How to induce periods - How to get periods early in Hindi

Important event

You might have some extremely important unavoidable prior commitments that unfortunately fall on your period days and requires physical work or involvement.

Holiday

Maybe you want to go for holidays and don't want PMS (premenstrual syndrome) symptoms to interfere with your vacation joy.

Pregnancy planning

In order to increase the chances of conceiving during a specific time frame, there might be a need to induce a period earlier.

Delayed periods

Delayed periods is one of the major reasons that most women go for menstruation inducing remedies. Though it usually occurs due to stress and anxiety, other health conditions may also be responsible for a delayed period. Also, if you were already trying to conceive, you might want to rule out pregnancy as a cause.

Hormonal imbalance is the most common health condition responsible for a delayed period. It may occur due to various factors including poor lifestyle, imbalanced diet and oral contraceptives. However, your reproductive hormones are not the only culprit behind your menstrual problems.

Many other conditions are also associated with this. Let us take a look at them one by one:

• Thyroid disorders: Over-secretion of the thyroid gland, producing excess thyroid hormone leads to a condition called hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism could cause delayed or lighter periods.
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOD): It is a condition characterised by multiple ovarian cysts and hormonal imbalance resulting in irregularities in the period. This is so common that 1 of the 10 women with irregular periods suffers from PCOS.
• Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI): This is a condition that occurs when your ovaries stop working before the age of 40. Teenage girls may also suffer from this disease. POI is strongly associated with irregular periods.
• Eating disorders: If you have a habit of starving yourself knowingly (anorexia nervosa) or you are a binge eater, this could be the reason for a delay in your period.
• Hyperprolactinemia: Hyperprolactinemia refers to elevated levels of prolactin, a hormone responsible for the growth of breasts during puberty and regulating the menstrual cycle. It is one of the major reasons for a delayed period.
• Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID): Another health condition associated with an irregular or delayed period is PID. PID occurs due to an infection in the reproductive tract or organs, though it is also associated with abdominal pain and offensive vaginal discharge. Sexually transmitted diseases are the most common reason for developing PID.
• Obesity:  Obesity is the sole reason for various diseases. The extra padding of fat in and around your body leads to an increment in the production of estrogen. This extra dose of estrogen can remodel your menstruation cycle, leading to irregular, delayed or missed periods.
• Uncontrolled diabetes: Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes could cause a late onset of periods. But once your blood sugar comes back to normal, you will get a normal menstruation cycle.

Tips: Usually teenage girls and women close to menopause may have irregular or delayed periods. Teenage girls start getting regular periods after a few months. So, if you are someone who belongs to any of the two categories, don't try to induce periods, it's physiological for you, your body will adapt to a regular cycle slowly.

Once you have ruled out an underlying condition, you can easily induce your period by making some minor changes in your daily routine. Some home remedies and birth control methods also work well in inducing a period early. So, read on to find all the ways that can help you get your period earlier.

Mifepristone is an anti progestational steroid, used in combination with misoprostol (a type of prostaglandin) to induce uterine bleeding. It is mainly used to end unwanted pregnancy within 70 days of conception and it acts by inhibiting the activity of progesterone (a hormone responsible for maintaining pregnancy).

If you are someone who wants to induce periods due to a risk of possible pregnancy, this could be one of the best options. Just after 2 hours of consumption of this medicine, bleeding may start. However, bleeding induced by these drugs is usually associated with cramps, nausea and sometimes diarrhoea.

A clinical study including 720 women (both pregnant and non-pregnant) demonstrated that Mifepristone and misoprostol are highly effective in inducing menstrual bleeding reporting success in about 95% of the cases.

However, it's always safer to consult a doctor before taking this medicine for inducing periods.

There is very little scientific evidence on the effectivity of natural home remedies for inducing periods. However, there are a few herbs and spices that may help in inducing a period and regularising your menstrual cycle. To explore what are they, continue scrolling through the article.

 Period is an integral part of a female’s physiological cycles. While you may take herbs or pop in pills to induce a period, it is best to let nature work its way instead of pushing your body. Some of the herbs mentioned above may have some additional effects on the body, depending on the physical and physiological condition of the individual. Also, birth control pills don’t suit everybody equally.

If a yet undetected pregnancy is the reason for your missing period, taking emmenagogues to induce period could terminate the possible pregnancy and cause severe bleeding and abdominal cramps. Incomplete abortion may lead to an urgent need for surgical intervention.

It is always a wise decision to seek a doctor's consultation before taking any step that is related to your reproductive health. There are various health conditions that may be responsible for a delayed period. Talk to a gynaecologist if you notice any of the following:

• Missing periods for 1 or more months
• Delayed periods for more than 7 days
• Vaginal irritation
• Consistent pain in the lower abdominal region

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