There are many reasons for irregular menstruation. It may be a minor problem or a major problem. So some female friends may be worried: Can I have a child if I have irregular menstruation? And if women have irregular menstruation, how to treat it with traditional Chinese medicine? So next, we will introduce these issues that female friends are concerned about.

Can I have a baby if I have irregular menstruation?

Simple irregular menstruation will not affect pregnancy. As long as there is normal ovulation and healthy sperm, you can get pregnant. However, if menstrual irregularity is severe or induces other complications, it may lead to infertility. There are many factors that cause menstrual disorders, such as gynecological diseases, malnutrition, reproductive problems, and lack of attention to maintenance during menstrual periods.

For women with irregular menstruation, if the following conditions occur, it may affect pregnancy:

1. Amenorrhea: no menstruation after the age of 18 years; continuous amenorrhea for more than 6 months after the onset of menstruation. months.

Causes of infertility: Amenorrhea is likely to occur when suffering from uterine, ovarian, pituitary, or hypothalamic infertility.

2. Symptoms before and after menstruation: breast swelling, headache, edema, fever, acne and other symptoms appear before and after each menstruation.

Causes of infertility: Endocrine disorders that lead to these symptoms lead to incomplete luteal function, which can also lead to infertility.

3. Menstrual disorders: early or delayed menstruation; too much or too little menstruation; significantly prolonged menstruation.

Causes of infertility: Menstrual disorders are often related to endocrine disorders, luteal insufficiency, and endometrial inflammation.

4. Dysmenorrhea: People who have no history of dysmenorrhea suddenly develop severe abdominal pain during menstruation. This is a key to how women should self-examine themselves for infertility.

Causes of infertility: Abdominal pain during menstruation may occur when endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids, uterine dysplasia, abnormal uterine position and other diseases exist.

TCM treatment of irregular menstruation in women

Qi deficiency is one of the common causes of early menstruation in women. If a woman has Qi deficiency, she cannot manage Qi and blood well, and is prone to menstruation. The condition of early menstruation. For this kind of situation, it can be treated through medicinal diet. It is recommended to make soup with silky chicken, astragalus, angelica and poria, eat meat and drink soup before menstruation, which can improve the symptoms of qi deficiency.

The cause of early irregular menstruation is blood heat. Eating too many supplements or spicy food can cause blood heat. Some people have physical reasons. In addition, those who have been ill for a long time and have lost a lot of blood People or people who have been depressed for a long time are also prone to blood heat. Blood heat will speed up blood circulation and even make the body unable to control menstrual blood, causing menstruation to advance. For this situation, it can be treated through dietary therapy, such as drinking celery boiled in water, or drinking black beans, brown sugar, and Codonopsis pilosula in boiled water, which can improve the symptoms of blood heat.