What are the dangers of taking a bath during menstruation?

During menstruation, women will take various maintenance measures for their own health. Many people think that taking a bath during menstruation will cause certain harm. In fact, it is not true. During menstruation, as long as you take a bath in the correct way, it will not only be harmless, but also ensure personal hygiene. Therefore, there is no harm in taking a bath during menstruation. Here I will introduce to you how to take a bath during menstruation!

1. Rinse quickly to avoid catching a cold and not taking a bath

During menstruation, the endometrium is exfoliated, which opens the small blood vessels in the uterus. If you take a tub bath, an ascending infection may occur and spread to the pelvic cavity or fallopian tubes, which may cause pelvic inflammatory disease, fallopian tube adhesions, blockage, etc.

2. Take a bath at an appropriate water temperature, do not use cold water

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women are naturally more resistant to cold. This is because compared with men, women have weaker yang energy and insufficient qi and blood. During menstruation, when menstrual blood is discharged, the human body itself is weaker than usual. At this time, the body's resistance to external pathogens becomes relatively low. If they encounter cold water stimulation at this time, it is more likely to lead to the invasion of cold air, causing a series of diseases.

3. Keep your personal toiletries safe and do not mix them

Girls should ensure that the towels and washing utensils they use for bathing are not mixed with those of others, especially when they or they suffer from infectious diseases such as athlete's foot, so as to avoid fungal infections of the genitals.

4. Do not use shower gel to clean the genitals

During menstruation, women's vagina is more likely to produce some odor, so they will use shower gel to clean their vagina while taking a bath. Some women will even use hot water to wash their vagina repeatedly. In fact, these practices are not healthy. Not only can they fail to achieve the purpose of cleaning, but they can easily cause vaginal infection and lead to itching.

Because the female vagina is usually slightly acidic, which can inhibit the growth of bacteria, but during menstruation the vagina becomes alkaline, and the resistance to bacteria is reduced, making it more susceptible to infection. Therefore, if you do not use professional vaginal cleaning solution to clean the vulva, or directly use hot water to wash it repeatedly, it will lead to an increase in alkalinity, which will destroy the self-cleaning environment in the vagina and reduce immunity. Therefore, you need to choose a professional vaginal cleaning solution to clean the vulva, especially during menstruation.

5. Master the correct way to clean private parts

When cleaning, you should first clean the vaginal opening and urethral opening, then clean around the anus, and do not clean back and forth. Because the wrinkles around the anus will gather some residual bacteria during defecation, if you wash it back and forth with water, the bacteria in the anus will be brought into the vagina and cause infection.