Can I do it when I have my period?

Every female friend has her period every month, which is also commonly known as "menstruation". The meaning of menstruation can also be understood as a rest period for sexual life. Women who are menstruating need extra rest. Firstly, menstrual bleeding can lead to insufficient blood and qi. Secondly, they are forced to rest due to severe dysmenorrhea. In addition, the reason for prohibiting sexual intercourse is that having sex during menstruation will affect the physical health of both men and women.

During menstruation, the endometrium sheds and forms wounds on the surface of the uterine cavity. During sexual intercourse, bacteria are easily brought in and retrogradely enter the uterus, causing intrauterine infection, adnexitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

2. Women should not beat their waist and back during menstruation

Many women experience severe back pain during menstruation and may choose to have others massage them or beat their waists themselves to relieve back fatigue and soreness. Experts say that it is very normal for women to experience back pain during menstruation, which is caused by pelvic congestion. Blindly massaging or beating the waist vigorously at this time will cause the pelvic congestion to become more serious, which will aggravate the back pain.

3. Avoid strong tea or coffee

The high caffeine content in strong tea can stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular system and easily cause dysmenorrhea, prolonged menstruation and excessive menstrual bleeding. At the same time, the tannic acid in strong tea can hinder iron absorption and cause iron deficiency anemia.

4. Don’t wear tight clothes

If you wear tight pants with a small hip circumference during menstruation, the local capillaries will be compressed, which will affect blood circulation, increase perineal friction, and easily cause perineal congestion and edema.

5. Do not participate in sports

During menstruation, strenuous exercise such as high jump, long jump, running, playing football, etc. can induce or aggravate general discomfort during menstruation, and even cause dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorders. Some strength exercises that increase abdominal pressure, such as weightlifting and dumbbells, should also be avoided as much as possible, otherwise they will cause excessive menstruation or prolonged menstruation.

It has been reported that women are half as likely as men to suffer liver damage or alcohol poisoning from drinking during menstruation. Because women lack decomposition enzymes in their bodies during menstruation, if they drink too much at once, the time of drunkenness will be prolonged and the feeling or symptoms of drunkenness will be more severe. This is why drinking during menstruation is addictive and can easily lead to alcohol poisoning. Drinking alcohol will also speed up blood circulation, which may lead to increased menstrual flow.

7. Do not wash your hair

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the head is the head of the six yang meridians and the uterus is the starting point of the Ren meridian. During menstrual period, blood circulation is inherently poor. Washing your hair will cause blood to concentrate in the head, affecting the blood circulation in the uterus, making it impossible for the blood in the uterus to be discharged smoothly, which can easily cause a decrease in menstrual blood volume or menstrual pain. Scientists' research results also show that if you wash your hair during menstruation, the brain nerves will be stimulated and the uterus will contract. If the uterus contracts, the hormone secretion in the body will become disordered. If this situation accumulates over time, it will cause cell degeneration and lead to gynecological diseases such as breast and uterine diseases.

Excessively raw and cold food will slow down blood circulation, which in turn affects the contraction of the uterus and the discharge of menstrual blood, causing adverse discharge of menstrual blood and menstrual pain.

9. Avoid eating too much salt

Eating too salty food will increase the salt and water retention in the body. Before menstruation, it is easy to have symptoms such as headaches, emotional agitation, and irritability.

10. Don’t go to KTV

During menstruation, the capillaries in the vocal cords of women also become congested and the walls of the vocal cords become more fragile. Singing karaoke for a long time or loudly at this time may cause the vocal cord capillaries to rupture, hoarseness, and even permanent damage to the vocal cords, such as a lower or coarser voice, due to the tension and high-speed vibration of the vocal cords. Professional doctors especially remind that women should be careful not to sing for a long time or loudly starting two days before their menstrual period.