What causes lower abdominal pain and bleeding after sex?

The most effective way to promote emotions between couples is through sexual life. However, many couples always encounter some symptoms after having sex. Among them, lower abdominal pain and bleeding after having sex is an experience that many women have had. The appearance of such symptoms seriously affects normal life. Sometimes, many women have a fear of sexual life between couples. If such symptoms occur, we must understand the reasons and make timely adjustments. Let’s understand what causes lower abdominal pain and bleeding after having sex.

What causes lower abdominal pain and bleeding after sex?

1. Local organic lesions of the external genitalia lead to abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Such as bleeding during sexual intercourse caused by local genital lesions such as vulvar ulcers, vaginal trichomoniasis, vulvar eczema, and vulvar herpes.

2. Improper sexual life leads to abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Due to rough sexual life, especially for women who have just given birth, bleeding during intercourse may be caused by damage to the vaginal wall, and medical attention should be sought promptly.

3. Cervicitis (erosion) causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Cervicitis is divided into three types: mild, moderate and severe according to the degree of cervical erosion. For patients with moderate or severe cervical erosion, the rubbing of the cervix by the glans of the male's penis during sexual intercourse may cause injury and bleeding. Severe bleeding may occur after sexual intercourse. Sometimes the amount of bleeding is small and does not flow out immediately, but accumulates in the vagina, and the color of the blood changes from fresh to old. Therefore, when the blood flows out the next day, it is dark red.

4. Cervical polyps cause abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Chronic inflammation may cause cervical polyps due to long-term stimulation of the cervix. Single or multiple small pedunculated granulation tissues grow at the cervical opening, looking like bean buds, and the larger ones are as big as a finger. Polyps are fragile and tender, and bleed when touched, so there may be bleeding after intercourse. This bleeding is usually bright red.

5. Pelvic inflammatory disease causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Pelvic inflammation can cause pelvic congestion. If the endometrium is congested and edematous, sexual intercourse may cause the congested endometrium to bleed.

6. Wearing an IUD causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Women who use contraceptive rings may sometimes experience bleeding during sexual intercourse. This is because the intrauterine ring is a foreign body in the uterine cavity. Its mechanical pressure can cause local damage, necrosis and ulcers of the endometrium, and there is a possibility of bleeding. In this case, the stimulation of sexual intercourse can cause bleeding.

7. Postmenopausal women experience abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

After menopause, due to the lack of estrogen, women are prone to senile vaginitis. At this time, the vaginal mucosa becomes thinner, and sexual intercourse may also damage the vaginal mucosa and cause bleeding.

8. Cervical cancer causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Bleeding after sexual intercourse is the earliest symptom. Because cancer lesions are small, contain more blood vessels, and have more fragile tissues, the capillaries will rupture and bleed due to damage after each sexual intercourse. If the cancer is more advanced, it may bleed more easily.

9. Primary vaginal cancer causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Because cancer cells are relatively fragile, the initial symptom is only bleeding after sexual intercourse.

10. Endometriosis causes abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse:

Some endometriosis grows on the cervix and appears as blue-purple nodules. If this blue-purple ectopic nodule is touched during sexual intercourse, it will cause bleeding. The bleeding is usually small in amount and dark red in color, and abdominal pain often occurs after sex.

The above is an introduction to what causes lower abdominal pain and bleeding after intercourse. I hope that after understanding it, it will be of some help to many female friends. Generally, such symptoms may be caused by improper sexual postures of couples and some gynecological diseases. Therefore, female friends must pay great attention to such symptoms and go to the hospital for examination and treatment when necessary. In addition, they should also pay attention to maintaining good personal hygiene in daily life.