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 INTRODUCTION 

MENSTRUAL CYCLE IS A PERIODIC CYCLE IN ADULT WOMEN.

IT STARTED IN AGE OF 13 TO 14 YEAR AND REMAIN TILL AGE OF 45 TO 50 YEARS OF REPRODUCTIVE LIFE.

MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS ARE COMMON ISSUES AFFECTING MILLIONS OF WOMEN.

IN AYURVEDA TEXT, MENSTRUATION IS CONSIDERED A NATURAL PROCESS THAT OCCURS IN WOMEN, KNOWN AS 'RAJASWALA'. IT IS INFLUENCED BY VATA, PITTA AND KAPHA DOSHAS.


 COMMON MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS:

1. DYSMENORRHOEA (PAINFUL PERIODS): CRAMPING,NAUSEA AND VOMITING.

2. MENORRHAGIA (HEAVY BLEEDING): PROLONGED PERIODS,CLOTS AND FATIGUE 

3. OLIGOMENORRHOEA (INFREQUENT PERIODS): LESS FREQUENT MENSTRUATION 

4. AMENORRHEA (ABSENT PERIODS): ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION FOR 3-6 MONTHS.

5. PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS):


 CAUSES OF MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS:

1. HORMONAL IMBALANCE: ESTROGEN, PROGESTERONE, THYROID HORMONE 

2. REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN ISSUE: ENDOMETRIOSIS, UTERINE FIBROIDS, ADENOMYOSIS, OVARIAN CYST, PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE(PID)

3. LIFESTYLE FACTORS: POOR DIET, LACK OF EXERCISE, STRESS AND ANXIETY, OBESITY, SMOKING 

4. GENETIC FACTORS: FAMILY HISTORY 

5. INFECTIONS: PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID), SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs), INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD)

6. MEDICATION: CONTRACEPTIVES, STEROIDS, BLOOD THINNER, ANTIDEPRESSANTS 

7. OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS: DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, KIDNEY PROBLEMS, LIVER PROBLEMS, THYROID DISORDER 

8. NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES 

9. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 


 SYMPTOMS:

1. ABDOMINAL PAIN

2. HEAVY OR LIGHT BLEEDING 

3. IRREGULAR PERIODS 

4. MOOD SWINGS 

5. BLOATING AND WATER RETENTION 

6. BREAST TENDERNESS 

7. FATIGUE 

8. HEADACHE 

9. DIZZINESS 

10. NAUSEA AND VOMITING 

11. LOWER BACK PAIN 

12. BLOOD CLOTS 


 TREATMENT PROTOCOL:

   MEDICAL TREATMENT 

1. HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE: IUD, IMPLANTS

2. PAIN RELEIF MEDICATION: IBUPROFEN, NAPROXEN, ACETAMINOPHEN 

3. NSAIDS 

4. HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT)

5. ANTIDEPRESSANTS DRUGS 


   SURGICAL TREATMENT 

1. DILATORS AND CURETTAGE (D&C): REMOVAL OF UTERINE LINING 

2. ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION: DESTRUCTION OF UTERINE LINING 

3. HYSTERECTOMY: REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS 

4. MYOMECTOMY: REMOVAL OF UTERINE FIBROIDS 

5. LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY 


   AYURVEDIC TREATMENT 

1. KUMARAYASAVA: MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS, FERTILITY 

2. PUSHYANUGA CHURNA: MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, BLEEDING 

3. CHANDANASAVA

4. RAJPRAVRATANI VATI

5. PRADARANTAK CHURNA

6. DASHAMOOLA KWATH

7. SATAVARI CHURNA 

8. GUDUCHI CHURNA OR VATI


 PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT:

1. MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIET 

2. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER 

3. EXERCISE REGULARLY 

4. YOGA AND MEDITATION 

5. PROPER SLEEPING 

6. AVOID SMOKING AND ALCOHOL 

7. MAINTAIN WEIGHT IN OPTIMUM RANGE 

8. GET REGULAR ROUTINE CHECK-UP 

9. AVOID PROCESSED AND HIGH SUGAR FOOD 

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