Patient's question:
After taking the birth control pill for a week, I had bleeding. The amount of bleeding was similar to my usual monthly amount and lasted for 4 days. After 7.8 days, my normal menstrual period arrived. Then, I had another bleeding. Is it menstruation? Is it normal?Doctor's answer:
Women's menstrual disorders are believed by Western medicine to be primarily caused by factors such as overexertion, mental tension, excessive stress, environmental changes, exposure to cold, taking birth control pills, and post-abortion surgery, which lead to endocrine dysfunction and disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. To understand the extent of the condition, it is necessary to first choose the 3-5 days of the natural menstrual period (during menstruation) to perform a fasting blood test for the six major sex hormone tests (including: Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Prolactin (PRL), Testosterone (T), Progesterone (P), and Estradiol (E2)) to confirm the diagnosis. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the causes of menstrual disorders in women are multifaceted.