What to do if you have vaginal bleeding during sex

Bleeding during sexual intercourse is a common gynecological symptom in women. It generally refers to local bleeding in the genitals of women after sexual intercourse. However, the initial amount of bleeding will not be large, and heavy bleeding will occur in very rare cases. Vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse means that there is a problem with the female body, such as cervical erosion. In severe cases, there may be cervical cancer. So what should women do when bleeding during sexual intercourse occurs? Let's analyze it in detail below.

Bleeding during sexual intercourse is a common symptom of gynecological diseases, mainly due to the following reasons:

1. Cervicitis (erosion). 90% of married women suffer from cervicitis. Cervicitis is divided into three types: mild, moderate and severe according to the degree of cervical erosion. For patients with moderate or severe cervical erosion, the rubbing of the cervix by the glans of the male's penis during sexual intercourse may cause injury and bleeding. Because the amount of bleeding is small, it does not flow out immediately but accumulates in the vagina, and the color of the blood changes from fresh to old. Therefore, when the blood flows out the next day, it is dark red.

2. Cervical polyps. Chronic inflammation may cause cervical polyps due to long-term stimulation of the cervix. Single or multiple small pedunculated granulation tissues grow at the cervical opening, looking like bean buds, and the larger ones are as big as a finger. Polyps are fragile and tender, and will bleed if touched, so bleeding may occur after sexual intercourse. This bleeding is usually bright red.

3. Cervical cancer. Bleeding after sexual intercourse is the earliest symptom. Because there are more small blood vessels and the tissues are more fragile in the cancer lesions, the capillaries will rupture and bleed due to damage after each sexual intercourse. If the cancer grows further, it will bleed more easily.

4. Endometriosis. Some endometriosis grows on the cervix and appears as blue-purple nodules. If this blue-purple ectopic nodule is touched during sexual intercourse, it will cause bleeding. The amount of bleeding is generally small and dark red, and abdominal pain often occurs after intercourse.

5. Pelvic inflammatory disease. Pelvic inflammation can cause pelvic congestion. If the endometrium is congested and edematous, the congested endometrium may bleed after sex, but this chance is rare.

6. Sexual intercourse injury. A common site of sexual intercourse injury is the vaginal foramina, which can sometimes cause a foramina several centimeters long. In severe cases, it can reach the peritoneum or penetrate the peritoneum into the abdominal cavity. Some people mistakenly believe that pressing some gauze on the vulva or using some menstrual paper will stop the bleeding, but in fact this does not help. Therefore, if this happens, you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. The gynecologist will take appropriate treatment measures according to the specific circumstances of the injury, such as inserting gauze into the vagina for compression or using intestinal sutures to stop bleeding.

Women should pay attention to and prevent the following 2 points after bleeding during sexual intercourse

Prevention 1

Bleeding during sexual intercourse should prevent cervical erosion

When the cervical erosion area accounts for more than 2/3 of the entire cervical area, it is cervical erosion grade III, also known as severe cervical erosion, and some people call it severe cervicitis. In case of grade III cervical erosion, the amount of vaginal discharge increases, becomes yellow, sticky and has a foul odor, and irritates the vulva, causing itching. Sometimes contact bleeding or irregular vaginal bleeding occurs after sexual intercourse, and frequent urination may also occur. When the inflammation spreads to the pelvic cavity, lumbar pain, lower abdominal distension and dysmenorrhea may also occur, and the symptoms will worsen during menstruation, bowel movements or sexual intercourse.

What is the cause of bleeding during sexual intercourse during ovulation?

Bleeding during sexual intercourse during ovulation is a situation that many female friends have encountered. The amount of bleeding during ovulation is small and it will stop in two or three days. This is a normal phenomenon. Since many couples do not understand ovulation bleeding, they dare not have sex during the ovulation period, which causes many infertility phenomena. Therefore, bleeding during sexual intercourse during ovulation is a normal phenomenon for women when there are no other abnormal symptoms. There is no need to worry too much. However, if there is too much bleeding during sexual intercourse during ovulation and accompanied by other complications, then timely measures should be taken and go to the hospital for examination to see if there is any possibility of other organic lesions. Find the cause and actively treat it.

Prevention II

Bleeding during intercourse to prevent cervical hypertrophy

Gynecological examination: Acute inflammation may cause cervical congestion, edema, or erosion, with purulent secretions discharged from the cervical canal, and there may be pain when the cervix is ​​touched. Chronic cervicitis may show varying degrees of erosion, hypertrophy, polyps, glandular cysts, and ectropion of the cervix, or purulent secretions at the cervical opening and a hard cervix upon palpation. If it is cervical erosion or polyp, there may be contact bleeding.

Protection methods

If a woman bleeds during sexual intercourse, the first thing to do is to find out the cause of the bleeding during sexual intercourse. If the bleeding during sexual intercourse is caused by local organic lesions of the female external genitalia, the bleeding during sexual intercourse can be cured by curing the local lesions. If bleeding during sexual intercourse is caused by vulvar ulcers, vulvar eczema, or vulvar herpes, you should first use antibiotics to eliminate the inflammation, and cure the eczema and herpes. The bleeding during sexual intercourse will heal naturally. If bleeding during sexual intercourse is caused by vaginal trichomoniasis, you should first use metronidazole to treat the trichomoniasis. After the trichomoniasis is cured, the bleeding during sexual intercourse will heal naturally.

If bleeding during sexual intercourse is caused by improper sexual intercourse, the couple should learn about sex together, be considerate of each other, cooperate fully, and adopt appropriate sexual intercourse methods and positions. Women should relax mentally, not be nervous or depressed, and eliminate unnecessary worries. Men should do sufficient caressing and other preparations to arouse women's excitement. During sexual intercourse, the movements should be gentle, avoid being rough, and avoid inserting before the vagina is fully moistened. For elderly women after menopause, appropriate ointment can be applied to the vulva during sexual intercourse to improve vaginal lubrication and prevent atrophy. Sexual life should be moderated appropriately, and women should avoid sexual intercourse during menstruation. Women over 40 years old who experience bleeding during sexual intercourse should be alert to the possibility of genital malignancy.

The above are the causes and measures for bleeding during female sexual intercourse. For female friends, once bleeding occurs during sexual intercourse, it is necessary to find out the cause of bleeding in time. If it is serious bleeding during sexual intercourse, go to the hospital for treatment in time. It should be noted that part of the bleeding during sexual intercourse is caused by incorrect posture, and it requires the joint efforts of both husband and wife to avoid bleeding during sexual intercourse.