What should you pay attention to during your menstrual period?

Maybe many people have big questions about what they should pay attention to during menstruation. Indeed, the problem of menstruation is a problem that many of our female friends must face, and it is also a very troublesome problem. When menstruation comes, our female friends’ stomachs will be very painful, so we try our best to treat it. Maybe everyone is not familiar with the things to pay attention to and the care methods during menstruation. Let’s learn about it together.

1. Keep the vulva clean during menstruation. Prepare a special basin and wash the vulva with clean warm water every night. It is better to take a shower during menstruation instead of taking a tub bath or a sitz bath. Sanitary napkins and paper should be soft and clean. It is best to use toilet paper, sanitary napkins and pads purchased from regular channels. Underwear should be changed and washed frequently, and scalded with boiling water after washing to reduce bacterial infection and blood stains to the vulva and inner thighs. It should also be dried in the sun. After defecation, wipe from front to back to avoid bringing waste into the vagina and causing inflammation.

2. Generally, adding rice wine to medicinal foods to help blood circulation, or Chinese herbal medicines that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis will cause an increase in menstrual blood volume. Therefore, taking tonic medicine during menstruation is the wrong time. The correct golden period for taking tonic medicine is one week after the end of menstruation, before ovulation, when the body's metabolic rate speeds up and tonic medicine can be most effective at this time. Even the well-known Siwu Decoction can only be consumed after menstruation.

3. Before extracting a tooth, the dentist will ask you whether you are menstruating. You cannot extract a tooth during your menstrual period! Otherwise, not only will the amount of bleeding increase during the extraction, but there will also be a bloody smell in your mouth for a long time after the extraction, which will affect your appetite and lead to malnutrition during menstruation. Girlfriends, please keep this in mind.

4. When a woman has her menstrual period, the endometrium (the layer of tissue inside the uterus) peels off piece by piece. Sexual intercourse during menstruation can easily bring bacteria from around the vulva and perineum (the area between the vaginal opening and the anus) into the vagina, cervix and even the uterus. The bacteria grow and multiply where there is blood, causing inflammation on the spot, which is called endometritis. Not only does it cause fever and lower abdominal pain, but it also causes increased menstrual bleeding and prolonged menstruation. The second reason why you cannot have sex during menstruation is that it is easy to develop endometriosis.

5. The physical examination should be done away from the menstrual period. It is best to choose the period between the end of menstruation and before ovulation to undergo the examination. If a disease is discovered through a gynecological examination, you must actively take treatment measures according to the doctor's treatment plan and never take it lightly.

6. Many women like to wear tight clothes during menstruation, thinking that this can not only avoid the embarrassment of side leakage, but also relieve abdominal pain. In fact, this is unscientific. During menstruation, women will have a large amount of menstrual blood flowing out. If the air permeability of the perineum is poor at this time, the humid environment may cause the growth of some microorganisms. Some fungal vaginitis is caused in this way. If not treated in time, it may also ascend to the pelvic cavity.

The above content introduces us to the matters that we should pay attention to and the related care methods during menstruation. I believe that all our female friends have a clear understanding. In order to avoid suffering greater distress when our menstruation comes again, we must understand this issue in advance to reduce our pain.