Delayed menstruation, dizziness and lower back pain

When delay is normal

Every representative of the fair sex experiences bleeding once a month or a little less often. They are caused by the need to renew the upper layer of the uterus. The duration of them and the entire cycle as a whole differs for each. On average, the cycle is 21-35 days. A delay in menstruation is considered normal if it does not exceed 2-5 days. Such a failure can be caused by any factors, incl. disease, stress, climate change.

After a woman's first sexual intercourse

If this happened once and returned to normal in subsequent cycles, there is no reason to worry. If the delay occurs frequently, you need to be examined and identify the cause together with your doctor. After all, the timing of menstruation can be affected by hormonal imbalances, which affect the function of childbirth, and some diseases that, if neglected, can lead to serious problems and infertility.

How to induce menstruation if you are late: more precisely, how to create big problems for yourself

It is technically possible to induce menstruation on your own, but gynecologists categorically prohibit doing this, because the reason for the delay is not clear and most often such amateur activity leads to severe bleeding, deterioration of the condition, increased inflammation, even peritonitis.

Most often on the Internet it is advised to induce menstruation as follows:

• Take a hot bath with water
  . With high blood pressure, this method will lead to a hypertensive crisis. With vein thrombosis - vasodilation and hemorrhage. In the presence of blood clots, blood clot separation and embolism (blockage of a vessel by a blood clot) are guaranteed.
• Take large doses of vitamin C.
  Women suffering from stone formation in the bladder and kidneys and bladder (after 30 years everyone has this problem) after such vitaminization of the body can go to the hospital. It is also dangerous for pregnant women - a miscarriage will not happen, but it is difficult to say how such an acid attack will affect the fetus. This also includes advice to drink concentrated infusions of ginger and parsley. These medicinal plants contain a large dose of ascorbic acid and much more.
• Strengthen your intimate life
  . It is possible that menstruation may occur due to the rush of blood during sexual intercourse. But if there is some kind of pathology in the body, then it is better to identify it and cure it. The onset of menstruation will only delay a trip to the gynecologist for a month. Then everything will happen again.
• Take medicinal tinctures
  . Herbs that stimulate menstruation include: cornflower, oregano, rosehip, yarrow, nettle, elecampane and knotweed. Self-medication may result in hives. Do you want to walk around with red pimples and itch constantly? Go ahead - collect herbs!
• Drink a decoction of onion peels
  . Frankly disgusting. Whether it will help or not is unknown, but you are guaranteed disgusting sensations for the next day.

Gynecologists advise: if there was a delay, don’t risk it! Contact a good gynecologist, get examined, do an ultrasound. Modern gynecology easily and quickly diagnoses the causes of amenorrhea and eliminates it.

Reasons causing violations

Each lady has her own bleeding days. They are often accompanied by unpleasant symptoms: pulling in the lower abdomen and lower back, nausea, and dizziness. Therefore, if you feel such ailments, you can diagnose PMS and expect bleeding after 1-2 days.

• Taking contraceptives. The tablets inhibit follicle development or cell release by affecting estrogen. When starting to take pills for the first time or stopping after a long time, the body needs several months to stabilize the processes. Therefore, the delay can even last several months.
• Stress, psychological trauma, nervous breakdowns. Any such loads affect the endocrine system, which is also interconnected with the production of normal amounts of hormones. With severe shocks, discharge can be “delayed” for several months.
• Physical exercise . Many female athletes experience irregular cycles. Even with one-time hard physical labor, a failure may occur.
• Sudden weight loss. Adipose tissue produces estrogen, which is responsible for the normal development of the egg. With a sharp change in weight, the amount of estrogen also changes, which disrupts the duration of one of the phases of the cycle. Due to its lengthening, menstruation comes later. It is also possible that you may not ovulate.

Pulling in the lower abdomen and lower back, nausea, dizziness, and if there are no special deviations, this may be a common harbinger of premenstrual syndrome

Diseases, the harbingers of which are delay

Delayed menstruation, negative test, pulling in the lower abdomen and lower back - these are also possible signs of some serious diseases:

• diseases of the endocrine system;
• venereal diseases;
• diseases of the reproductive system.

