What reason is menstruation headache?

summary

Every time to menstruation, will have a severe headache, every month is like this, now are afraid to menstruation, as long as the menstruation, the pain is severe, the pain is too serious, you can only take painkillers to alleviate, take other drugs do not work, but the painkillers eat too much, I'm afraid there will be other side effects. So, what reason is menstrual headache? Let's talk about it

What reason is menstruation headache?

The specific reasons are as follows: the change of estrogen in women's body causes the change of intracranial vascular tension, which leads to headache; Usually lack of exercise, irregular life; The increase of mental pressure affects the normal menstruation and causes headache; Genetic factors are also an important reason.

Women often have headache before or after menstruation, accompanied by dizziness, palpitation, insomnia, mental fatigue and other symptoms, and disappear or significantly reduce after a week, which is called menstrual headache in traditional Chinese medicine. Most of them are caused by deficiency of Qi and blood, blood stasis and excessive liver fire, and deficiency of Qi and blood is the main pathogenic factor.

Estrogen and progesterone are the main factors of menstruation and pregnancy. When the content of estrogen is higher than the normal value during menstruation, it will aggravate headache. At the same time, estrogen is lower than normal, will make headache worse.

matters needing attention

Women should pay attention to some things not to do during menstruation: do not swim and bath, blow dry as soon as possible after shampoo, avoid catching cold, do not drink coke, strong tea, wine and other stimulating drinks, otherwise it will cause vasodilation, aggravate menstrual headache.