Patient's question:
My period usually comes every twenty days, but my breasts have already started to feel sore and I've been urinating more. I've experienced this before too, though sometimes I don't have these symptoms. Hello, is it normal for my breasts to feel sore and for me to urinate more when my period is still twenty days away?Doctor's answer:
Many women experience a series of systemic discomfort symptoms again before their menstrual period. For example, lower back pain, a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, and breast tenderness. Some may exhibit symptoms such as neurasthenia, restlessness that makes it difficult to sleep, reduced appetite, a sense of inner heat, and increased susceptibility to colds, etc. All of these are normal phenomena. If the breast tenderness or urinary frequency symptoms are particularly pronounced, one can take many herbal medicines that relieve liver stagnation and regulate qi based on a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) diagnosis to alleviate the symptoms.