Of the latter, the most typical are ovarian dysfunction, polycystic disease, endometriosis, inflammation of the appendages, and fibroids. They are caused by different reasons. For example, polycystic disease occurs due to dysfunction of the adrenal glands, pituitary gland, endocrine system or ovaries. Depending on the root cause, the disease can develop in different ways.

If you have a feeling in the lower abdomen and white discharge with an unpleasant “sour” odor, thrush may be the cause. Bloody discharge during the intermenstrual period indicates the appearance of a polyp in the uterus, which can develop into a tumor. If there is pus in the mucus and a very unpleasant odor, you need to urgently visit a specialist. This indicates an inflammatory process or infection that needs to be treated.

Possible signs

These symptoms of pregnancy in the first days of delay do not necessarily indicate that conception has occurred. If a girl has more than 2 or 3 of the listed signs, then the likelihood that she will become pregnant will be higher. It is necessary to consider the full list of signs that may appear.

Behavior change

The mood of pregnant women does not always change for the worse. When making a diagnosis yourself, you should not rely only on this sign. According to some women, they experienced a change in mood both before and after the delay. The condition manifested itself:

• increased anxiety;
• apathy;
• excessive excitability;
• sleep problems;
• irritability;
• tearfulness.

Such changes occur against the background of changes in the functioning of the endocrine system. After conceiving a baby, she produces female hormones in increased quantities. This is necessary so that the expectant mother can prepare for a long period of bearing the baby. A change in the ratio of hormones in the blood affects the functioning of the nervous system.

Bleeding

The symptom appears 2 or 3 weeks after fertilization of the egg. Mucous discharge during early pregnancy may acquire white or reddish shades. In the first case, the symptom is associated with infection or exacerbation of thrush. A pregnant woman's body becomes more vulnerable to fungal infections due to a weakened immune system. The acidity of vaginal secretion also changes, which is why fungi can easily multiply on the mucous membranes. White secretion is additionally accompanied by itching of the genitals and burning sensation when urinating.

If such a sign appears, the expectant mother should contact a gynecologist as soon as possible.

Bloody or brownish smear occurs due to the attachment of the fertilized egg to the walls of the uterus. During this, minor damage to the blood vessels of the reproductive organ occurs. Blood particles enter the vaginal discharge and color it reddish, pink or brown. The duration of implantation bleeding is 1–2 days.

They differ from regular menstruation in their scarcity and short period of occurrence. The situation does not require visiting a doctor unless it is accompanied by other unpleasant symptoms: nagging pain in the lower abdomen, headaches, severe weakness and nausea.

Brown periods that come after a delay are a sign of the onset of a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy.

Weakness and malaise

The symptom can occur both before and after the delay. It is explained by the fact that all the internal systems and organs of the girl are rebuilt to the mode of maintaining pregnancy. Weakness is explained by decreased immunity and changes in metabolism. If these symptoms appear, a woman should consult a doctor. They can accompany not only pregnancy, but also appear in the initial stages of bacterial or viral infection. The cause of the patient’s deterioration in well-being can only be determined after a comprehensive diagnosis.

Manifestations of weakness and drowsiness occur due to increased production of progesterone. The hormone has a “calming” effect on the psyche of women. The brain switches to working in other conditions, so women often experience forgetfulness in the early stages of pregnancy. She cannot concentrate on any specific task and forgets about recent events. The condition is absolutely normal and disappears on its own by the 2nd trimester.

Features of determining pregnancy

A girl, faced with a delay in menstruation, accompanied by nausea and pain in the lower abdomen, first of all still suspects pregnancy and hurries to take a test. A negative result does not necessarily indicate the absence of a “position”. To understand this, you need to understand how the process of embryo development occurs and how tests reveal this condition:

1. The egg, emerging from the follicle on the 14th day of the cycle, meets the sperm and is fertilized.
2. The fertilized egg moves towards the uterus. Introduction into its wall often occurs only on the 7th day after fertilization.
3. The choreon (fetal membrane) begins to produce the hormone hCG.
4. Its level doubles almost every day.
5. The tests are impregnated with a reagent that shows the presence of hCG.

