, some experts claim that this can be attributed to abdominal cramps caused by changes in the hormone prostaglandin in the body.
Prostaglandin is a hormone that plays an important role in the female reproductive system. Upon entering the menstrual period, the prostaglandin hormone will appear and cause some menstrual symptoms such as stomach cramps and dysmenorrhea.
In some women, the prostaglandin hormone sometimes also affects bowel movements, causing the intestine to experience interference when digesting food. Therefore, the effects of digestive disorders experienced by women when menstruation is quite diverse. Not only diarrhea, but some of them experience constipation.
What should I do to treat diarrhea during menses?
If this diarrhea has become a 'subscription' symptom that appears when you are having STDs until menstruation, then you can prevent it by taking drugs that function to treat diarrhea, such as loperamide. However, before deciding to take these drugs, you should consult this matter with your doctor.
You can also avoid various kinds of triggers that can make your digestive disorders worse. For example, avoid snacks at random and very spicy foods. You can also eat foods that contain types of water soluble fiber, such as apples, carrots, or nuts. These foods will help overcome diarrhea that happens to you.
However, if you experience diarrhea accompanied by symptoms such as blood in the stool or abdominal pain that is unbearable, this condition may not only be due to premenstrual syndrome (PMS). You may experience inflammation or infection in the uterine wall, so you should immediately see a doctor.
