What are the dangers of sex during menstruation?

Many young couples may feel that a woman’s menstruation lasts for a week, and both parties cannot bear the desire for sex during this period, so they will inevitably have sex before the menstrual period ends. Menstruation is a special physiological period for women, but few people know that having sex during menstruation has a very serious impact on women's health. Today I will introduce to you the dangers of having sex during menstruation.

Irregular menstruation

Penile insertion can cause congestion in the female genitals, leading to increased menstrual flow, pain, menstrual disorders, especially prolonged menstruation, heavy menstrual bleeding, or particularly irregular menstrual cycles. Sexual intercourse stimulation not only makes menstrual disorders more severe and causes more menstrual bleeding, but also increases the chance of infection, leading to the occurrence or aggravation of gynecological inflammation (because menstrual blood is a good culture medium for bacterial growth). If it is dysmenorrhea, the patient will experience lower abdominal pain, heaviness and back pain before, during or after menstruation, and sexual intercourse will definitely aggravate these symptoms. Therefore, it is best to have sex after your menstruation is over.

Infection of sexual organs

Under normal circumstances, there are many microorganisms parasitizing in women's vagina, but the female sexual organs themselves also have the physiological function of resisting and preventing reproductive tract infections. During the menstrual period, the body's resistance to bacterial ascending infection is weakened. If sexual intercourse occurs during the menstrual period, the male reproductive organs may bring bacteria into the vagina. Combined with the nutrients in the menstrual blood, the bacteria can easily multiply 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, gradually causing gynecological diseases such as cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. In addition, the pelvic congestion during menstruation and the blood accumulation in the vagina and uterine cavity are good culture media for bacterial reproduction, making the infection easier to spread and worsen. Therefore, sexual intercourse during menstruation is a trigger that promotes the spread of reproductive tract infection and inflammation.

Aggravate physical discomfort

When a woman has her period, the endometrium bleeds, part of the endometrium ruptures and falls off, and some blood vessels become open and exposed. Sexual intercourse at this time will increase the amount of menstruation or prolong the duration of menstruation due to local stimulation, aggravating the discomfort symptoms of menstruation. After having sex during menstruation, the following symptoms may appear in the following menstrual days: severe abdominal distension, loss of appetite, dizziness, back pain, etc., and you will feel particularly weak and uncomfortable.

The above content introduces to friends in great detail the dangers of having sex during menstruation. I hope this content can serve as more reference for everyone. Having sex during a woman's menstrual period may cause infection and inflammation of the female reproductive system at the mildest, and may even lead to infertility in the future, so it is not advisable.