Occasionally having sex during menstruation

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women. Women need to pay attention to many things during menstruation. Women's bodies are weak during menstruation. If you don't pay attention to it, it is easy to cause diseases to invade and cause many gynecological diseases, which is not good for women's health. It is generally forbidden to have sex during menstruation, but some people can't help it and have sex occasionally. Is it harmful?

Is it harmful to have sex once in a while during menstruation?

It is forbidden to have sex during menstruation, as it may easily cause infection or reverse flow of menstrual blood, leading to the possibility of dysmenorrhea in the future. If you have already had sex and do not have any physical discomfort, you can observe first.

What to do if you have sex during menstruation

1. Clean up afterwards

During menstruation, a woman's private parts are easily introduced with bacteria by the man. If not cleaned in time, it is easy to be infected and cause a series of gynecological diseases. Therefore, the vulva should be washed with warm water immediately after sexual intercourse to prevent bacterial infection.

2. Take anti-inflammatory drugs

In order to avoid infection after having sex during menstruation, it is best to take some anti-inflammatory drugs if necessary. It is best to take them under the guidance of a doctor and not take them at will.

3. See a doctor

If there are no discomfort symptoms after the menstruation is over, no treatment is needed. If there is discomfort, you can consider doing a B-ultrasound to check the situation in the uterus, find out the cause, and treat it symptomatically.

How many days after menstruation can you have sex?

Since having sex right after menstruation will have adverse effects on women's bodies, then how many days after menstruation can women have sex? Generally speaking, women can have normal sexual life about a week after the end of menstruation.

The female uterus has not fully recovered within one week after menstruation. Having sex may cause congestion in the uterine cavity, resulting in bleeding of the endometrium and vaginal bleeding. The bleeding environment in the vagina makes it difficult for women to resist the invasion of foreign bacteria, which will increase the risk of women suffering from gynecological diseases such as endometrial inflammation. Generally speaking, if you have sex within three days before your period, it will usually affect the hormone levels in your body and cause fluctuations, which may bring your period earlier or later, increase the amount of menstruation, and aggravate the symptoms of dysmenorrhea during your period.

Not only is sexual life during menstruation worthy of attention, but sexual life should also be controlled as much as possible within one week after menstruation for the sake of female health. Therefore, from a safety perspective, it is best to have sex one week after your menstrual period. If you do not plan to get pregnant, you can avoid having sex during the dangerous period.