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Abnormal menstrual cycles can be a super messy issue to handle since women’s hormones are majorly involved and can be affected by many reasons. Many women experience irregular periods on and off throughout their reproductive years. Irregular periods can also contribute to infertility in women.
All women desire regular and pain-free periods but the stress hormones and imbalance between the hypothalamus in the brain, pituitary, ovarian, adrenal and thyroid glands screws it up. Blessed with regular and mostly trouble free periods is a good indication of women’s reproductive health.
The various factors that contribute to missed and irregular periods
Obliviously, except for from being pregnant and going through menopause, here are the other major causes for irregular periods.
1. Excess stress
Women are multi-tasking and are always juggling with work, relationships, children and their own state of mind. This immense stress can create havoc with female hormone levels and lead to menstrual irregularity. When you are under a lot of stress for an ongoing period, your body can start to conserve energy by preventing ovulation. Adrenaline and cortisol are the two major players related to your stress responses that help you escape from threats (whether real immediate ones or just perceived ones). The body always gives importance to producing these stress hormones that will help you survive a crisis, so sex hormones can be laid back. Under chronic stress, there’s not enough raw materials available – such as amino acids that help neurotransmitters to work – to make both sex hormones and stress hormones in some cases, so a choice must be made and the body always chooses stress hormones over the sex hormones required for regular menstrual cycle.
2. Poor nutrition
A poor diet low in nutrients, antioxidants and probiotic foods yet high in stimulants can tax the adrenal glands and thyroid. It is also a kind of stress wherein the body is deprived of essential nutrients and the body has to work with the available nutrients.
3. Extreme weight loss
When your body mass index (BMI) falls below 18 or 19, you can start to miss your period due to having too little body fat. Body fat is important for creating enough estrogen. Significant changes in weight can impact your pituitary gland, in turn leading to hormone imbalance and messing with your body’s ability to ovulate.
4. Over exercising
Although moderate exercise is very important for good health, mood regulation, sleep and maintaining a healthy body weight, too much exercise can also pressurize your adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands.
5. PCOS
Irregular, unpredictable periods are a hallmark sign of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal imbalance that interferes with the body’s ability to ovulate normally.
6. Birth control pills
Birth control pills use a combination of estrogen and progestin or progestin alone to prevent ovulation. It can make your periods irregular for up to a few months. Also, many birth control pills have very low estrogen content, which can cause irregular bleeding.
Try Ayurvedic medicine for irregular periods – M2-TONE
It must for women to regularize their menstrual in order to have a good reproductive health.
Phytoestrogens are plant compounds that mimic the activity of estrogen in the body. This means that consuming phytoestrogens such as tofu, soymilk, nuts, and seeds – will help increase estrogen levels.
Phytoestrogens treat hormonal imbalances, the primarily cause for irregular periods and mood swings. Try herbal supplements containing phytoestrogens. M2-TONE formulated by Charak Pharma contains potent phytoestrogens such as Ashoka (Saraca indica) and Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa) that balance hormones and improve ovarian functions. Simultaneously, M2-TONE maintains nutritional balance and improves uterine health.
M2-TONE also restores emotional balance by relieving anxiety and tension with its mild tranquilizing agents like Ashwgandha (Withania somnifera) and Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi), Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) and Deodaru (Cedrus deodara).
Be aware of the key reasons for irregular periods and rectify it immediately before it ruins your joy of motherhood.
