What happens if you take a cold shower during your period?

In the hot summer, many friends will take cold showers. Although cold showers can bring a certain cool feeling, everyone should also know that frequent cold showers are still very harmful to your health. Especially for women during menstruation, taking cold showers may cause irregular menstruation or even dysmenorrhea. What happens if you take a cold shower during your period? The specific impacts are as follows:

1. Will it affect menstruation?

Taking a cold shower has a certain effect on menstruation.

Due to their special physiological reasons, women will feel cold when stimulated by cold water, which will produce a series of stress reactions, such as increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, muscle contraction, nervous tension, etc. In addition, cold water stimulation can also cause endocrine disorders in women, causing menstrual disorders and even the risk of amenorrhea.

2. What happens if you take a cold shower during your period?

(1) Causes dysmenorrhea

During menstruation, women's pelvic cavity is obviously congested. If they are suddenly exposed to cold stimulation, it is easy to cause spasm and contraction of blood vessels in the uterus and pelvis, thus causing dysmenorrhea. Moreover, water temperature that is too low can stimulate the body and easily cause menstrual disorders.

(2) Prone to catching colds

During menstruation, women's bodies are weaker than usual, and their body resistance is relatively reduced. When encountering cold water stimulation, it is easy for cold air to invade and cause physical discomfort.

(3) Causes private part infection

When a woman is menstruating, her uterus is in a slightly dilated state, her body's resistance becomes weaker, and bacteria can easily invade the body. Moreover, there are many bacteria in cold water. When taking a cold shower, bacteria can invade the private parts, easily causing infection and leading to gynecological inflammation.

3. Precautions for bathing during menstruation

Showering is the best choice during menstruation. Try not to take a sitting bath to prevent bacteria in the water from entering the private parts and causing gynecological diseases.

Do not use shower gel to clean your private parts, because many shower gels are alkaline, and an acidic environment is more conducive to the health of women's private parts. Using shower gel to wash the private parts can easily cause itching or even infection and inflammation. It is best to use an acidic private wash or not use any cleaning products.

4. Disadvantages of cold showers for women

1. The sensors in women's skin are more sensitive than those in men's. When the brain receives cold information, it will feel the natural contraction of blood vessels. In addition, due to women's special physiological reasons, they are more likely to catch a cold, have a fever, and even gynecological diseases when encountering cold water stimulation. Even taking a cold shower in summer can easily cause cold air to enter the body, leading to cold hands and feet, which will cause joint pain over time.

2. If a pregnant woman takes a cold shower, it will not only harm her own health, but also affect the health of the fetus. When taking a cold shower, the cold water stimulation causes the pores to close and the blood vessels to drop sharply, resulting in a reduction in the nutrient supply to the fetus. It will also cause the heat in the pregnant mother's body to be unable to dissipate, thus making her sick. Moreover, taking a cold shower will cause the pregnant mother's limbs to become weak, and she will experience shoulder and knee pain, etc., which may induce arthritis.

5. Cold water showers have many harmful effects

Gynecologists say that when taking a cold shower, because the water temperature is too low, the human body will feel cold and produce a series of stress reactions, such as increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, muscle contraction, nervous tension, etc. Not only can it not eliminate fatigue, it can also easily cause colds, so it should be avoided as much as possible. Due to special physiological reasons, especially for women during menstruation, lactation and pregnancy, the stimulation of cold water will cause endocrine disorders, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, and many bacteria will enter the female private parts and cause gynecological diseases such as female private parts inflammation. Severe cases will have a certain impact on women's future pregnancy and physical health. For those female friends with poor physical constitution, they should not take cold showers. Otherwise, their poor resistance will be stimulated by the cold and may cause colds, fevers and other diseases. However, you can persist in washing your face with cold water for a long time to promote blood circulation, prevent colds and rhinitis, and make your skin more shiny and elastic.