Is it normal to delay your period by ten days? Exposing the four major menstrual rumors

Is it normal to delay menstruation by ten days? Women's menstruation is generally regular. When menstruation is delayed for 10 days, you can't help but worry whether there is something wrong with your body. The two biggest reasons for delayed menstruation are pregnancy and irregular menstruation. If this happens, you can check yourself first, using test strips, B-ultrasound, blood tests, etc. to find the cause.

What are the reasons for delayed menstruation? Debunking four major menstruation rumors

As a close friend that arrives as scheduled every month, menstruation always brings us some troubles to a greater or lesser extent, and the misunderstandings about it will directly affect our lives.

Rumor 1: Irregular menstrual periods are abnormal. In fact, normal menstruation includes three elements: a cycle of 21-35 days; a menstrual period of 2-7 days; and a blood volume of 30-50 ml. As long as the menstruation is within the above range, it is normal.

Rumor 2: Eating sweets can cure dysmenorrhea. This statement has no scientific basis. Eating too many sweets will not only fail to eliminate menstrual period syndrome, but may cause blood sugar instability and aggravate discomfort.

Rumor three: Dysmenorrhea will naturally disappear after marriage. Foreign literature reports that pregnancy and childbirth can indeed put an end to dysmenorrhea for some women, and the main reason is some changes in the sympathetic nerves caused by pregnancy. But not all women are so lucky.

Rumor 4: Sex during menstruation stimulates women’s vitality. Sexual intercourse will only aggravate pelvic congestion and dysmenorrhea, and the endometrium will be shed during menstruation, making sexual intercourse prone to reproductive system diseases.

1. Pregnancy: Ten days after the menstruation is delayed, you can use the early pregnancy test strips to test your urine at home. If the result is positive, it means that you are very likely pregnant. However, the early pregnancy test strips cannot be used as a standard to determine whether you are pregnant, because the accuracy rate of the early pregnancy test strips is only 55%-73%, so you cannot trust the test results of the early pregnancy test strips too much.

2. Caused by surgery: If you have had an abortion or medical abortion, your menstruation may be affected to a certain extent. The time of menstruation depends on the recovery of the endometrial wall, because some intrauterine surgeries may also cause cervical adhesions, leading to menstrual blood stasis and delayed menstruation.

3. Taking birth control pills: This point cannot be ignored. A woman's menstruation is delayed by 10 days, which may be related to the long-term use of birth control pills. This is because long-term use of birth control pills can cause menstrual cycle disorders, irregular menstruation, and even amenorrhea in women, thereby causing symptoms of infertility.

4. Other factors: If women have these conditions, it will also affect their endocrine system and cause delayed menstruation, such as irregular living habits, excessive mental tension, high stress, or environmental changes. Menstruation is caused by hormones secreted by the ovaries that stimulate the endometrium. If the hormones secreted by the ovaries are controlled by the pituitary gland and hypothalamus, any abnormality in the ovaries, pituitary gland or hypothalamus will affect menstruation.

Warm reminder: If a girl’s menstruation is delayed, she should first check whether she is pregnant. After confirming that she is not pregnant, she should also check whether she has gynecological inflammation. Lack of rest, mental stress and anxiety, environmental changes, gynecological inflammation, and endocrine disorders may all lead to delayed menstruation in girls. They should actively treat systemic diseases, improve their physical fitness, provide adequate nutrition, maintain a standard weight, and appropriately reduce exercise.