Is it normal to delay menstruation by 10 days? What are the reasons for delayed menstruation?

In life, if a woman’s menstrual cycle has always been normal, and if it is suddenly delayed by 10 days, she needs to analyze whether this is normal.

Is it normal to delay your period by 10 days?

The menstrual cycle is generally 28-30 days. If it exceeds the period for more than 7 days, it is considered abnormal. When many internal and external factors such as mental stress, malnutrition, metabolic disorders, chronic diseases, sudden changes in environment and climate, eating disorders, excessive exercise, alcoholism and other drugs affect the cerebral cortex and central nervous system, it can cause abnormal regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis function or target cell effects and lead to menstrual disorders.

Reasons for delayed menstruation:

1. Pregnancy

If a woman's period is delayed for seven days, she can use the "Early Pregnancy Test Strip" to test her urine. If the result is positive, she is very likely to be pregnant. If the "Early Pregnancy Test Strip" is negative, the opposite is true. But if you are pregnant, there will be other symptoms such as nausea, breast tenderness, etc. Of course, the last resort is to go to the hospital for an ultrasound examination.

2. Surgery

Improper uterine surgery can cause adhesions in the cervix, which can lead to blood stasis and delay menstruation.

3. Side effects of drugs

Long-term use of birth control pills may cause endocrine disorders and lead to delayed menstruation. Doctors also found, based on patient feedback, that a new generation of gastric motility drug, metoclopramide, also known as domperidone, may also cause this condition. Since metoclopramide does not easily cross the blood-brain barrier, it is believed that it has no inhibitory effect on central dopamine receptors. Central dopamine receptors are inhibited, resulting in a decrease in the amount of hypothalamic release factors entering the anterior pituitary. As a result, the anterior pituitary secretes less gonadal hormones and corticotropin, leading to amenorrhea and delayed ovulation.

4. Excessive weight loss.

In real life, many women take weight-loss drugs or go on excessive diets in order to control their weight, which leads to delayed menstruation. In this case, if the duration is short, the normal menstrual cycle can be restored naturally, but for those who last longer, medication is often required to restore the normal menstrual cycle.

V. Others

Psychological factors such as mental tension, stress, environmental changes, and some diseases that affect the endocrine system can all cause delayed menstruation.