Can women have sex during menstruation?

Everyone should be very clear about the topic of whether women can have sex during menstruation. It is best for women not to have sex during menstruation. However, some people cannot control themselves when they have the desire and have sex no matter when. This is very bad, especially for female friends. It can easily cause some gynecological diseases, such as vaginitis and cervical erosion. Let's take a look at whether women can have sex during menstruation.

There are many things that women need to pay attention to during menstruation. They should keep warm. If they catch a cold, the symptoms of dysmenorrhea will be aggravated. Also, they should not eat spicy food, especially in summer, they should control their diet and not eat ice cream. So, can women have sex during menstruation?

Xiaomei and her husband have had a harmonious and happy sex life for two years since their marriage. Even during her menstrual period, if her husband needs it, she will try her best to satisfy him. Not long ago, Xiaomei accidentally got pregnant. As their financial situation at the time did not allow and they were too busy with work to take care of the child, they decided to have an abortion.

About a week after the abortion, the vaginal bleeding had not yet stopped. In order to meet her husband's physical needs, Xiaomei had sex with her husband again. But after a few days, Xiaomei began to have persistent lower abdominal pain, which worsened when she walked, accompanied by chills, fever, loss of appetite and other discomforts, and purulent secretions with an odor in her vagina. I rushed to the hospital for a check-up and was diagnosed with acute pelvic inflammation. After 4-5 days of anti-inflammatory treatment, Xiaomei's symptoms improved. She thought everything was fine, so she stopped taking the medicine and resting, and had sex with her husband again.

From then on, she often experienced lower abdominal distension and pain, and soreness in the lower back, which often worsened after fatigue, sexual intercourse, and before and after menstruation. She went to the doctor again, and the doctor said that because the last pelvic inflammatory disease was not completely cured, it had recurred and turned into chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The doctor suggested that she exercise actively to strengthen her physical fitness, and use Chinese and Western medicine and physical methods for treatment. After a period of comprehensive treatment, the symptoms were completely eliminated.

Symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease:

There are two types of pelvic inflammatory disease: acute and chronic. The main symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are lower abdominal pain, fever, and increased vaginal discharge. The abdominal pain is persistent and worsens after activity or sexual intercourse. If the condition is severe, there may be chills, high fever, headache, and loss of appetite. Those who develop the disease during menstruation may experience increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstruation. If pelvic inflammatory disease forms a pelvic abscess, it may cause local compression symptoms. Compression of the bladder may cause frequent urination, painful urination, and difficulty urinating; compression of the rectum may cause rectal symptoms such as tenesmus. Further development of acute pelvic inflammatory disease can cause diffuse peritonitis, sepsis, septic shock, and in severe cases can be life-threatening.

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is caused by the failure to thoroughly treat acute pelvic inflammatory disease or the patient's poor physical condition and prolonged course of the disease. The main symptoms are lower abdominal distension, pain and soreness in the lower back, which are often aggravated by fatigue, after sexual intercourse, and before and after menstruation. The second is abnormal menstruation and irregular menstruation. When the disease lasts for a long time, some women may experience symptoms of neurasthenia such as lack of energy, general discomfort, and insomnia. It is often long-lasting and recurrent, leading to infertility and tubal pregnancy, seriously affecting women's health and increasing the family and socioeconomic burden.

Prevention of pelvic inflammatory disease:

Pelvic inflammatory disease is so harmful. How can we prevent the occurrence of acute pelvic inflammatory disease and prevent it from turning into chronic pelvic inflammatory disease?

First of all, maintain good hygiene during menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum period. During menstruation, early pregnancy and postpartum period, when the lochia has not been cleared and the uterus has not returned to normal, pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva and do not have sex.

Secondly, pay attention to contraception and reduce the chances of uterine operations such as abortion and induced labor to reduce the possibility of infection. Avoid having sex three days before and after an abortion or induced labor if vaginal bleeding has not stopped. And pay attention to sexual hygiene to reduce sexually transmitted diseases. When there is vaginitis, both men and women should be treated at the same time, and they can only have sex after they are cured.

Finally, pay attention to personal hygiene, exercise, strengthen your physical fitness, and cure acute pelvic inflammatory disease in a timely and thorough manner to prevent it from becoming chronic.

Can women have sex during menstruation? I believe everyone has the answer in their hearts. Some people still have sex during menstruation, which is irresponsible to their own bodies. It will not only cause gynecological diseases in women, but also cause some men's diseases in men. Everyone should pay attention to hygiene during menstruation and avoid sexual intercourse.