Menstrual health maintenance: Women don’t need to have eight menstrual periods

Women“Eight Don’ts” during menstruation

1. Don’t drink strong tea

Women should drink plenty of boiled water during menstruation and should not drink strong tea. Because strong tea contains high levels of caffeine, which can stimulate the nerves and cardiovascular system, it can easily lead to dysmenorrhea, prolonged menstruation, or excessive bleeding. At the same time, the tannic acid in tea combines with the iron in food in the intestines, causing precipitation, affecting iron absorption and causing anemia. In addition, it is best not to drink alcohol, smoke, or eat irritating foods during menstruation.

2. Don’t be too tired

During menstruation, you should pay attention to reasonable arrangement of work and rest time, avoid strenuous exercise and physical labor, and achieve a balance between work and rest. Overwork during menstruation can lead to prolonged menstruation or menorrhagia; on the contrary, excessive rest and qi and blood stagnation can easily lead to dysmenorrhea and other symptoms.

3. Don’t get emotional

Keep a happy mood, prevent mood swings, don't get excited when things happen, maintaining a stable mood is extremely important. Emotional excitement, depression and anger often cause qi stagnation, which can lead to late menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, etc.

4. Don’t have sex

Sexual life should be prohibited during menstruation, because during menstruation, the endometrium of the uterus is peeled off and there are fresh wounds in the uterine cavity. If you have sex, you may bring in bacteria, causing inflammation of the reproductive organs, and may also increase the amount of menstrual blood or prolong the menstrual period.

5. Do not take a sitz bath

Some people usually like to take a sitz bath, but during the menstrual period, because the cervix is slightly open, sitz baths or tub baths can easily allow contaminated water to enter the uterine cavity, causing inflammation of the reproductive organs.

6. Don’t catch the cold

Pay attention to keep warm, avoid catching cold, do not get exposed to rain, wade or swim, and do not sit in damp, cool places or in the air ducts of air conditioners and fans. Also do not use cold water to bathe or wash your feet to avoid menstrual disorders.

7. No X-ray examination

Women of childbearing age are in the ovulation stage before menstruation. X-ray examination at this time can cause damage to egg cells or fertilized eggs, causing embryonic dysplasia, resulting in fetus congenital abnormalities, deformities, mental retardation, limb defects, etc. after birth.

8. Don’t wear tight pants

If you wear tight pants with small crotch and small hips during menstruation, local capillaries will be compressed, which will affect blood circulation and increase perineal friction. It can easily cause perineal congestion and edema, and even cause genitourinary system infections and other diseases.

Women must not do these eight things during menstruation. For the sake of your own health, you must pay attention to it and always take care of your body.