When I was a big aunt, there must be two factions around every mother:
Drinking Ice Water Dysmenorrhea School: [When girls drink ice water, you will know the seriousness of the consequences when they suffer from dysmenorrhea]
Drinking ice water is fine: [I came to my great aunt to eat cold and drink ice as usual, and there is nothing wrong with it, let alone dysmenorrhea]
They personally proved that there seems to be some truth in all of them. Who is right? Today, Clove Mother specially invited Zhuang Shili, Master of Neuroscience, to talk to us about whether drinking ice water during menstruation will cause dysmenorrhea.
Does everyone have dysmenorrhea?
Dysmenorrhea is very common. According to different literatures at home and abroad, its incidence rate is between 20% and 90%.
A 2008 research survey involving 1800 Chinese female college students showed that the incidence rate of primary dysmenorrhea was 77%, which means that 3 out of every 4 female students around you may suffer or have suffered from dysmenorrhea.
That is, you hurt, I hurt, everyone hurt.
The difference is that pain is a subjective feeling, and everyone has different thresholds, so the pain they feel is different.
Dysmenorrhea is how to return a responsibility?
Of course, no one beat your uterus in the middle of the night.
During menstruation, due to changes in estrogen and progesterone levels in the body, endometrium collapses and falls off with hemorrhage, and endometrial cells release prostaglandins (not only in men! ).
Prostaglandins, the [killer], will cause myometrial contraction, smooth muscle ischemia, spasmodic pain, and may even be accompanied by digestive tract reactions such as nausea and vomiting, thus causing dysmenorrhea.
The formation process is slightly complicated, but the feeling of pain is very simple and crude, even making people faint.
Can drinking ice water aggravate dysmenorrhea?
Strictly speaking, there is currently no medical evidence that drinking ice water is related to dysmenorrhea.
Some mothers feel really comfortable drinking hot water and brown sugar water during menstruation, but this does not mean that drinking ice will aggravate dysmenorrhea and will not lead to health problems in the next few decades.
Just like drinking hot water can quench thirst, can’t you say drinking cold water aggravates thirst?
In fact, dysmenorrhea after drinking ice water is not the real cause of [ice water].
For example, osteoarthritis, cold itself will not lead to osteoarthritis, nor is it a risk factor for arthritis. However, changes in temperature and air pressure in a cold environment will affect the viscosity of joint fluid, affect blood circulation around joints, and affect people’s emotions. Patients with osteoarthritis will feel joint pain.
In other words, obesity, smoking and excessive exercise are all risk factors for osteoarthritis, while cold itself is innocent.
Another example is Japanese girls with yellow skin and black hair. They drink ice water from childhood to adulthood. Apart from drinking tea, drinking ice water during menstruation did not aggravate dysmenorrhea. They even drink ice after giving birth, but they are still the group with the highest life expectancy in the world (89 years old).
Therefore, whether menstruation can drink ice water or not varies from person to person. The real cause of dysmenorrhea is mainly related to the living habits formed by everyone.
If you drink dysmenorrhea, drink less or not, if you drink nothing, continue to drink will not cause dysmenorrhea.
How to relieve dysmenorrhea symptoms?
It is better to consult a gynecologist, eliminate dysmenorrhea caused by diseases, and try to use non-steroidal analgesics (such as Fenbid) or short-acting contraceptives (note that they are not emergency contraceptives such as Yuting) with obvious effects.
At home, there are also many reliable methods to try, such as:
- Exercise: Studies show that physical exercise may reduce the degree of dysmenorrhea. Hot compress: Soak in a hot bath or cover the lower abdomen with hot items such as warm baby. Hot compresses are almost as effective as over-the-counter painkillers. Dietary supplements: A large number of studies have shown that vitamin E,-3 fatty acids, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, magnesium supplements, etc. may be effective in relieving dysmenorrhea. Stay away from alcohol and tobacco: Both alcohol and tobacco may aggravate dysmenorrhea. Reduce stress: Psychological stress may increase the risk and severity of dysmenorrhea.
In a word, because of different constitutions, how to feel comfortable after dysmenorrhea, drinking ice water will not bury your health hazards through time and space, and you do not need to force yourself to drink ice water.
However, if it is really painful, you must consult a professional doctor and do not believe any folk prescription.