If the delay is more than 7 days

If the delay is accompanied by primary symptoms: nausea, lower back pain, increased appetite, frequent urination, then pregnancy is almost obvious. If, despite all the signs, the test remains negative, there is a risk of miscarriage or frozen pregnancy. If the lower abdomen is tight and bloody discharge and clots appear, it is likely that there is detachment, improper attachment of the fetus, or even an ectopic pregnancy. In such a situation, hospitalization is urgently necessary, because surgical intervention is prescribed. Here you should pay attention to the general condition: weakness, nausea, severe pain are signs of a disorder.

If, with a negative test, nausea is present, appetite increases, and urination becomes more frequent, you must urgently consult a doctor to refute the act of missed abortion.

As you can see, a delay in menstruation is often explained by completely harmless factors, and sometimes indicates the presence of a disease. When expecting pregnancy, a negative test on the 7th day of a missed period should raise concerns. Since the symptoms in many of the situations considered are very similar, it is better to visit a specialist in order to promptly identify a problem or deviation, or to verify a normal failure that does not have consequences.

What are the risks of delayed menstruation?

It depends on the reason for the delay.

• Planned pregnancy
  . The main reason for delay is pregnancy; for many married couples this is a long-awaited event. If you are expecting pregnancy, you need to undergo a hCG test and an ultrasound of the uterus to make sure that everything is fine with the fetus.
• Unwanted pregnancy
  . Again, you need to visit a gynecologist and check the timing. Up to 6 weeks, you can have a safe medical abortion, which will cause a miscarriage.
• Unknown reason
  . First of all, you need to find out what causes the delay in menstruation. Dangerous causes need to be treated Particularly dangerous: frozen and ectopic pregnancy, inflammation of the uterus and ovaries, blood retention in the uterus. All this needs to be done in a clinic - diagnosing amenorrhea and treating amenorrhea at home is stupid and dangerous.

When the test is negative during pregnancy

For a woman, the issue of establishing pregnancy as early as possible is very relevant, so she tracks her menstrual cycle, notes the date of ovulation, so that there are no unnecessary problems later. You can suspect conception based on the following basic signs:

• delay of menstruation;
• nagging pain in the lower abdomen, radiating to the lower back;
• frequent urge to urinate;
• breast enlargement and tenderness;
• mood swings, changes in food preferences;
• nausea, sometimes vomiting, especially in the morning or after eating.

Noticing similar symptoms, our lady does testing to reassure herself. The principle of operation of all tests is to determine the level of hCG in the urine.

Defective pregnancy test

If you feel sick for a week and the test is negative, then the delay may be caused by conception, in the absence of other symptoms. It all depends on when you did your first analytics. Perhaps the testing on the first day of the delay was carried out in violation of the instructions, or you used products that had expired.

Therefore, after 5-7 days you need to repeat the procedure. If you receive the same result, you need to visit a therapist and try to figure out what caused such a deviation.

It happens that to the question why, when your period is late, you feel sick and the test is negative, the answer lies in the test itself, it may be defective or expired, in this case it is recommended to buy a new one for re-checking

Carrying out an ultrasound

In the case where you feel sick, the delay is 2 days, the test is negative, again, fertilization cannot be ruled out; this issue can be settled with certainty only after a repeat analysis, a visit to the gynecologist and an ultrasound.

Ectopic pregnancy

If, with obvious signs of fertilization and a delay of 4 days, the test is negative, you feel sick, and you also have a dull nagging pain in the lower abdomen, dizziness, brown vaginal discharge, most likely you have an ectopic pregnancy. With it, the hCG level is below normal and does not increase, as with normal conception, so testing does not indicate pregnancy. In this case, you should immediately contact a gynecologist for an ultrasound scan, and if the diagnosis is confirmed, then you cannot do without surgery.

