What physical health care does a healthy woman have?

　　Have a basic understanding of the external shape of one's own body and the changes in internal physiological cycles female , can confirm earlier whether they are sick or have something wrong than women who don't know. These women are also better prepared to make decisions about the care and maintenance of their bodies. Every woman should protect her own healthy Being responsible includes ongoing regular self-examinations, annual health checks, and prompt follow-up if any changes or symptoms are noticed.

　　Menstruation records the menstrual cycle

　　Every woman should keep a record of her reproductive cycle between puberty and menopause. This record will provide a detailed, accurate history that will be helpful in diagnosing many different problems. Reliable records can present a woman's cycle pattern and are more valuable to doctors than vague collections of memories when any changes or symptoms occur.

　　There is about twenty-eight days between each menstrual period and the next one. The length of the cycle varies from person to person, even for the same woman. Generally speaking, the cycle is between 25 days and 34 days, which is normal.

　　On the calendar or diary, write "Day 1" on the day when menstruation begins, and continue to mark the days when menstruation occurs. If there is other important information such as severe abdominal cramps, particularly heavy menstrual bleeding, mood changes, or breast cancer, distended pain , also need to be recorded.

　　If you are concerned about "premenstrual symptom clusters", you can record the special symptoms you notice, such as headaches and agitation, on a monthly calendar, especially about a week before menstruation.

　　If you want to know your ovulation day, there is a special message that exists throughout the middle of your menstrual cycle that you can record. This information can be obtained by measuring your basal body temperature and observing the fluid properties of vaginal secretions.

　　Check your records every few months to see if there are any changes in the pattern of your menstrual cycle. If so, it's best to consult your doctor.

　　Q: Whenever I go to see Gynecology When I was pregnant, the nurse always asked me the date of my last menstrual period. I didn’t know how to accurately define the first day of menstruation. Often when I predict that my period is coming, I will find that there is a very faint brown or pink stain in the discharge. There will be nothing for the next two days, and then there will be four or five days of menstruation. So when does my menstrual cycle start? Is it the first red spot or the obvious menstrual blood two days later?

　　Answer: A short, light flow of menstrual blood is called "spotting". When you notice this phenomenon, you can record it on your monthly calendar. When menstrual blood is more stable and more frequent, "watery bleeding" is noted. The next time you see your gynecologist, take the records with you to ask what type of menstrual blood is your "first day."

　　Question: I am a fourteen-year-old girl and I don’t know if the problems I am facing now count. My menstruation started two years ago. When my period came two months ago, it was normal for the first two days and then turned brown. I had a change in my menstrual period last month, it was a brownish red color. I haven't told my mother yet, I wonder if this is normal or does it represent a problem?

　　Answer: In fact, there is a wide range of "normal" menstrual patterns. The average woman rarely compares their conditions with each other, so they cannot have a clear idea of ​​what is "normal".

　　The color of menstrual blood depends on how long it lasts Uterus It depends on how quickly the inner membrane peels off. Rapid peeling results in redder menstrual blood, while slower peeling results in a color closer to brown. Brown represents older, flatter blood. It is normal for most women to have pink, red or dark red hair, or even close to black for some people.

　　You are still in the stage of development and maturity, and your cycle will change greatly in color, flow, and timing in the next few years.

　　Question: I am seventeen years old and my menstrual cycle is approximately sixty days. Is this a problem?

　　A: It's not uncommon for younger women to see variations in the number of days between cycles. For most girls, it takes an average of about seven years to achieve a more regular cycle pattern, which is maintained throughout adulthood.

　　It is a misconception that each menstrual cycle lasts for one month. It is normal for adult female cycles to last anywhere from twenty-five to thirty-four days. But research also shows that young women between the ages of fifteen and nineteen generally have longer menstrual cycles than women of other age groups.

　　There are many factors that can cause prolonged or missed menstrual cycles, including stress, weight loss, improper nutrition, and regular strenuous exercise, all of which can alter hormone production.

　　Long or missed periods are often caused by the absence of eggs from the ovaries (called anovulatory menstruation), which is also common in younger women. However, you'd better go see a gynecologist to make sure. Older women should see a doctor if their cycles last for 35 to 90 days (called oligomenorrhea).

　　Unless you're trying to get pregnant or your cycle is longer than ninety days (called amenorrhea ). Otherwise, longer or skipped cycles are not a problem for young women, and the above-mentioned cases must be consulted by an obstetrician and gynecologist. Hormones may be used if needed to stimulate ovulation or facilitate the shedding of the lining of the uterus.

　　Question: Do women who live together have similar menstrual cycles? This happens to me and my roommates, and some of my friends are also worried.

　　Answer: Researchers have confirmed that if women stay together for a long time - such as roommates, close friends, mothers and daughters, sisters, or even work partners, there is a tendency for their menstrual weeks to start on close to the same day. This phenomenon is called "synchronous menstruation."

　　When a new group forms or when a new woman joins a group, it takes about four months for the menstrual cycles to synchronize. In one study, seven career coaches who worked together had very different menstrual cycles when they first started working together in the summer. After three months, their menstrual periods all came within four days of each other.

　　It is not yet known how synchronized menstruation occurs. Researchers have ruled out simple explanations, such as similar diets or shared periods of stress, because the phenomenon does not occur in women who live in the same school dormitories or women's prisons, nor is it caused by verbal influences (telling each other when one is menstruating).

　　Many studies show that this synchronization of menstruation is related to the amount of time spent together. Some interesting experiments identify a potential physiological cause. The researchers collected the armpit sweat of some women with regular cycles and mixed it with alcohol for the women in the experimental group to smell, while they only gave alcohol to the other group of women to smell. After a few months, those women who had smelled sweat also menstruated within three days of the menstrual cycle of the women who had sweated, while those who had not smelled sweat did not. Because of these results, scientists speculate that women's bodies release different chemicals during their menstrual cycles, which can trigger menstrual cycles in other women.

　　The existence of such pheromones (chemical substances produced by the body that can stimulate reactions in other members of the same species) has been found in many animals and is associated with certain behaviors (including courtship). If researchers could find similar "chemical communication substances" in humans and measure their effects male and the impact on female reproductive behavior will be very interesting.

　　Question: Why do women have menstruation? Why does the body bleed? Is that excess blood that must be removed?

　　Answer: Menstrual cramps are a sign of good health. It means that a woman's complex reproductive system is functioning well. Menstrual blood contains a variety of different fluids from the uterus, fragments of the lining of the uterus, and blood from the lining of the uterus—not directly from veins or arteries. Although it may seem like a lot of blood, it is different from ordinary bleeding. For most women: “The average amount of blood shed during each menstrual period is about two ounces (one ounce is equivalent to four to five tablespoons), spread over four or five days. A small number of women have particularly heavy menstrual bleeding; if it exceeds three ounces, they will need to be medically examined and monitored for anemia produce.

　　Although menstrual blood looks like regular blood, it does not come directly from blood vessels. Therefore menstrual blood cannot be considered "excess blood".