What should you pay attention to during sexual intercourse during menstruation?

Menstruation is also called period, and it is called menstrual blood in traditional Chinese medicine. Because it occurs once a month, it is also called menstruation. It mainly refers to regular and periodic uterine bleeding. The process of women excreting toxins from the body is called menstruation. During menstruation, women will have various discomforts and may even experience dysmenorrhea. So, is it possible to have sex during menstruation?

1. Can I have sex during menstruation?

Menstruation is the periodic phenomenon of endometrial atrophy, shedding and bleeding through the vagina. From the beginning of menstruation to menopause, which is more than 30 years, the normal period occurs on average about once every 28 days, and each period lasts 3 to 7 days. Blood accounts for about 50% of menstrual blood, and the rest is endometrial fragments, cervical mucus and vaginal exudate. During menstruation, the endometrium is wounded, the cervical opening loosens, and the mucus plug in the cervical canal falls off. In addition, menstrual blood can change the acidity of the vagina and destroy the self-cleaning function of the vagina. It is also a good culture medium for the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria. All these indicate that the natural defense function of the reproductive tract of women during menstruation is significantly disturbed and the ability to defend against infection is reduced.

In addition, pelvic congestion during menstruation often causes discomfort and even pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral area, or causes discomfort such as frequent urination, diarrhea, breast tenderness and mild edema. Yitongwuyou.com reminds you that these physiological changes during menstruation, coupled with changes in autonomic nervous function due to low ovarian sex hormones, often affect women's psychological activities, causing mood changes, irritability, anger, anxiety, irritability or depression, fatigue and low libido. As a result, some women regard menstruation as "bad luck".

From a physiological or psychological point of view, it is not advisable to have sexual intercourse or gynecological examination during the menstrual period in order to avoid causing ascending infection of the reproductive tract or aggravating pelvic congestion, which may lead to prolonged menstruation, increased menstrual flow, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea and other symptoms.

Once reproductive tract infection occurs, it will also cause adhesion and blockage of the fallopian tubes and cause infertility. Some can also cause immune infertility. Some women may also develop some psychogenic diseases, especially sexual dysfunction, such as low libido, lack of orgasm, because they often carry a heavy psychological burden for having a history of sexual intercourse during menstruation, and are afraid of suffering from the legendary "incurable disease."

Therefore, in order to protect the physical and mental health of women and the happy life of couples, we must not cause adverse consequences due to momentary sexual impulses. Ancient Chinese medical books attached great importance to sexual health. Sun Simiao, a physician in the Tang Dynasty, proposed seven taboos in sexual life, including taboos during menstruation. Gong Tingxian, a physician in the Ming Dynasty, not only pointed out the various taboos in sexual life, but also further elaborated on their causes and consequences. He said: "If you have sex after eating too much, you will damage your blood and qi... If you have sex before your menstruation has stopped, you will get uterine bleeding. If you also get cold air in your body, you will become weak and have a yellow face and cannot have children..." These statements have important practical significance for disease prevention, anti-aging, longevity, and the research of modern sexual medicine, and are a valuable legacy of Chinese medicine. Yitongwuyou.com reminds you that it is a consensus in traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine that sexual intercourse is prohibited during menstruation.

If men and women cannot control their desire during menstruation, they should pay attention to the following points when having sexual intercourse:

① During orgasm, the uterus will contract. Therefore, if you have sexual intercourse in the first half of menstruation, it may cause heavy bleeding and stain the bed sheets.

② Men should use condoms during sexual intercourse. In addition, due to the blood, the lubrication in the vagina is greatly reduced. Intense sexual intercourse may cause inflammation and swelling of the female vaginal opening.

③ If you still have sexual intercourse as usual during menstruation, the shed uterine membrane will not only fail to be discharged from the vagina, but may also be pushed back into the abdominal cavity, becoming the cause of endometriosis.

④ Some people replace normal sexual intercourse with anal intercourse during menstruation. If this is the case, special attention should be paid to hygiene issues.

In the second half of the menstrual period, when the amount of blood is less, there should be no problem. But if a woman uses a tampon, she should remove it first. Otherwise, it may be pushed deep into the uterus due to sexual intercourse and rot there, which would be a serious matter. You should be more careful.

Yitong Wuyou.com reminds: Sexual intercourse during menstruation can easily cause infection and is extremely harmful:

(1) It can easily cause various inflammations, such as endometritis, salpingitis, and even pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.

(2) Uterine contractions caused by sexual intercourse during menstruation can cause menstrual blood to enter the abdominal cavity, posing the risk of causing endometriosis.

(3) During menstrual intercourse, some sperm and other components of semen may enter the female blood circulation through the rupture of small blood vessels, stimulate the immune system and form anti-sperm antibodies, causing immune infertility.

(4) Various blood-borne diseases can be transmitted to each other.

(5) Having sex during menstruation can cause increased bleeding or prolonged bleeding time.

In short, having sex during menstruation will not cause poisoning or incurable disease as rumored, but it will indeed harm women's physical and mental health. Vaginal bleeding during women, whether normal or abnormal, may cause unnecessary trouble.