How big is the difference between threatened miscarriage and menstruation?

Threatened abortion will cause vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, and will be accompanied by blood clots in the vagina and heavy, continuous bleeding. The pain will begin after a few hours or days, and the body will feel weak and exhausted recently. However, before the menstruation, women often feel uncomfortable, have mood changes, and have abdominal distension and back pain. Generally, whether women have pain or not, they can clearly judge that these are pre-menstrual symptoms.

Threatened abortion symptoms and signs

Vaginal bleeding

Vaginal bleeding can be divided into light bleeding and heavy bleeding, continuous bleeding and irregular bleeding. Although bleeding is often considered the first sign of miscarriage, vaginal bleeding during the first three months of pregnancy is normal. However, if vaginal bleeding is accompanied by pain, this requires special attention because it may be a sign of miscarriage.

pain

There may be persistent pain in the pelvis, abdomen, or lower back. Once vaginal bleeding symptoms appear, pain may begin a few hours or days later.

Vaginal blood clots

Vaginal discharge of blood or grayish tissue.

Menstrual symptoms

Symptoms before menstruation

Many healthy women also experience some discomfort and temperament changes, and they know that their period is coming soon, such as a feeling of pelvic heaviness, back pain, headache, breast swelling, edema, irritability, and anger, which is called premenstrual discomfort. The disease is generally mild and does not require treatment. However, some women have severe premenstrual symptoms that affect their work and life, which is called premenstrual syndrome.

Symptoms before menstruation

Premenstrual syndrome usually occurs 7 to 14 days before menstruation, is most severe 2 to 3 days before menstruation, and disappears or is significantly alleviated after menstruation. Discomfort is multifaceted and varies from person to person. Some women have more prominent edema, some women have more obvious breast pain, and some women mainly have mental symptoms. Sometimes, several symptoms coexist and therefore vary in severity.

Symptoms before menstruation

Edema usually occurs one week before menstruation. Edema may also occur at other times and worsen before menstruation. Weight gain due to edema. Edema may also be accompanied by headache, runny nose, heaviness in the lower limbs, abdominal distension, constipation, etc. Breast pain can occur before or after menstruation. There are small nodules in the breasts, which are painful to touch. The pain becomes better after menstruation, but reappears before the next menstruation.