What is the reason for delayed menstruation and lower abdominal pain?

Delayed menstruation is often a common phenomenon among women. If it occurs occasionally, it is generally related to pregnancy, psychological factors, environmental factors, etc. Female friends do not need to worry. Lower abdominal pain is mostly caused by dysmenorrhea. However, if delayed menstruation occurs frequently, it may be caused by some disease.

Causes of delayed menstrual period and lower abdominal pain

1. Pregnancy

When the menstruation is due, it often does not come, and there will be increased urination, changes in appetite, vomiting, nausea, etc. Such situations all occur after sexual intercourse. Early pregnancy test strips, serum tests, and B-ultrasound tests can quickly confirm that the pregnancy test is positive.

2. Delayed menstruation caused by surgery

For example, abortion or other surgeries for cervical diseases may cause cervical adhesion and menstrual blood stasis, thus delaying menstruation.

3. Menstrual delay caused by mental reasons

If you suddenly experience excessive mental stress, grief, sadness, anger, heartbreak and other abnormal emotions, it will often lead to delayed menstruation. In such cases, the patient often suffers from breast pain, irritability, depression and discomfort. Such situations generally do not require treatment, but sometimes if menstruation is delayed, Chinese medicine can be taken for syndrome differentiation and conditioning.

4. Delayed menstruation caused by taking certain medications

Some medications have side effects that often cause your period to be delayed. For example, long-term use of birth control pills, taking emergency contraceptive pills, etc. Its characteristic is that the menstrual cycle is often normal before taking these drugs, but delayed after taking them. If the taking time is very short, it often returns to normal after stopping taking them. If the taking time is too long, drug regulation is often required.

5. Chronic diseases cause delayed menstruation

Some chronic wasting diseases often lead to delayed menstruation due to nutritional deficiencies. Common ones include chronic hepatitis, tuberculosis, tumors, hypothyroidism, severe iron deficiency anemia, aplastic anemia, etc., which often cause delayed menstruation. The above diseases often have obvious symptoms, abnormalities can usually be detected, and they are not easily misdiagnosed. Once the above diseases occur, the primary disease should be treated as soon as possible, and menstruation will resume naturally after the primary disease is cured.