If there is a delay, a pull in the stomach, the test is negative and continues to vomit, and brown discharge appears - these signs indicate an ectopic pregnancy, in which case it is necessary to urgently consult a doctor

Sometimes a psychological pregnancy occurs, that is, a false one. Here the woman is so concerned about the birth of the baby that she makes the body believe it. She finds all the signs of an “interesting situation”, her breasts are enlarged, she feels nauseous, the delay is 5 days, but the test is negative, since the desire of the expectant mother is not enough, and the reagent of the test strip cannot be fooled.

It happens that a woman who really wants to get pregnant adjusts her body psychologically to this event, and the body tries to deceive her, giving out some signs of pregnancy, which are then determined to be false

Differences in the signs of pregnancy - first, repeat and multiple pregnancy

Many women claim that the signs of their second and subsequent pregnancies manifested themselves clearly, which is why they guessed about their interesting situation even before the delay occurred. But during the first pregnancy, toxicosis and other symptoms were less noticeable. Although the body of each expectant mother is individual, there are still common points and signs that distinguish the first, subsequent and multiple pregnancies.

Signs of a second pregnancy may differ from the symptoms of the first due to several factors:

• the belly increases in size earlier than during the first pregnancy;
• The woman notices the baby’s movements not at 18–19 weeks, but 2–3 weeks earlier;
• the mammary glands are less sensitive.

Ladies who have given birth to one or two babies can rely on already familiar signs and sensations. They intuitively independently determine that conception has taken place, immediately after the onset of the delay.

Why do you feel sick when your period is late and the test is negative?

Sometimes appendicitis can delay the onset of menstruation. In this case, too, there is nausea, there is a delay, the test is negative, the pain occurs first in the upper abdomen, then goes down, more on the right, vomiting occurs, and the temperature rises. The slightest suspicion of such a condition requires the intervention of a surgeon, otherwise complications such as a ruptured appendix are possible.

It is rare, but it happens that the cause of a delay in a negative test is appendicitis

Other reasons for delay

Since all organs in the body are interconnected, inflammatory processes in the intestines, the formation of adhesions or hernias in it, a malignant tumor provoke a delay, the stomach pulls, but the test is negative and nausea. In this case, the pain is often acute, cutting, aching, stabbing, there is diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and vomiting. Of course, pregnancy is out of the question here. But for any woman, critical days that do not come at the right time evoke only one thought. She does a test study, and when she is convinced otherwise, it is in this case that she needs to contact a therapist or gastroenterologist to receive special treatment.

A more serious reason for delay is inflammatory processes in the intestines.

Stress has a significant impact on the menstrual cycle. When a girl experiences some not entirely pleasant moments in everyday life or a tragic event for a long time, the whole body becomes tense.

This condition is explained by the influence of nervous overstrain and normally, after eliminating irritating factors, the process will return to its original state.

Delay during menopause and breastfeeding

Delayed menstruation during menopause (after 40-45 years).

The first sign of the premenopausal period in all women is a delay in menstruation. This occurs due to a decrease in the concentration of sex hormones. Changes in the duration of the menstrual cycle can reach up to 90 days, while the discharge becomes scanty. Menstruation may not come for several months, but then the cycle is restored.

In women over 40 years of age, the ability to conceive decreases, but pregnancy in this case is still possible. The endometrium thickens at this age, which leads to delayed uterine bleeding. If a delay in menstruation occurs after 40 years, even with a negative test, you must make an appointment with a gynecologist and have an ultrasound done.

Delayed menstruation during breastfeeding.

When breastfeeding, menstruation usually does not occur (so-called lactational amenorrhea), but this does not mean that pregnancy is excluded. Hoping for lactation, a woman does not go to the gynecologist until the fetus begins to move. At this stage, abortion is already prohibited, although childbirth with a short interval is undesirable.