Can I have sex with a light menstrual period?

Can you have sex with a small amount of menstruation? This question may be asked by many people. It is also not advisable to have sex when the menstrual flow is small, because during the menstrual period, the woman's body is relatively weak and easily infected by bacteria, which can easily cause various diseases such as endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease, and even cause infertility. Let’s take a closer look below.

1. The cervix opens during menstruation. Once having sex during menstruation, the insertion of the penis will cause congestion of the female genitals, leading to increased menstrual volume and prolonged menstruation.

2. Having sex during menstruation will cause kidney deficiency and lower back pain on rainy days in the future.

3. When having sex during menstruation, the male reproductive organ may bring bacteria into the vagina. Menstrual blood is a good culture medium for bacteria and other microorganisms. Bacteria can easily breed and spread along the many tiny wounds and ruptured blood vessels in the endometrium, infecting the endometrium and even affecting the fallopian tubes and pelvic organs, thus causing unnecessary trouble to the woman.

4. Having sex during menstruation may cause menstrual secretions to enter the male urethra and may also cause urethritis.

5. Having sex during menstruation may cause sperm to meet the damaged endometrium and overflowing blood cells, and even enter the blood, which may induce the production of anti-sperm antibodies, leading to immune infertility and sterility.

6. Having sex during menstruation may cause uterine contraction during sexual impulse, which may squeeze endometrial fragments into the pelvic cavity, causing endometriosis and leading to infertility.

Sexual intercourse is prohibited during menstruation. Because wounds are formed on the endometrium during menstruation and the immunity of various systems decreases, it is easy to cause inflammatory infection, resulting in endometritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, etc. In addition, when a woman is sexually excited, uterine contractions may cause menstrual blood to flow back into the pelvic cavity, causing implantation of the endometrium and leading to endometriosis. Endometriosis may affect pregnancy, so it is necessary to avoid having sex during menstruation.

If you have sex during menstruation, if the infectious bacteria are highly virulent, they may spread through the lymphatic vessels of the endometrium to the outside of the uterus and enter the pelvic cavity, causing acute adnexitis (including the fallopian tubes and ovaries) and pelvic peritonitis, which may cause fever, abdominal pain, and may also affect future fertility. Once the fallopian tubes become inflamed, adhesions may occur. In severe cases, the lumen of the tubes may be blocked, and conception may be impossible as sperm cannot pass through. Therefore, women cannot have sex during their menstruation.