Patient's question:
Female, 38 years old, the day before yesterday, her daughter came home from school. Because she had just started her period and it was her first time, she was a bit curious and suddenly asked where her period came from. I was taken aback and honestly didn't know much about this topic.Doctor's answer:
Hello, menstruation is expelled from the vagina. It is also known as monthly period, monthly water, monthly message, menstrual period, or spotting, etc. Because most people experience it once a month, it is called menstruation. It refers to regular, cyclical uterine bleeding. Strictly speaking, with this bleeding, there should be maturation of follicles, ovulation, and formation of the corpus luteum in the ovaries, and the endometrium should undergo changes from proliferation to secretion. However, in clinical practice, there are cases of uterine bleeding without ovulation, which is called anovulatory menstruation.