Can I swim if I have vaginitis?

As summer approaches, many girls have started to wear skirts. People think that wearing pants in summer can easily cause bacteria, so most people pay attention to vaginal care. The weather is hot in summer. For many swimming enthusiasts, some people will go swimming even after menstruation. However, they don’t know that swimming can easily cause bacterial infection of the vagina. So, can you swim if you have vaginitis? What protective measures do you need to take when swimming in summer?

Vaginal candidiasis is highly contagious and can also be contracted from swimming in the summer. Because women have short urethras and their vaginas are connected to the outside world, this provides a convenient door for bacterial infection.

Vaginitis can easily cause infection

As summer approaches, gynecological experts always remind us not to wear non-breathable pants to prevent the growth of bacteria and mold. Experts will also tell you that candidal vaginitis is highly contagious and can also be contracted from swimming in the summer.

From the perspective of women's physiological characteristics, because women have short urethras and their vaginas are connected to the outside world, this provides a convenient door for bacterial infection.

In the swimming pool, you can often see some girls who sit on the ground or steps by the swimming pool when they are tired of swimming. At the same time, there are many people walking around barefoot on the ground and steps. If you have athlete's foot, it will stick to the ground. If someone sits on it, it can easily cause candidal vaginitis. The changing rooms in public swimming pools are usually simple, with shared benches, toilets, and lockers, any of which may harbor mold and cause infection.

To maximize the prevention of vaginitis, women should not sit around in a wet swimsuit after swimming, and should urinate immediately after swimming to cleanse the body. The vulva should be cleaned carefully after swimming. It is best for female friends who are menstruating not to swim in the swimming pool. After swimming, wash your body thoroughly with clean water and dry it as soon as possible to keep your skin and vulva clean.

You can't swim even if you put on sanitary napkins during menstruation

Although the female vagina itself has self-cleaning and natural defense functions, women's resistance is relatively weakened before menstruation. If you swim in unclean waters at this time, the water containing pathogenic microorganisms can "brazenly" enter reproductive organs such as the vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes, causing gynecological diseases such as bacterial vaginitis and salpingitis.

Some women believe that they can swim during their menstrual period as long as they wear an internal sanitary napkin. In fact, this method is not advisable. Because menstrual blood is a good breeding ground for bacteria, and the uterus is open during menstruation, when the internal sanitary napkin is soaked by water, bacteria can easily enter the body through the cotton layer that absorbs menstrual blood and cause reproductive system infection.

It is also worth noting that during menstruation, you need to protect your lower abdomen and avoid cold. If you go swimming in a swimming pool at this time, menstrual disorders will naturally occur under the stimulation of cold water.

Experts remind that people with infectious diseases that are contraindicated for swimming, such as skin diseases, eye diseases, etc., should not swim. Women should also not swim during their menstrual period, before and after their menstrual period, or when they have gynecological inflammation. They can only go into the water after they have recovered. At the same time, you should always pay attention to hygiene when swimming and strengthen your self-protection awareness so as to cool down and stay healthy.

Maybe except for some women, as long as they put on sanitary napkins, they can still swim and do many things during menstruation. But what everyone does not know is that menstruation is the time when germs multiply fastest. If you swim during this period, the bacteria will enter our vagina and cause vaginitis. So, can you swim if you have vaginitis? Actually, it is not possible.