What are the causes of bleeding after postpartum sex?

If a woman has sex immediately after giving birth, she will inevitably bleed. Of course, there are many reasons for bleeding after sexual intercourse, such as too frequent sexual intercourse after childbirth. The woman’s genitals have not fully recovered from childbirth and the wounds have not healed. If the sex life is too intense, the wounds will be torn and bleeding is likely to occur. In addition, if women do not pay attention to hygiene after childbirth and have reproductive tract infections, they may also bleed during sexual intercourse.

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.

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.

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.

The above briefly introduces some reasons for bleeding after sexual intercourse. Women's bodies are very weak after childbirth, and it takes a certain amount of time to recover. If sex is too frequent after childbirth, it is easy to cause sexual injury. At this time, the wound may be only about one size, but it may also cause a small amount of bleeding. Once this phenomenon occurs, stop having sex immediately and go to the hospital for treatment in time, such as using anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent infection and using hemostatic drugs to prevent continued bleeding.