Pain after your period

Every girl knows firsthand what pains and unpleasant sensations in the lower abdomen begin and accompany menstruation. According to statistics, every second girl experiences such severe pain on the first day of menstruation that she cannot work or study normally on this day. For many girls, the practice of staying home or asking for time off from work on the first days of menstruation has already become a habit. Pain before menstruation seems quite usual and does not particularly bother, but pain after menstruation should attract your close attention.

Symptoms that should be alarming:

• Cramp-like pain in the lower abdomen.
• Pain in the lower abdomen radiating to the lower back.
• General weakness, lethargy.
• Nausea, vomiting.
• Temperature rises to 37°C.
• Nervousness, irritability, depression.
• Insomnia.
• Dry mouth, cravings for food (especially sweets).
• Swelling of the arms and legs.
• Sensitivity of the mammary glands and nipples (a brown areola appears around the nipples).
• Pain when urinating.
• Pain during intercourse.
• Purulent or bloody discharge from the vagina.

Pain after menstruation has a different nature than pain before menstruation: it is more intense and has an inflammatory origin. Such pain may indicate inflammatory diseases of the female reproductive system, such as endometriosis, vulvitis or adnexitis.

If the stomach hurts after menstruation after a week - 12 days, this may indicate that ovulation is occurring in the woman's body: this usually involves a pulling sensation in the lower abdomen and a slight tingling in the lower back. But there is also a positive side to this condition: during ovulation, the condition of the woman's skin noticeably improves, she becomes cheerful and sexy. In order to make sure that this is ovulation and not a pathology of the female genital organs, it is enough to buy an ovulation test at the pharmacy. If it is positive, then there is no need to worry and the painful sensations will soon stop.

Sometimes pain after menstruation may indicate such a disease as inflammation of the ovaries and inflammation of the fallopian tubes. Initially, such diseases proceed unnoticed, and only after some time, when pathogenic microorganisms penetrate the uterus and fallopian tubes and begin to multiply there, the disease makes itself known with pain. Inflammation in the fallopian tubes can lead to abnormal functioning of the ovaries and then to infertility, therefore, if pain occurs after menstruation in the lower abdomen, which does not go away, but on the contrary - intensifies, you should immediately consult a doctor.

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Chest pain after menstruation

Pain in the chest and nipples after menstruation is one of the unfavorable symptoms that you should definitely pay attention to. Such chest pain is called mastalgia. At a young age (11-17 years), such pain is often caused by the growth of the mammary glands and passes over time. In this case, you should not worry too much: the establishment of the menstrual cycle, the growth of the skeleton and bone structure, hormonal changes in the girl's body - all this contributes to chest pain during this period of the girl's life. But if chest pain after menstruation appears at a more mature age, when the menstrual cycle and hormonal background are already stable - this may indicate inflammatory processes in the mammary glands or even the presence of neoplasms.

If a woman suffers from prolonged pain in the breasts and nipples after each menstruation, the hormonal background is disturbed. One of the reasons causing postmenstrual pain in the breasts may be pregnancy, so it is necessary to take a pregnancy test or take a blood test for hCG. If pregnancy is excluded, it is worth looking for the cause in the following:

• Recent surgeries.
• Injuries to the chest or thoracic area.
• Problems with muscle or bone tissue.
• Taking certain sedatives.
• Climax.

It can be very difficult to independently determine the cause of pain (except for pregnancy, which is easily diagnosed using a test or blood test for hCG). That is why if you have the above problems, you must immediately consult a doctor.

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Pain in the uterus after menstruation

During menstruation, the uterus constantly contracts, which is why girls experience the usual pain, pain in the lower back and ovaries. Pain in the uterus after menstruation can be caused by hormonal imbalance and increased estrogen levels in the blood (usually in girls after 30 years).

Sometimes the uterus is not positioned correctly, i.e. it is located in the abdominal cavity in the wrong place. Where it should be. Such incorrect positioning of the uterus will definitely cause nagging pain after menstruation. The use of an intrauterine contraceptive device often causes such pain, because being located inside the uterine cavity, it prevents its normal contraction during menstruation. Also, postmenstrual pain in the uterus can be caused by stress, nervous tension and insomnia.

If the pain in the uterus stops 2-3 days after the end of menstruation, there is no need to worry, because a woman's body is unpredictable and does not always work like clockwork. If such pains recur after each menstruation and do not go away within a week or more, you should definitely consult a doctor to rule out possible uterine pathology.

Pain during sex after menstruation

If you feel discomfort after menstruation, it may be due to the fact that in the first couple of days after menstruation, the lubricant secreted by the Bartholin gland is released worse than in the middle of the cycle. The same thing happens a couple of days before the onset of menstruation. This fact is explained very simply: in the middle of the menstrual cycle, ovulation occurs - the most favorable time for conception, so the lubricant is secreted more actively and in greater quantities - in order to better conduct the sperm secreted by the man during sex into the woman's genital tract.

If the pain is accompanied by itching of the genitals, this may indicate a fungal infection of the female genitals. Vaginal candidiasis or thrush is treated quickly and goes away almost immediately, but if you do not pay attention to it and start the disease, then candidiasis will rise higher and cause more serious complications.

Also, pain during sex after menstruation may indicate inflammation of the ureters. The female urethra is extremely short (only 4 cm), so any infection penetrates without problems, causing itching, burning and inflammation. During sex (especially without a condom!) this path is shortened to the point of impossibility.

In all the above cases, you should contact your doctors: gynecologist and urologist. Doctors will conduct the necessary diagnostics and prescribe treatment.

Treatment for post-menstrual pain

First, it is worth trying non-drug treatment methods, and if they do not help, only then move on to the “heavy artillery”.

• Yoga will help. To relieve pain after menstruation, you need to take the "cobra" pose. To do this, you need to slowly lower your face down to the floor, and then slowly raise your head and chest, but without using your hands. Then continue to raise your thoracic spine using your hands until you feel a tingling in your back, while moving your head back as far as possible. Breathing pattern when doing the exercise: inhale when raising the body and exhale when lowering the body. You can repeat the exercise no more than 3 times. Do it slowly (so that each exercise takes 4-5 minutes).
• Another yoga pose called "bow". To do this pose, you need to lie face down, raise your bent knees and squeeze your ankles with your hands. If you are flexible enough, you can allow yourself to roll back and forth, holding your breath.
• It is no secret that orgasm pleasantly relaxes and has a pain-relieving effect. Therefore, engaging in gentle and slow rhythmic sex will help get rid of pain. You can also resort to masturbation, but you should not do this if the pain is too strong.

Painful sensations quickly disappear with regular use of oral contraceptives (which often have a therapeutic effect). To choose the right OC, you need to consult a doctor and take the necessary tests.

To relieve pain after menstruation, antispasmodics and painkillers available in pharmacies without a prescription (no-shpa, analgin, baralgin, baralgetas, tempalgin, paracetamol and analogues) will help.

Hot herbal tea with valerian will calm you down and help you relax. During such pains, it is necessary to stay at home and stay in bed if possible.