Contents:
- Medical Video: Female fertility animation
- Is it true that menstruation is too long to damage the uterus and make it difficult to get pregnant?
- Check with your doctor if your periods don't end
Medical Video: Female fertility animation
The duration of menstruation generally ranges from around 5-7 days. Indeed, not all women have the same duration of menstruation. But you should see a doctor if your period is not over. Long periods of more than a week accompanied by heavy bleeding are called menorrhagia - this is not normal. So, can menstruation take too long to damage the condition of the uterus, making it difficult for women to get pregnant?
Is it true that menstruation is too long to damage the uterus and make it difficult to get pregnant?
In fact, it is not menstruation that can cause women to get pregnant, but the underlying cause.
There are various factors that might be the mastermind behind your prolonged menstruation. Most of the causes are directly related to reproductive system problems. For example dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB), which is the most common cause of menorrhagia in women of childbearing age. Endometrial hyperplasia, the condition of the uterine lining that is abnormally thickened, is also common in causing prolonged periods of menstruation to drag on.
Both of these abnormal uterine conditions cause the lining of the uterine wall to become unstable. The lining of the uterus is where the embryo attaches, so you need to have a healthy layer. If the lining of the uterus is thickened or thinned than it should be, the embryo may have difficulty sticking firmly, so the chances of it failing to develop are high.
The growth of benign tumor cells such as uterine polyps, uterine fibroids, or uterine cysts can also cause the duration of menstruation to be too long. These conditions are not potentially cancerous, but fibroids are reported to increase the risk of infertility in women. Large or clustered uterine polyps sometimes cause difficulty getting pregnant or causing recurrent miscarriages.
In addition, prolonged menstrual problems can also be caused by thyroid disease. Any problems related to the thyroid gland, whether being overactive (hyperthyroidism) or even inactive (hypothyroidism), are reported to cause women difficult to get pregnant. Disorders of thyroid function can have an impact on reproductive function before, during and after conception. Both hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism have long been associated with irregular menstrual cycles and ovulation problems.
Other causes of menstruation are too long which may also narrow your chances of being successful pregnant are uterine cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, or endometriosis. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) can also cause the duration of prolonged menstruation. PID can cause scarring of the pelvic organs and cause infertility.
Check with your doctor if your periods don't end
Again it is emphasized that it is not menstrual bleeding itself that can cause a woman to be infertile, but the cause.
That's why it's important for you to go to the obstetrician to find out what actually causes you to menstruate too long. That way, you can plan the right treatment and plan a healthy pregnancy according to your condition.
