How should women take care of their bodies during menstruation and what should they not do?

Under normal circumstances, women have their menstruation once a month, which usually lasts for five to seven days. Menstruation is very important for a woman. If you do not pay attention to your body during menstruation, use things casually or eat things casually without paying attention at all, it will cause certain harm to our body. So how do you take care of yourself during menstruation?

1. Not suitable for sexual life

During menstruation, the endometrium is shed and a wound is formed on the surface. If sexual intercourse occurs, bacteria are easily introduced and move retrogradely upward into the uterine cavity, causing intrauterine infection. During sexual intercourse, because both parties are excited, the insertion of the penis will cause the female genitals to become congested, leading to increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstrual period. In addition, the endometrial fragments that migrate to other places due to movement stimulation during sexual intercourse may pose the hidden danger of endometriosis. Therefore, even in the last one or two days of menstruation, when the amount of bleeding has significantly decreased, you must not have sexual intercourse.

2. Don’t eat too salty food

Eating too salty food will increase the salt and water retention in the body. Before the menstruation, it is easy to have symptoms such as headache, emotional agitation and irritability. High-sodium foods can cause breast tenderness and lead to edema and breast tenderness.

3. It is not suitable to drink strong tea or coffee

Strong tea and coffee contain high levels of caffeine, which can easily stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular system, leading to uncomfortable symptoms such as menstrual pain, prolonged menstruation and excessive menstrual bleeding. At the same time, drinking strong tea, coffee, etc. during menstruation will consume the vitamin B stored in the body and disrupt carbohydrate metabolism.

4. Avoid eating raw and cold vegetables and fruits and cold drinks

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 causing menstrual pain. To make the menstrual period more comfortable, longan and red date tea, health tea, Zhenwei ginseng, brown sugar ginger water, astragalus and wolfberry tea, and rose tea.

There are four things you cannot do during your menstrual period. Doing so will cause great harm to your body. However, it does not mean that these are the only four things you cannot do. The rest are all OK. During your menstrual period, you cannot drink alcohol, smoke, have teeth pulled, do not press your waist too hard when you have back pain, do not wear tight bottoms, etc. You must do these things.