What to do if you have a headache during menstruation

　　Menstruation is every woman’s best friend. female There are many things to pay attention to during menstruation, but women often have some small symptoms during menstruation. disease For example, if you have a headache during your period, what happens if you have a headache during your period?

　　Menstrual sex Migraine : It refers to the occurrence before, during or after menstruation, accompanied by the characteristics of migraine, and often has a family history. It is a special type of migraine related to changes in the ovarian cycle, accounting for more than 60% of migraines in women.

　　Headaches worsen during menstruation. The onset of the disease usually occurs in adolescence after menarche, and occurs once or more than once a month, or during the menstrual period, or 1 to 7 days before menstruation, or 1 to 2 days after menstruation. There is throbbing, explosive, and knife-like pain in the temporal side or forehead. The headache lasts for 1 to 4 days, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, Dysmenorrhea , palpitations, etc.

　　Studies have found that this type of headache is related to the sudden drop in estradiol concentration before and after menstruation. It was also found that 70% of women who took oral contraceptives had worsened migraines and increased headache frequency, and their headaches improved when they stopped taking contraceptive pills; headaches worsened in early pregnancy and disappeared in late pregnancy.

　　menopause Period migraines begin with relief. Treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment, such as acetaminophen, aspirin, etc., plus metoclopramide. Take propranolol, nimodipine, etc. prophylactically before the attack. In daily diet, be careful to avoid foods containing tyramine such as bacon, sausages, citrus, and some foods containing alcohol, coffee , chocolate drinks should also be used sparingly.

　　Headaches during premenstrual period are a symptom of premenstrual stress syndrome. Common symptoms of premenstrual tension syndrome include: premenstrual headaches, breast distended pain , swelling of hands, feet or face, inability to concentrate, mental stress, emotional instability, and in severe cases, abdominal distension, nausea or vomiting, etc. Symptoms may begin to appear 7 to 14 days before menstruation, worsen 2 to 3 days before menstruation, and significantly reduce or disappear during menstruation.

　　The causes of the above symptoms are usually due to nerve Caused by endocrine dysfunction.

　　How to treat menstrual headaches:

　　1. Pay attention to the rules of life and avoid fatigue and mental stress.

　　2. Limit the intake of salt and water - starting from 10 days before menstruation, limit the intake of salt and water, and the daily water intake should be within 1000ml.

　　3. Symptomatic treatment: When the headache is obvious, oral medications such as diazepam and cranialin can be given. You can also take oryzanol, acanthopanax, etc.

　　4. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: Zhengtian Pill - can treat neurological headaches, tension headaches, premenstrual headaches, etc. Or Xiaoyao pills or granules - take 2 times a day.